Bali Green Slimer

[Dummyforclownfi]

Any insight on this coral? I read mixed reviews about it. Some claim it's a super fast grower and that if you can't successfully keep this then don't try acroporas while others say they cannot get any growth out of it. I just ordered a piece and want to know where it would do best in my aquarium and at what height. Thanks in advance.

 

[rovster]

Fast is a relative term and a lot depends on how big the piece is and how happy you can make it. Good flow and moderate to strong light as far as SPS go.

 

[markalot]

I can't kill mine and it grows when everything else in the tank is dying. It's a race between the slimer and my purple stylophora to see who can grow faster in bad conditions. If you are just getting started and want some confidence then the slimer and the purple stylo are what you need.

 

[Dummyforclownfi]

Thanks for the input. This is not a new step for me. I mainly keep sps I just have not tried green slimer yet. I have ideal parameters and maintain them via kalk in my ATO. Thanks.

 

[ReefCowboy]

Had it with many other slow growing sps and it wad the slowest grower in the tank. Hardy and beatifful green color, but slow growth

 

[DDon]

This is the fastest growing acro in my tank, by far. Placed in top 1/3 of tank under LEDs supplemented with t5 with strong flow. I don't have as deep of green coloration as I have seen in some pics though.

 

[markalot]

I sometimes wonder if there are different varieties of "slimer". I'm not that good with acros yet and this beast just grows and grows and grows.

 

[DiscusHeckel]

My Bali slimer is the "canary" coral in my tank. It is almost always the first coral that shows sign STN from its base if things go wrong in the water column. Over the years, I had to frag it many times to keep it alive after each STN event. It is still alive and is growing well until things go wrong again.

 

[trueblackpercula]

I have bali green slimmer and bali green slimmer with blue tips, both like medium flow and my lighting is leds so i guess they like medium to high lighting.

 

[EvMiBo]

My Bali slimer is the "canary" coral in my tank. It is almost always the first coral that shows sign STN from its base if things go wrong in the water column. Over the years, I had to frag it many times to keep it alive after each STN event. It is still alive and is growing well until things go wrong again.

Have you nailed down what makes it STN for you? I have had one in my tank for a little over 1 month and it has STN'd about 1/8 - 1/4" (VERY slow) so far.

 

[alb_56]

I got mine when I first started and have fragged it a ton and its been through all kinds of bad swings. Never STNd and its always been the brightest green in the tank.

Here is a thread showing some different opinions on what a green slimer specifically is and how different they can look.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2443213

 

[markalot]

I'm not sure if this will help or not but here is a shot of my Green Slimer. I recently moved it down behind some rocks so it was better in scale with some smaller frags in front. It's been a month or so and it's already encrusted on another rock and I've had to trim some branches that were heading toward other corals.

 

[Dummyforclownfi]

Just got mine in courtesy of vividaquariums.

 

[markalot]

Just got mine in courtesy of vividaquariums.

If that's a real Green Slimer, and it probably is, I think you'll see good and rapid growth from it, as long as your params are stable. I really think a lot of these slow growing slimers are just green staghorn like acros sold as slimers.

A real slimer will fill the tank with slime if you touch it and your hands will smell for the rest of the day.

If for some reason you have to remove a slimer from the tank for any length of time and you happen to have a wife she will ask you what that horrible smell is.

Any green coral that does not exhibit these tendencies is not a real slimer, IMO, -OR- I don't have a slimer but some other green coral that is probably adapted to living out of the water (low tide) on a regular basis.

 

[Dummyforclownfi]

If that's a real Green Slimer, and it probably is, I think you'll see good and rapid growth from it, as long as your params are stable. I really think a lot of these slow growing slimers are just green staghorn like acros sold as slimers.

A real slimer will fill the tank with slime if you touch it and your hands will smell for the rest of the day.

If for some reason you have to remove a slimer from the tank for any length of time and you happen to have a wife she will ask you what that horrible smell is.

Any green coral that does not exhibit these tendencies is not a real slimer, IMO, -OR- I don't have a slimer but some other green coral that is probably adapted to living out of the water (low tide) on a regular basis.

Thanks for the input. I have other stags and they are super fast growers. My parameters are ideal and within range. As soon as I put the slimer in, it had slime reaching 8 inches away and touching a stuber stag of mine. I guess this is a good sign right? Either way I am excited about having this piece. It had full polyp extension within minutes of me throwing it in.

 

[markalot]

Thanks for the input. I have other stags and they are super fast growers. My parameters are ideal and within range. As soon as I put the slimer in, it had slime reaching 8 inches away and touching a stuber stag of mine. I guess this is a good sign right? Either way I am excited about having this piece. It had full polyp extension within minutes of me throwing it in.

Sounds like you got the real deal. It may be small but it has it's sights set on your other corals already. Keep an eye on it.

 

[jda]

If it is "real" then it is A. Yongei. There are many ID photos on Google Images.

It is one of the fastest growers for me with NSW params and under halides.

 

[Dummyforclownfi]

If it is "real" then it is A. Yongei. There are many ID photos on Google Images.

It is one of the fastest growers for me with NSW params and under halides.

I believe vividaquariums is pretty legit. I also try to maintain NSW and have them under a photon 48.

 

[Reefvet]

I read mixed reviews about it.

This is RC. You can read mixed reviews and contrary opinions all day long. Some are informed, many are just speculation.

If you've had success with other stags you'll have no problem with a BGS. It may not grow immediately, many acros take time to acclimate.

 

[Reefvet]

It's been a month or so and it's already encrusted on another rock and I've had to trim some branches that were heading toward other corals.

And there's your answer, demonstrating it's one of the easiest SPS to grow.