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Biggest Paly Ever!

post #1 of 19
7/19/11 at 10:10pm
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It has been in my tank less than 24 hours so hasn't opened up completely but I had to share.  I saw this in a local reefers tank when I was picking up Purple Hornets from him.  Told him if he ever frags it i wanted it and he called yesterday :)  He bought one pollup 5 years ago.  He had 10-12 now.  He says he has never seen it for sale again.  I will post better pictures after it opens up

 

1-1000 Grandis Paly

 

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post #2 of 19
7/20/11 at 4:26am

those are some of my favorites I have had them in the past.

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post #3 of 19
7/20/11 at 5:28am

very nice man. They are pretty cool, i got a whole colony of them in my frag tank

 

try feedin it mysis shrimp, they are pigs lol

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post #4 of 19
7/20/11 at 5:32am
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Thank you.  Are they as slow growers as he claims?  Any suggestion on placement?

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post #5 of 19
7/20/11 at 3:25pm

they are slow growers. as for placement I would go with as close to the origins conditions as possible at first then adjust from there.  feeding will definitely increase the growth rate but not exponentially.

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post #6 of 19
7/20/11 at 3:46pm

I just saw them at Worldwide today and they were going for $75 per polyp.  Beautiful for sure but slow growers he said!

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post #7 of 19
7/20/11 at 3:52pm

That's very nice - have never seen one before.  Thx for posting it.  What diameter are they when fully open?

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post #8 of 19
7/20/11 at 4:02pm

Wow! Those are even nicer than you described them to me!

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post #9 of 19
7/21/11 at 3:42am
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Originally Posted by tangs rule View Post

That's very nice - have never seen one before.  Thx for posting it.  What diameter are they when fully open?



I'm going off the size of the reef plug but I would hazard a guess that its about an inch to an inch and a half when opened. they really are a huge species.

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post #10 of 19
7/21/11 at 8:53am

yea they about 1-2 inches when fully open

 

Not the best pic, but here is my colony of them

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post #11 of 19
7/21/11 at 12:28pm
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Originally Posted by reefkprZ View Post

they are slow growers. as for placement I would go with as close to the origins conditions as possible at first then adjust from there.  feeding will definitely increase the growth rate but not exponentially.

 

He had them about 1/2 way up in his tank under LED's.  I find LED's hard to judge because they can vary in intensity so much.  I have 2x250 MH and 2x54 T5's (ATI blue +) so I put them 1/5 of the way up and not directly under the MH.  I feed the tank Aquavitro Fuel 2x a week for the Zoas and pally's.  I spot feed my LPS 2-3x a week.  Should I also spot feed them?

 


 

 

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post #12 of 19
7/21/11 at 12:31pm
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Originally Posted by tangs rule View Post

That's very nice - have never seen one before.  Thx for posting it.  What diameter are they when fully open?


They were 2-3'' in the guys tank I got them from.  Mine was one of the smaller ones.

 



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Originally Posted by BTLDreef View Post

Wow! Those are even nicer than you described them to me!

 

Thanks.  He has 1 more available.  He is selling them for $30
 

 

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post #13 of 19
7/21/11 at 12:32pm
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Originally Posted by NaNo-NeWb1983 View Post

yea they about 1-2 inches when fully open

 

Not the best pic, but here is my colony of them

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Nice colony!  How many did you start with?  How long did it take to grow?
 

 

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post #14 of 19
7/21/11 at 2:12pm

it was one polyp about 1.5 years ago. i glued it to that piece of rock

 

Feed it mysis shrimp, you will have another polyp in no time

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post #15 of 19
7/21/11 at 4:02pm
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 Should I also spot feed them?

 


 

 


if your in the tank spot feeding anyhow absolutely. they love mysis.

 

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post #16 of 19
7/22/11 at 5:50am

hey man, i found a pic of mine when i 1st got it.. was 2 polyp when i got it

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post #17 of 19
7/26/11 at 6:18am

they kinda look like brown Cinnamon palys

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post #18 of 19
7/26/11 at 9:46am

they do so.. when they getting alot of light they turn a nice solid green thumbsup.gif

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post #19 of 19
7/26/11 at 12:24pm

I love it! Thanks for sharing!!!!

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