I'll show you some of my Micromussa if you'll show me some of yours

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i thought about it doc, but how many times you have the chance to own a full colony of micros ? at least here in florida, not much so i took the chance, later when it grows, then i will do it, sorry guys.

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I dont know there "names" But i purchased them all from 1 or 2 polyps. It was awesome to watch them grow. Any1 know there nicknames?
 
Julio - I have pictures of when i first got them... I will check the date when i get home tonight as i dont remeber exactly... i can also pot the pics if any1 wants me to.
 
just curious, what are typical care conditions to make these corals grow at the fast ( for lps) rates that you guys get? I'm mostly an sps guy but i got one lord last year that bleached totally white at first & has now regained all it's color, but doesn't grow lol. I run 2 x 250 xm 10k, mr2 skimmer, reactor, nothing wrong with the tank becasue sps are doing very well. i was feeding it 4x a week for several months but stopped because it kept eating and eating but never grew.
 
The micros definitly grow faster than the acans! soo much faster. I feed my micro colonies Cyclopeeze twice weekly and SOME of the colonies can double every 3-4 months or better. I bet the acan that you cant get to grow is one of the non-indos that you want to grow sooo badly LOL seems like the non-indos actually grow slower... has anyone else seen this?

Bottom line though... If you feed your micros they grow amazingly fast.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7955878#post7955878 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tnyr5
just curious, what are typical care conditions to make these corals grow at the fast ( for lps) rates that you guys get? I'm mostly an sps guy but i got one lord last year that bleached totally white at first & has now regained all it's color, but doesn't grow lol. I run 2 x 250 xm 10k, mr2 skimmer, reactor, nothing wrong with the tank becasue sps are doing very well. i was feeding it 4x a week for several months but stopped because it kept eating and eating but never grew.
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I've noticed that there is momentum with coral growth. If something interrupts that momentum, like bleaching, rtn, or other stress issues, the coral will switch out of it's growth mode and into the survival mode. You don't see a lot of growth in the survival mode, and it can take a long time and a lot of care for the coral to come out of that mode.

I have a few Acanthastrea lords that I'm watching for a friend. At one point, these corals were doubling the polyp count every month. After a couple years of crazy growth, the corals were put though some heavy stress. Some of the polyps were hanging off the skeleton. He put them in my care to save them. It's been about 4 months and they are looking better, but no growth. I would not expect to see growth out of them for a while, after what they went through.
 
i've noticed that a lot with sps, and other types of lps as well. Thanks randy & doc, i'll keep babying it and maybe look into picking up one of the less expensive micromussa for comparison.
 
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