My Agave's

[ErnieC]

I have a couple Agave Morph PE's that I collected and thought i'd share a couple pics of them.

The Polyps in the first pic i've had in my tank for a couple of years. They are Blood Red with Blue around the skirt and blue speckles. I have yet to see any others like it. I haven't "Banked" these with any friends yet. I had 4 Polyps and now have 13.

The Polyps I have in the second pic i have had for a little over a year now. These PE's are not quite as red and have blotches of blue. I have shared these with a few friends and we have had terrific growth.

This is my first Thread on RC.

I'd enjoy hearing from others who have similar PE's.

 

[MikeandNicole]

Very nice palys!

 

[phil121]

Wow, those are pretty cool. 4 to 13 in a couple of years? Sounds like slow growers.

 

[Friday Night]

Looking good :beer:

 

[ErnieC]

yes, The Blood Red Agaves have certainly been slow growers. Does anyone else have any similar Polyps?

The other Agaves have been the opposite and have grown quite fast.

 

[rck]

those are neat!

 

[therman]

I've got the Blue Agaves and Red Halo PEs from zoacollector. They both started out as one polyp last Nov, the Blue Agaves are stuck at 4 polyps since Jan, the Red Halos are up to about 10 or so now. Blue Agaves grow soooooooooo slow...stinks because they are probably tied for my favorite polyp!

 

[ErnieC]

I run 2 14k 150W MH's with 2 54W T5's and have had decent growth on my Red Halo morph (Glad you mentioned the Halo's as I had not seen them therman, Thanks!) Probably from 10 to over 30 in the last 6 months since I stopped cutting on my colony.

The most impressive growth I have seen with them however has taken place in my buddy's system. He has a 30 Gallon and runs 4 T12 VHO's. 1 75/25, 2 Actinics, and 1 454. I gave him 2 polyps which has grown to 15 or so in the last couple months and they are HUGE, the larger ones are probably the size of a nickel.

Heres a Pic of his colony i took on my Iphone.

 

[therman]

Yeah my red halos get much larger too. I'm hoping the Blue Agaves get bigger once they find their stride and take off (assuming some day they will...). Seems like a lot of polyps need to be in the middle of a group of 10 or more before they really get beefy.