Anyone keeping Darth Mauls successfully

[seaduck]

If so r they pretty hardy? Flow/light requirements? Fast or slow growers? Thx a lot.

 

[650-IS350]

Just like St.ValDayMassacres, and other similiar types of polyps... I've tried 2-3 times with these guys..

Grow them from 1-2 polyps to over a dozen or a mini colony then suddenly poof gone overnight ( little exageration ) but I hope you get my point. Some do have great sucess. I've already have tried twice with the DM's. 3 times with SVD's.

 

[flyyyguy]

define the meaning of the word successfully :lol:

sparing any timeline or growth details.....

I have had DM's at 4 different times, SVM's once.

I currently have none of either

 

[jefathome]

Mine are doing ok. Got a frag of about 3 in Jan/Feb and now I have about 7-8. This is by no means a long term test though.

 

[650-IS350]

:lol:

Bill, looks like we have the same luck with these.

 

[seaduck]

Successfully means buy em, grow em, sell em. 650-is350 and flyyguy u guys r some of the best growers so now i'm scared to try. flyguy- i hope u sold urs instead of losing them. Jefa keep up the good work. Are urs in high or low light/flow????

 

[650-IS350]

Nah, not the best grower here.. I'm just like the rest of they polyp heads here.

 

[flyyyguy]

didnt sell or trade mine.

I tortured and killed them like most of the rest of the animals I have lost in this hobby

 

[nikon187]

Is this the polyp in question? I'm not one for names

 

[strout]

I am with you seaduck, no matter what IS350 says, if he and Flyyguy can't grow them, I ain't even tryin. They are scratched off my to buy list.

 

[happyface888]

Those are pretty cool anyone has some nice pics of those guys??
And how much are these?

 

[650-IS350]

http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=4935

 

[flyyyguy]

I have this hunch.......

It is not my original idea, but something I read soemwhere and I havent seen anyone else actually do it. Within the next year i will set up something to prove if there is possibly any merit or not to it.

I want to set up a cooler reef for a handful of different polyps that I have failed to figure out/keep for any long periods of time

not coldwater by any means, but 72-75, instead of the 79-82 I keep my reefs at currently

 

[strout]

That might be a good idea, I bet it will work.

 

[ksc]

...or they might just be annuals. I've seen rocks with wild DM's and they seem to grow in small bunches, with the bunches spread out.

 

[flyyyguy]

Ive never seen the word "annuals" used in concern to animals before. I thought that was just a plant thing.

although, I could have used bi annual to possibly accurately decribe the times my last DM's were actually open before they were truly gone

 

[strout]

LOL LOL LOL

 

[seaduck]

nikon187, i do believe that ur pic is of the polys in question. How long have u had urs?
flyyguy, ur idea is definately worth a try. It's a trail and error scenero. It's sad that we have to lose some before we fiqure out what it takes to keep them successfully in captivity. I hope that it is for the best for them and us in the long run.

 

[650-IS350]

Bill I actually run my tank at 75.8-76.5 ...

 

[flyyyguy]

heck then dropping to 72 is nothing to you.

Do it and post back your results