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Top 5 fastest growing corals

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22K views 17 replies 9 participants last post by  Reeftanker3295  
#1 ·
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 :dance:. From what ive read heres my top 5:
Xenia
GSP
Yellow Polyps
Kenya Tree
Montipora

What do you guys think?!
 
#5 ·
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.
 
#9 ·
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.
my candy cane grows pretty quick...
Hm never heard of that! Ill try those out too.
 
#11 ·
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.. :lol: It would be cool to have the whole bottom of the tank covered in it.
 
#13 ·
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.
 
#15 ·
one month old started as 3 polyps
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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
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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
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here is my wifes mother colony of the chomps. 2 months old
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#16 ·
Nice! Both would add some nice color to my tank.
 
#18 ·
I wish i lived closer to you guys haha everyone has some great corals!