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10-13-2006, 12:51 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: CT
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Question about frags-
Hey, im new to the hobby and i was looking to get more info about coral frags. How long do most take to grow to a nice decent size? Would you reccomend getting a fully grown coral compared to a frag? How easy are frags compared to regular corals? Thanks for your help,
Greg
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10-13-2006, 11:23 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Bloomington, MN
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Each species will grow at a different rate. And, that species will grow differently in different water qualities/chemistry. As a general rule frags grow faster than whole colonies (as they are trying to get ready for sexual reproduction). Also the growth of a small frag is more visable and liniar as larger pieces are often adding bulk or growing in a sphere which is hard to see.
Some corals do great as frags, some do better as colonies. If a frag is allowed to settle a few weeks before shipping, and it is going to a stable environment, it has a pretty good chance of survival. Obviously a larger piece has more mass to survive on while the chips are down.
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10-13-2006, 12:22 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: CT
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Cool, thanks for your help!
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10-17-2006, 06:01 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: portsmouth
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get a capnella grow like made there avalible from reefworks great coral forms branches and i was told that it drops branches too and grows agin in a new colony
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10-17-2006, 11:49 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Bloomington, MN
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Yep, ours pinches babbies all the time  |
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10-19-2006, 03:39 AM
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King of the Niblonians!
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Elkhart, Indiana
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I have a Ricordea Mushroom (In the pic).
Uknown to me they eat fish food!!! I was feeding my fish and a flake fell upon it. Didnt think any thing about it. Then about 2 minutes later it had moved. The mouth had open and it was stuffing it in. So if fed it another,, then another,, and another. Before I knew it, It had eaten more fish food then all three of my fish! I think it would of aten more but I was affraid it was a stupid creature and would eat till it explodes!?!? Would it? Should I even be feeding it fish food? It seems to prefure Tetra Mini Flakes. Like all my fresh and salt do. Ive tried other expensive brands and type and they just dont eat it. Only my coral beuaty will eat any thing diffrent and that is New Life Spectrum.
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10-19-2006, 04:45 AM
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Saltwater Mom
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Ga
Posts: 5,800
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my rics like frozen mysis.
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Jena
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10-19-2006, 05:34 AM
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King of the Niblonians!
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Elkhart, Indiana
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jenajet
my rics like frozen mysis.
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What exactly is that?
Will they also eat micro stuff?
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10-19-2006, 10:28 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Bloomington, MN
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Though they will even seem to eat large pieces of shrimp... I mean they can really open up that mouth, they are likely to be put in the same category as an anemone. That is to say, they expend more energy trying to eat a large chunk than they get from it. I think they can only take in so much at once and will end up spitting out the excess.... So if you do feed, smaller the better.
It is darn fun to watch though.
I don't target feed mine any longer and I have seen no change in their growth, health, color.
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