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post #1 of 47
4/26/11 at 11:33pm
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so i bought this large piece of live rock from an established tank and it already had some type of corals growing on it...any ideas??? and what are some tips to have it grow more?

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post #2 of 47
4/26/11 at 11:46pm

Looks like star polyps to me (can't see them really well, on my small lap top comp) compare it to this threads pix ( http://forums.saltwaterfish.com/forum/thread/258600/star-polyps) , to see.

 

And if it is Star Polyps, its a weed coral, so you don't have to do much but maintain levels and it will grow like crazy.bigg.gif

 


Edited by Jerth6932 - 4/27/11 at 8:49am
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post #3 of 47
4/26/11 at 11:49pm

Welcome to SWF by the way! wave.gif

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post #4 of 47
4/27/11 at 10:23pm
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Thanks, i'm sure they are some type of star polyps but the carpet is not of purple nature it is more of a brownish tan color.

 

Thanks, so far i'm loving it here

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post #5 of 47
4/28/11 at 8:18am

It's a Green Star Polyp Colony. The mat can be brown, red or purple.

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post #6 of 47
4/28/11 at 3:34pm
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Thanks good looking out you guys were right, i did a little google search.  Hopefully they don't take over the tank like some hobbyists have had to deal with. 

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post #7 of 47
4/28/11 at 4:57pm

Try "training" them up the back wall of the tank.  It has a really amazing effect when the back is covered!

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post #8 of 47
4/28/11 at 6:13pm


 

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Originally Posted by fish master78 View Post

Thanks good looking out you guys were right, i did a little google search.  Hopefully they don't take over the tank like some hobbyists have had to deal with. 


 

That would be my experience with them, hence the reason I call it a weed!

 

 

 

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Try "training" them up the back wall of the tank.  It has a really amazing effect when the back is covered!

 

Yeah it starts to go after everything else in the tank! lol    He really does have a point if you can get it to stay on back its kinda cool to see! 

 


Edited by Jerth6932 - 4/28/11 at 11:18pm
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post #9 of 47
4/28/11 at 11:15pm
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awesome yeah that rock piece is actually one large piece of rock that takes up the entire 40 gal hex i have....how can i train it to start going on the glass?

 

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post #10 of 47
4/28/11 at 11:21pm

The people I have heard and see do this personaly, have cut the mat and glued it to their back wall and let it grow from there. So  peeling (which is very hard to get it all) off the unwanted direction to promote the right direction is by best guess on directing it. I could be wrong with the "training" part.

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post #11 of 47
4/29/11 at 11:09am
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I'll definitely have to try it because it sits just next to one of the side glass walls of the hex and it would be totally awesome if i could do this....I'll keep you posted on my successes. if you notice on the bottom right of the picture that is where the mat of the green star polyps is.

 

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post #12 of 47
4/29/11 at 11:41am
Looks way nice! Yeah give it a shot and then keep us updated for sure!
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post #13 of 47
4/29/11 at 11:42pm

Is that one big piece of rock fishmaster? must of cost a sm fortune! good luck with the gsp! o never mind u already said lol

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post #14 of 47
4/30/11 at 10:30pm
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yeah the guy that I bought it from was taking down his fully established 180 gal reef tank and it weighs close to 100lbs and he sold it to me for $60...phenomenal deal!

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post #15 of 47
4/30/11 at 11:46pm

Can I get you to entertain an offer on a more complete view of the whole tank? Ok, so I just want to see more pictures! yummy.gif

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post #16 of 47
5/1/11 at 8:26am

lol +1 on jerths comment.....we want moooorrrree thumbsup.gif

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post #17 of 47
5/4/11 at 6:33pm
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post #18 of 47
5/4/11 at 6:39pm
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Verrrrrry sweet! I like it!
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post #19 of 47
5/5/11 at 12:27am
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thanks its about 2 weeks old now since i've set it up, not sure what i'm going to add next...any ideas?

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post #20 of 47
5/5/11 at 5:49am

CUC? e.g. sm hermits, crabs, shrimp. snials....imo i wouldnt add a star just quite yet. Maybe after the 1st 70 days or so.....shrug.gif

Tank does look sweet though. I like the hex tanks, how big fishmaster?

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