cualestrea growth rate
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Bcollins111900
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like you said it will very. target feeding and prime water conditions and lighting will give you the best growth rate.
tekknoschtev
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I've noticed different growth rates among different types of caulastrea corals, and I dont have "good" pictures to show, but here goes nothing:
April 7, 2006 - 2 splitting heads (so 4 heads)
July 3, 2006 - Its hard to see but there are at least 10 mouths and 6-7 distinct heads. Actually a few of those have popped up since the 3rd, in the last few weeks its growth has really taken off. I attribute it to changing the flow and setup of a few different things on the tank.
Compare that to a blue-ish caulastrea which started as 2 heads about 8 months ago is now only about 4 distinct heads with about 7 mouths (its hard to tell because part of it is dripping off of the main colony).
And we also have a pinkish with green center candy cane that started as two heads about 15 months ago, and is now about 8 heads. That one transfered from our old tank, and suffered through some rough times though so I attribute its relatively slow growth to that.
April 7, 2006 - 2 splitting heads (so 4 heads)
July 3, 2006 - Its hard to see but there are at least 10 mouths and 6-7 distinct heads. Actually a few of those have popped up since the 3rd, in the last few weeks its growth has really taken off. I attribute it to changing the flow and setup of a few different things on the tank.
Compare that to a blue-ish caulastrea which started as 2 heads about 8 months ago is now only about 4 distinct heads with about 7 mouths (its hard to tell because part of it is dripping off of the main colony).
And we also have a pinkish with green center candy cane that started as two heads about 15 months ago, and is now about 8 heads. That one transfered from our old tank, and suffered through some rough times though so I attribute its relatively slow growth to that.
tekknoschtev
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Nah, thats ok, though it can't hurt to check there as well. I forgot to mention that when I'm home every other weekend or so. Sometimes I use an entire cube of mysis between the three different types of caulastrea corals we have. Other times I go a little nuts with the cyclopeeze, but that is only once or twice every other week or so.
