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10-24-2009, 05:36 PM
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Kid Reefer
Join Date: May 2009
Location: New York
Posts: 2,105
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Top 5 fastest growing corals
List the top 5 fastest growing corals in your opinion! I want to know because when i set up my 55 gallon i want some fast growing corals to cover my tank and so that i can frag them and sell to my LFS for some moola  . From what ive read heres my top 5:
Xenia
GSP
Yellow Polyps
Kenya Tree
Montipora
What do you guys think?!
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10-24-2009, 06:12 PM
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originally original
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Alabama
Posts: 795
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Depends on the tank, in mine it's pink bird's nest and turbinaria all the way.
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10-24-2009, 06:34 PM
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Very Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Clearwater, Florida
Posts: 1,915
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I agree it depends on the purpose the tank was built for. My tank its a German Blue Monti hands down, it's a weed, then it's the other monties and staghorn SPS followed buy a Loco Lobo leather. My GSP and Zoa's never grow.
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10-24-2009, 06:43 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Illinois
Posts: 303
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I second depending on the tank but if i had to make a list it would be
xenia
zoa's
mushrooms
gsp
torch
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10-24-2009, 06:50 PM
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Kid Reefer
Join Date: May 2009
Location: New York
Posts: 2,105
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The tank will have a 4 bulb tek fixture (T5HO) and will be a mixed reef, but mostly softies. The only SPS i will have is probably going to be a birdsnest, monti cap, and maybe some other montis. The rest will be zoas, xenia, gsp, kenya trees and ill have some SPS as well. 55 gallon by the way.
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10-25-2009, 01:04 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Highland Heights, KY
Posts: 771
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my candy cane grows pretty quick...
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10-25-2009, 11:13 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Long Island NY
Posts: 2,260
Reviews: 108
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I cant give Kenya Tree away fast enough. I throw some away almost daily.
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10-25-2009, 11:56 AM
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"Just keep swimming..."
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Sanford, north carolina
Posts: 777
Reviews: 28
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gsp, xenia, and mushrooms. My zoas really don't seem to grow that fast for some reason.
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10-25-2009, 11:59 AM
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Kid Reefer
Join Date: May 2009
Location: New York
Posts: 2,105
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.Peanut
I cant give Kenya Tree away fast enough. I throw some away almost daily.
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Its wierd i never heard about that until yesterday... Ill deffinetely get some in my next order! Im going for huge colonies here, im going to try and give them a huge amount of space to grow out and see how large of a colony i can get because i like the look of large colonies, i really want a forest of xenia and other large colonies.
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my candy cane grows pretty quick...
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Hm never heard of that! Ill try those out too.
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10-25-2009, 01:38 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Jacksonville
Posts: 138
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Kenya Tree is an absolute weed, make sure your LFS will take them, sometimes they dont really want xeina or kenya tree. zoas, most mushrooms, caps, and most any sps your almost sure to be able to trade in.
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10-25-2009, 02:22 PM
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Kid Reefer
Join Date: May 2009
Location: New York
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Quote:
Originally Posted by schmnr
Kenya Tree is an absolute weed, make sure your LFS will take them, sometimes they dont really want xeina or kenya tree. zoas, most mushrooms, caps, and most any sps your almost sure to be able to trade in.
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They do ive given in xenia frags and i know they take kenya tree frags. Plus i want lots of frags for my biocube, im thinking about having a unique substrate.. Xenia..  It would be cool to have the whole bottom of the tank covered in it.
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10-25-2009, 06:34 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Bradenton FL
Posts: 1,239
Reviews: 5
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hawkins echinata/ green monti
orange digi
watermelon zoas
pink payls
hammers/frog spawn
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10-25-2009, 06:53 PM
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Kid Reefer
Join Date: May 2009
Location: New York
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Antdizzle
hawkins echinata/ green monti
orange digi
watermelon zoas
pink payls
hammers/frog spawn
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Can you give me an online source where i can get zoas like watermelons and pink palys? Would love to get some pretty zoas they are beautiful.
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10-25-2009, 06:58 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Bradenton FL
Posts: 1,239
Reviews: 5
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well i call them watermelons, but ppl here call them gator chomps...
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10-25-2009, 07:28 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Bradenton FL
Posts: 1,239
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one month old started as 3 polyps
no a great pic... all were with cam fone this colony is in my 110 and is very old but has spawn many frags org colony was 6 trippled that n just over 2 months (pinks)
chomps or what ever you wana call them started as a 6 polyp frag this is 2 months
here they are again in my wifes 30 frrag is almost a month old, started as 6 polyps and the ones to the right are like a violet or purple of some sort... another very fast grower
here is my wifes mother colony of the chomps. 2 months old
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