Donor: Turbinaria

[cmc0814]

Mine looks great, the polyps are out often. I can't tell if it is growing much, but I do know that it has healed where it was fragged. Hopefully soon I will have a frag of it to pass along....

-Chris

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

FWIW, most Turbinaria are very slow growers. Their skeletons are very dense, just like their other brethren in the Dendrophyllidae family; Tubastrea.

 

[herpchat]

I think I found my problem, My power sponges were clogged and severly cut the flow and I never noticed.

The situation is fixed and I will see if it makes a recovery. Later on I will post what I am using in the tank.

 

[captbunzo]

Power sponges?

 

[herpchat]

Yes;

Its where you hook a sponge filter to a powerhead.

I did that so my anemone would not get sucked in and obliterated. The one I put in has variable flow and has rotating nozzle.

I think that qualifies as chaotic flow. The anemone loves it as some times it does not get direct flow and sometime it does and its quite happy and has doubled its size since I obtained it.

 

[cmc0814]

Oh, I just assumed it was a sponge that made you feel powerful, kind of like a power tie.

Just kidding, I don't mean to offend anyone!

 

[herpchat]

Here is what I used;

http://www.kensfish.com/powerheads/psweep226.JPG

Its called a Powersweeper and you can control the flow rate comming out.

 

[herpchat]

Besides if I did empowere a Sponge I would have to name him Bob and give him a set of square pants.

 

[cmc0814]

There you go! Although, if you did that you would probably be worth a lot of money!

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Thanks,

Pwhitby