Growth Speed

[jachrist]

Been doing some research and wanted to get a general idea of how fast everybody's zoas grow new heads?

Obviously there are a lot of factors including lights and zoa type, but just wanted to get a general consensus of what everybody is using and the success they are having.

 

[alb_56]

With mine it mostly depends on how many heads the original has but for me Im around one new head a month for every three pre-existing heads present on average.

 

[alb_56]

Oh shoot, I didnt even read who posted this question. My bad lol.

 

[jachrist]

If I wanted your input I woulda walked over and asked you hahaha. You're good man

 

[alb_56]

After I hit post I looked and was like oh this guys from Nebraska.......

 

[evan38109]

From colonies that still fit on frag plugs, I'll get one or two new heads a month.

Lots of variables there, but I haven't measured enough to have confidence in any facts.

Good luck!

 

[kichimark]

As others have mentioned including yourself, there are many variables which will determine the growth rate. Some people even in duplicated systems will have different growth rates and I suspect might be different strains of the same morph. One thing I can say for certainty from my observations are larger colonies tend to produce more new polyps than individual heads on plugs.

 

[acidlittle]

I'm with them I got a floating polyp and glued it to a frag rock, that was about 3 weeks ago and it has a new head that is just starting to open. So from one polyp to 2 in probably a month. I'm running a 150w 14k halide though....ive heard (I'm back to newb in the hobby) that LEDs don't grow quite as fast as halides will