norfolkgarden
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Coral Wars, Placement, future growth
New to salt water, 1 yr+. fresh water for a few decades.
I started my coral selection with a gardeners mentality. Buy a bunch of tiny frags and see what does well and grow more of that.
So far, everything is growing well. Now I just need a bigger tank to put it all in...
I'm looking for more info on possible coral interactions.
If I place zoa's a few inches from the base of some 1/8" diameter staghorn coral frags, will they climb the staghorn and overrun it, or will they just form the perfect "annual's around a shrub" look that I'm hoping for?
Same question with orange Monti Setosa, and several varieties of Birdsnest SPS.
I'm hoping the Zoa's ability to slowly adjust to highly variable light levels will keep it healthy a few years down the road, when the branching corals have begun to really grow out.
We also have a few tiny clove/glove frags that I would like to use similar to the zoa's.
What about Clove/Glove vs Zoa? Just a draw wherever they meet?
The several anthelia's and several types of GSP are on 2 large vertical rocks, completely segregated from the rest of the world.
The GSP takes up most of the top halves of these 2 rocks. It is doing well. (lol) So far it is only interested in expanding upwards, toward the light.
I just added some of the anthelia, 4 inches down from the bottom edge of the GSP. I'm hoping the anthelia will fill in the base of the rock and the GSP will continue to just grow upwards. Is this likely?
We have some quarter sized frags of Monti Cap in red(a brownish red), orange, green haze with a light orange background (sold as solid green at LFS), orange with obvious green polyps, bright purple and a bright neon acid green Leptastrea that has similar growth to the Monti Cap.
The Leptastrea was growing entwined with a reddish Monti Cap at the LFS and it didn't look like they were fighting. Need to go back for some pics later this week.
Also an awesome neon pink chalice and a purple with many green eyes chalice, hollywood stunner.
The LFS said the purple with green eyes grows fast. I know they are both pretty aggressive. Any ideas on how long it will take them to expand to about 5" diameter?
And last but not least, Favites in a pastel green and purple, war coral, and a new one in neon green with a true red center, Christmas favia.
Zoa's or Clove/Glove vs any of these are my main concern.
I plan on keeping most of the aggressive stuff separated from each other on separate, fist sized rocks so I'll still have options a few years down the road.
I'm hoping I can add the zoa's and clove/glove's here and there around the other aggressive stuff.
Thank you for any suggestions!
Matt
75 gallon DSB paradise :- )
New to salt water, 1 yr+. fresh water for a few decades.
I started my coral selection with a gardeners mentality. Buy a bunch of tiny frags and see what does well and grow more of that.
So far, everything is growing well. Now I just need a bigger tank to put it all in...
I'm looking for more info on possible coral interactions.
If I place zoa's a few inches from the base of some 1/8" diameter staghorn coral frags, will they climb the staghorn and overrun it, or will they just form the perfect "annual's around a shrub" look that I'm hoping for?
Same question with orange Monti Setosa, and several varieties of Birdsnest SPS.
I'm hoping the Zoa's ability to slowly adjust to highly variable light levels will keep it healthy a few years down the road, when the branching corals have begun to really grow out.
We also have a few tiny clove/glove frags that I would like to use similar to the zoa's.
What about Clove/Glove vs Zoa? Just a draw wherever they meet?
The several anthelia's and several types of GSP are on 2 large vertical rocks, completely segregated from the rest of the world.
The GSP takes up most of the top halves of these 2 rocks. It is doing well. (lol) So far it is only interested in expanding upwards, toward the light.
I just added some of the anthelia, 4 inches down from the bottom edge of the GSP. I'm hoping the anthelia will fill in the base of the rock and the GSP will continue to just grow upwards. Is this likely?
We have some quarter sized frags of Monti Cap in red(a brownish red), orange, green haze with a light orange background (sold as solid green at LFS), orange with obvious green polyps, bright purple and a bright neon acid green Leptastrea that has similar growth to the Monti Cap.
The Leptastrea was growing entwined with a reddish Monti Cap at the LFS and it didn't look like they were fighting. Need to go back for some pics later this week.
Also an awesome neon pink chalice and a purple with many green eyes chalice, hollywood stunner.
The LFS said the purple with green eyes grows fast. I know they are both pretty aggressive. Any ideas on how long it will take them to expand to about 5" diameter?
And last but not least, Favites in a pastel green and purple, war coral, and a new one in neon green with a true red center, Christmas favia.
Zoa's or Clove/Glove vs any of these are my main concern.
I plan on keeping most of the aggressive stuff separated from each other on separate, fist sized rocks so I'll still have options a few years down the road.
I'm hoping I can add the zoa's and clove/glove's here and there around the other aggressive stuff.
Thank you for any suggestions!
Matt
75 gallon DSB paradise :- )
