beenbag497
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are frogspawn really difficult??
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m0nk
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Depends on some factors, but no they're not difficult.
I got a small head within a month of my first tank being cycled. At first it was in a 12 gallon tank with a 36w PC light and it did fine, though it didn't grow much at all in the 6 months it was in there. I was even spot feeding it once a week with a mix of zooplankton and phytoplankton. After it moved into the 55 I setup after buying a house it started growing great under the 260w PC fixture it was under and I had stopped spot feeding it and just pouring in a measured amount of the same mix I was spot feeding with before.
So the moral here is, better lighting will definitely impact it's growth, why spot feeding won't nearly as much. In a month or two I'll be putting it in my 180 under 4x 175 MH and 4x 160w VHO, so I can just imagine how well it'll do there.
I got a small head within a month of my first tank being cycled. At first it was in a 12 gallon tank with a 36w PC light and it did fine, though it didn't grow much at all in the 6 months it was in there. I was even spot feeding it once a week with a mix of zooplankton and phytoplankton. After it moved into the 55 I setup after buying a house it started growing great under the 260w PC fixture it was under and I had stopped spot feeding it and just pouring in a measured amount of the same mix I was spot feeding with before.
So the moral here is, better lighting will definitely impact it's growth, why spot feeding won't nearly as much. In a month or two I'll be putting it in my 180 under 4x 175 MH and 4x 160w VHO, so I can just imagine how well it'll do there.
beenbag497
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well i just got two heads and i was wondering how far the "tentacle" type things extend??
cowfishrule
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to be safe, i'd say give a 4" clearance all around.
reef_dart21
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if you worried about getting a hammer coral get a Bubble Coral!!! I love mind they get big with the bubble fully extended!!! easy to take care of BUT because of its tentacles (just like a hammer corals) i reccomend you to eithier put it in the middle of your sand bed or all the way atop you rockwork since the sweeper tentacle only extends aboved the coral.
hope that helps.
hope that helps.
cowfishrule
Active Member
my hammer really doesnt use its sweepers.
at least, that i've never seen.
at least, that i've never seen.
R
rcreations
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I bought a tiny frogspawn frag and placed it near the top and it's already doubled in size, in a little over a month. (with T5 HO lights) I don't spot feed it but I do put phytoplankton in the tank once in a while, about twice a week. Also got a hammer coral at the same time and it has gotten a lot bigger too. So far, from personal experience it hasn't been a difficult coral.
beenbag497
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im not worried about itss tentacles stinging other corals i was just wondering how far they
extend because the tentys extended a little and i wads jsut wondering if thats it?
extend because the tentys extended a little and i wads jsut wondering if thats it?
reef_dart21
Member
well my tentacle spread about 6 inches and all they do is send them out move them in a sphere motion and if theirs any thing in its way that it doesnt like the tentacles HIT not STING the coral until it falls, dies, or you move it.
beenbag497
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Originally Posted by Reef_Dart21
http:///forum/post/2468382
well my tentacle spread about 6 inches and all they do is send them out move them in a sphere motion and if theirs any thing in its way that it doesnt like the tentacles HIT not STING the coral until it falls, dies, or you move it.
im not gonna put anything near it
http:///forum/post/2468382
well my tentacle spread about 6 inches and all they do is send them out move them in a sphere motion and if theirs any thing in its way that it doesnt like the tentacles HIT not STING the coral until it falls, dies, or you move it.
im not gonna put anything near it
anonome
Active Member
Originally Posted by m0nk
http:///forum/post/2468439
The bigger they get as a whole, the longer their tentacles will span.
I will add to this that monk said that yes, their tentacles get bigger as they grow, but if anything that will compete with it the tentacles will expand even more. I placed a torch too close to mine and the tentacles grew about 2 inches within a week. Now, that they are no longer too close the tentacles are only about an inch maybe inch and a half on some. (only a few, compared to almost all) The two corals are about 6 inches away from one another now. They can be very powerful too. The torch and frogspawn fought for a few days, and one head on the torch is lost. Be careful where to place it.
http:///forum/post/2468439
The bigger they get as a whole, the longer their tentacles will span.
I will add to this that monk said that yes, their tentacles get bigger as they grow, but if anything that will compete with it the tentacles will expand even more. I placed a torch too close to mine and the tentacles grew about 2 inches within a week. Now, that they are no longer too close the tentacles are only about an inch maybe inch and a half on some. (only a few, compared to almost all) The two corals are about 6 inches away from one another now. They can be very powerful too. The torch and frogspawn fought for a few days, and one head on the torch is lost. Be careful where to place it.