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01-20-2007, 09:24 PM
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Forever Reef
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: WV
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Favia MoonStone
Can anyone tell me the average growth rate of moonstones..please specify lighting..mine lost all tentacles, turned half brown (was neon green) because i was told low light. its healing now after putting it in stronger light & more current.cant find much about this particular coral in my area. (Rare to see one too)
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01-20-2007, 10:04 PM
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Professor Chaos
 
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di you have a picture? most favias grow pretty slow because they have a much bigger skeleton to build. you can expedite the growth of it if you set it next to an existing sold base to grow along.
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07-23-2007, 09:45 AM
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Protect the Worlds Reefs
Join Date: May 2006
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moonstone are medium to high light. LFS has one under MH at the top ifof a reef tank now. They work with t5's that I have seen. Growth rate is moderate from what I have seen as well. Very nice coral though.
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07-23-2007, 10:39 AM
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Keeper of the Reef
 
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I got a 2' square (cut with a tile saw) on Ebay about 2 months ago and it is starting to grow around the cut edged but just barely. I also got a full one a few weeks ago that I have already seen threee heads split on it but cant really tell if its getting bigger. Right now it;s the size of a grapefruit.
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07-23-2007, 08:51 PM
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Forever Reef
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: WV
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mine hasent grown any ....almost 2 years old now
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11-10-2007, 11:39 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: miami
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same here no growth in a year
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11-11-2007, 04:54 PM
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Forever Reef
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well its 2 years now, under 120w 10K PC, a little growth, not much..so i moved it into my new tank under 150w 10K MH...looks better..not green again yet 
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11-11-2007, 05:08 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Miami
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Mines grown about 1" in the year that I've had it. T5 lights pretty far down w/moderate flow.
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11-25-2007, 11:33 PM
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spsaddict
Join Date: Sep 2007
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mine grew as fast as a handicap snail with a nail on its foot lol
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11-26-2007, 12:22 AM
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Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
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It will depend on the water parameters (temp, Ca, alk, Mg), whether it is fed, location in the tank, and the lighting. I have seen some grow quickly depending on spp. and good conditions, others waste away in poor systems to nothing... Soooo, I guess it will depend.
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01-14-2008, 08:13 AM
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Student of the Reef
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Granger, IN
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Mine is growing onto the rocks that the original moonstone is sitting on.
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01-14-2008, 08:31 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tdwyatt
It will depend on the water parameters (temp, Ca, alk, Mg), whether it is fed, location in the tank, and the lighting. I have seen some grow quickly depending on spp. and good conditions, others waste away in poor systems to nothing... Soooo, I guess it will depend.
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I agree with Tom,there are many varibles that any coral grows.
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