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03-20-2006, 01:20 PM
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Professor Chaos
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Booya... First thread, Candy canes
So i wanted to get some input from others on candy cane corals. Most LPS have tended to be lower light corals. i have not had much luck with them under the MH i use on my main tank. The odd one out seems to be candy canes which have thrived under the high light and pristine water and died under low light. anyone else notice this?
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03-20-2006, 07:21 PM
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Nothing to See Here
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My candy cane loves the 250w MH i blast it with. This coral grows so fast under MH i frag it almost montly.
My acan, favia, and frogspawns took some acclimating. The frogspawns do well now and it took a little over a month for the acan to adapt. The favia is still a bit bleached.
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03-21-2006, 07:27 AM
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The Muddy Mod
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My Candy Cane is fairly new so I don't know what "thriving' should look like. Right now it's about halfway down in the tank under MH's and I just look for "puffiness" I guess you'd call it,with no skeleton showing and tenticles in the morning. All but one of the heads are like this. The other one shows minor skeleton and is slightly in a shadow. Can someone post a picture of a healthy one for me?  |
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03-21-2006, 08:03 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
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Mine does good under PC.
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03-21-2006, 08:03 AM
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Shark
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I got a CC about 5 months a go and it was very small, the red part was, since then it looks a lot more full and the center now is green but it is still just one head; there is another dead head next to it and also 2 small strings about the size of a small nail. Could these be new heads growing?
I only have PC, 130w.
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03-21-2006, 10:41 AM
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Nothing to See Here
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Originally Posted by whatevva
My Candy Cane is fairly new so I don't know what "thriving' should look like. Right now it's about halfway down in the tank under MH's and I just look for "puffiness" I guess you'd call it,with no skeleton showing and tenticles in the morning. All but one of the heads are like this. The other one shows minor skeleton and is slightly in a shadow. Can someone post a picture of a healthy one for me? |
Heres a few pics of mine.
Shortley after being fed
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03-21-2006, 12:00 PM
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Professor Chaos
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Here are mine...
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03-21-2006, 01:53 PM
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Shark
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How does the candy cane reproduces?
I have a frag with one head and recently 2 small tubes appeared, they are still very small so I can't tell what they are, I though they were small feather dusters.
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03-21-2006, 01:56 PM
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SPS Farmer
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They branch out new heads...
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03-21-2006, 02:26 PM
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Professor Chaos
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you will see the head expand and then split.
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03-21-2006, 03:40 PM
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The Muddy Mod
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Here's a picture of Mine...
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03-21-2006, 10:37 PM
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Professor Chaos
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nice. i have been trying to get all the different types.
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04-26-2006, 10:29 PM
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Shark
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Does it take a while for Candies to split?
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04-26-2006, 10:47 PM
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Professor Chaos
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depends on the conditions. I have had mine double inside 3 months. but it was a big ball to start with.
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04-26-2006, 10:57 PM
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Shark
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Thanks.
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