Green Clove Polyps

[FishPharm]

Looking to add Clove Polyps to my sps reef setup. I was wondering if this kind of colony is invasive, spreading quickly throughout the reef system, similar to Xenias.

Thanx

Ron

 

[jay2525]

mine don't seem to like the flow in my sps tank very much. They were growing much faster when the tank flow was set up for softies.

 

[FishPharm]

So then you wouldn't recommend adding cloves to an SPS display?

 

[scarter]

my cloves are about shot in my sps tank, to much light and to much flow

 

[SoSa 110]

my cloves have no problem handling the light.. almost 8 watts a gallon. maybe place them in a lower current area of the tank??? very beautiful coral and grows pretty quick if kept right.. good luck..

 

[scarter]

I know that mine were growing like weeds, then all of the sudden they just started to waste away. maybe there is another reason for that?

 

[SoSa 110]

temp maybe? ph particles fell on them? alkalinity particles?

 

[elliotklinger]

I have a single green clove polyp- It's doing well but I don't know how fast it would reproduce. Fill me in a bit information on this particular specie.

 

[danielboun]

I have a colony of the polyps in my 40 gal. mix tank. it is placed in low flow with approx. 6 watts per gal.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/motion69/_MG_1015.jpg

 

[danielboun]

heres another shot.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/motion69/_MG_1019.jpg

 

[danielboun]

take a guess how much these colony go for at the fish store. or how about online.

 

[Jeanniee]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7955426#post7955426 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by danielboun
take a guess how much these colony go for at the fish store. or how about online.

Gorgeous. $99.00?? I can't get my cloves to do anything. They are scraggly.

 

[danielboun]

Is that how much their going for? Wow, my purchase was a steal. I paid 30 bucks for approx. 70 polyps. The guy at the fish store wasn't sure how much it was, and the guy who knew the price wasn't there at the time so he said 35, I told him 30. and to my amazement he said OK.

 

[David Grigor]

While mine don't grow as fast as say green star polyps, I still keep them away from any of the main rock structure that you don't want them to encrust on or willing to take the rock out someday. Generally, I just leave them on the bottom on the substrate so they can't spread to the rockwork.

 

[lvreefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7963094#post7963094 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by danielboun
Is that how much their going for? Wow, my purchase was a steal. I paid 30 bucks for approx. 70 polyps. The guy at the fish store wasn't sure how much it was, and the guy who knew the price wasn't there at the time so he said 35, I told him 30. and to my amazement he said OK.

Definitely a good price. My lfs has a similar size piece right now for $69.99.

 

[reefer Rob]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7955426#post7955426 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by danielboun
take a guess how much these colony go for at the fish store. or how about online.

I had a single polyps thrown in for FREE with the other corals I bought at my LFS about a month ago and now have 5 newpolyps!!

 

[danielboun]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7966765#post7966765 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lvreefer
Definitely a good price. My lfs has a similar size piece right now for $69.99.

Let's just say that I was there at the right time at the right place.
But you know, 69.99 isn't so bad compared to online prices. Just don't forget about shipping.

Truthfully though, these polyps are beatiful, there worth every penny IMO.

 

[danielboun]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7966571#post7966571 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by David Grigor
While mine don't grow as fast as say green star polyps, I still keep them away from any of the main rock structure that you don't want them to encrust on or willing to take the rock out someday. Generally, I just leave them on the bottom on the substrate so they can't spread to the rockwork.

That's a great idea, keep them on the substrate away from the main rock work. But you know, they ain't that hard to remove from the rock. just peel carefully. There pretty hardy.

 

[danielboun]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7959221#post7959221 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Jeanniee
Gorgeous. $99.00?? I can't get my cloves to do anything. They are scraggly.

Jeanniee,

Do you have any other soft coral in your tank? If so, if there doing good, then your water par. should be ok. If not check it. Otherwise just give it some p.a.t.i.e.n.c.e.