r00onmac
DVM in training
After reading the thread just now about a frogspawn for trade because its getting to big i got very very frustrated...
how the hell do you guys get your LPS to split?
i feed mysis and frozen CE about once a month, sometimes more... and so far no splits... ever...
granted, i had a shroom for 2 years that turned into two shrooms during the entire time... and in the past 3 months has made 11 shrooms... but my LPS have just never fared well.. they generally poof up huge (except my hammer which has fallen a few times, so i attribute it to that) and sometimes accept mysis or CE, but never EVER split...
my frogspawn has been 2 heads since i got it a year ago from Morgan and Johnny at a swap... granted it "looks" larger, but hasnt split or shown any of the bubbling tissue symptoms of a split
my torch was bought at 2 heads, split to 8 in a week or two (i think it was the move from the store to my tank that forced it) and then all but 2 died during a lighting foul up (moved the halide too close to the water on my very small 5 gallon tank) every once in a while i think i see the top head bubbling like its going to split but havent seen any skeletal growth or distinct splitting yet.
my wall hammer was beautiful before i moved tanks again in may, but its fallen, like i said, and hasnt been puffed up as big as I would like and even has algae growing on the skeleton where tissue used to be... but it has colored up in the past few weeks back to a deeper pink/tan
none of the three have ever grown skeleton, EVER... and even though i havent dont a water change in 3 months, or tested in that long either everything in general looks better than ever.. my BTA has never been bigger or prettier, my mushrooms have grown tons of babies, my rics eat TONS and are always getting bigger... the xenia acts like xenia making new stalks by the day... my clam has obviously grown new shell and looks much bigger than when i got it in feb....
sorry its so long, just a rant.. but if anyone has any suggestions... PLEASE let me know...
P.s. i would think its a CA or Alk problem but the clam continues to grow, and my very few sps have encrusted well (even though they havent grown new branches yet) and when i used to test CA, Alk and Mg were always good (alk on the low end of good though like 7-8dkh)
how the hell do you guys get your LPS to split?
i feed mysis and frozen CE about once a month, sometimes more... and so far no splits... ever...
granted, i had a shroom for 2 years that turned into two shrooms during the entire time... and in the past 3 months has made 11 shrooms... but my LPS have just never fared well.. they generally poof up huge (except my hammer which has fallen a few times, so i attribute it to that) and sometimes accept mysis or CE, but never EVER split...
my frogspawn has been 2 heads since i got it a year ago from Morgan and Johnny at a swap... granted it "looks" larger, but hasnt split or shown any of the bubbling tissue symptoms of a split
my torch was bought at 2 heads, split to 8 in a week or two (i think it was the move from the store to my tank that forced it) and then all but 2 died during a lighting foul up (moved the halide too close to the water on my very small 5 gallon tank) every once in a while i think i see the top head bubbling like its going to split but havent seen any skeletal growth or distinct splitting yet.
my wall hammer was beautiful before i moved tanks again in may, but its fallen, like i said, and hasnt been puffed up as big as I would like and even has algae growing on the skeleton where tissue used to be... but it has colored up in the past few weeks back to a deeper pink/tan
none of the three have ever grown skeleton, EVER... and even though i havent dont a water change in 3 months, or tested in that long either everything in general looks better than ever.. my BTA has never been bigger or prettier, my mushrooms have grown tons of babies, my rics eat TONS and are always getting bigger... the xenia acts like xenia making new stalks by the day... my clam has obviously grown new shell and looks much bigger than when i got it in feb....
sorry its so long, just a rant.. but if anyone has any suggestions... PLEASE let me know...
P.s. i would think its a CA or Alk problem but the clam continues to grow, and my very few sps have encrusted well (even though they havent grown new branches yet) and when i used to test CA, Alk and Mg were always good (alk on the low end of good though like 7-8dkh)
