Can you overstock coral?

ophiura

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Tanks looking great!!!
:joy:
In terms of the actual question IMO, yes you can overstock coral. They will go to war over it
But you are not at that stage so far as I can tell.
 

speg

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Yeah I know you can overstock. Actually with my small tank.. stuff really cannot grow too much without bumping into something else. My 55 is set up and waiting for coral to be transfered..... except I wanna get new bulbs before I do so.
There is a lot of coral that cannot be seen in this pic, also there are 3 other anemones roaming around the back... and you may not be able to make it out well..... but the green star polyps that I have been neglecting to frag have been growing over rocks that I really didnt want them to.. I wish they made a product called GSP be-gone! Although on the bright side... I traded in three small rocks with some of my fragged gsp for a good sized candy cane... which you probably cant make out in the pic... *sigh*
anyways....
 

ophiura

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"Frag-Away" the solution to overpriced LFS! I have some Anthelia that is going wild and I started taking it into the LFS for credit too. Yippy! Its all good. Coral wars are fascinating things though...probably better not in our tanks...but cool stuff.
 

speg

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I was on the frag train when I first started.... now its like.... a job... plus you gotta get rocks and I hate going to buy rubble... I am pretty darn decent at it though. Yesterday I was actually explaining to a LFS owner how to frag some of his coral after I brought mine in :p I shoulda friggin asked him for a job.... but didnt think to ask until I was home!
 

fishieness

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i can see the candy cane, dont worry
since i got halides my GSP have grown over a centemeter in every direction. and i got them at the end of oct. so pretty good! im hoping to do some fraggin.
my LFS only needs weekday hours...... and i go to the academy of the arts for theater and have play rehersal during the week. oh yeah, and homework

i dont have TOO too many ffrags since i would rather buy frags. But everything is growing pretty quickly (and even quicker since i got my halides) :joy:
 

speg

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I could literally frag my GSP every single week and by the end of that week the rock they are on would be completely recovered and then some. Its the matter of buying the rubble to put them on.
Did you see both types of Candy canes? If not I took a pic for you! Its a awful pic.. apparently I am a horrible picture taker.. most of these pics that you're about to see suck actually... dunno whats wrong with me today =c(
The last two are of my 55.... but both fish are awesome :) The anthias is on sale at SWF.com! I suggest you all pick one up :) they are fabulous.




 

speg

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I used the nickname '4 wheel drive goby' in front of the LFS guy when I went to buy him... and he is like..... which one?? Then I showed him and he said... why do you call him that? So I had to explain to him why (which of course is kinda obvious) and then he simply said 'hurmph, learn something new every day'. ;)
 
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