Fastest growing SPS...in your experience

[kawicivic]

My doc fosters and smith Birdsnest coral Seriatopora hystrix was a 2 inch frag 4 years ago.
It is now 38 inches around and about 10 inches high.

Can you post a pic? That would an impressive coral to see!

 

[rmalone]

Palmers blue, stags, tri-color valida. Obviously any digi, spongodes.

 

[CleveYank]

Can you post a pic? That would an impressive coral to see!

I had a recent need to move a 75 gallon coral growout tank full of 65 frags and mini colonies. So hands are full with that. But sometime in the next few days I will try to get a tape measure into the tank around the thing again. Try and snap a few pics and get one up here.

The thing is getting so massive it's getting the shaded center die off just like I saw while diving in the great barrier reef. Basically you find great big birdsnest groups of coral where the tops are alive but beneath there is about 18 inches to 2 feet of dead coral

The small fish and such hide in these structures of living and dead. I was thinking something was wrong with my coral for it was beginning to do this. But the upper half is growing like a weed so I guess it just goes with the territory on these dense growing corals.

The coral in question is the big pink thing on the right side of the tank.

 

[j-dizzle]

Ha Ha ^ +1 your least favorite one

 

[lotekfish]

My pink bird's nest grow annoyingly fast. I only have a 30g tank and I swear I have to trim the bird's nest about every two months. I used to trim it from the outside like you would a bush but it starts to look weird when you see stubby branch ends instead of the pointy tips. Now I take it off the rock, cut the bottom off, and remount it.

 

[sandhog]

For me,my bali green slimmer grows fast.Even in the bottom of the tank.

 

[kawicivic]

Cleveyank - your tank looks great. Looks like you have plenty of corals that grow quickly.

It sounds like a coral of that size adds a unique area to you tank as well since you know have fish that use it for shelter.

 

[SaltwaterAdict]

Some of those can be pest SPS and grow ridiculously fast. I tend to go for the more slow growers, but will have a birdsnest or two that I trim aggressively.

 

[MammothReefer]

Montis, red cap and sunset monti,
Acros I'd say for me this "tabling efflo-like" acro.

However 1" for 1" maybe my hawkins.

 

[allsps40]

My Undata is growing pretty dam fast. Birdsnests, caps and millis all grow pretty fast.

 

[burnah]

formosa for me

 

[pulit]

my green birdsnest grew really fast