My Clove Polyp Obsession....

[Reefer577]

Its been growing lately.........

 

[frenchie]

very nice

 

[yardboy]

What lighting are they growing under? They look very nice.

 

[mfd574]

Don't know much about them but wondering if you are feeding them phyto or anything?

 

[InsaneClownFish]

lovely...what do you feed, what lighting, and where on earth did you get those crazy green ones...yum!

 

[Reefer577]

I grow them under T5 lighting in a 14" deep tank. They seem to like it better than my MH's, although they can handle stronger lighting. They have good flow as well. I don't feed them, although I'm sure they enjoy the oyster food that I feed my stereo nepthea.

If you mean the solid, fuzzy green ones? Those came in as a hitchhiker and have just spread like crazy in the last year. They are half the size of normal clove polyps.



I forgot about these too.

 

[frenchie]

i got these everywhere, they are smaller type clove polyps and there blue

 

[romsoccer12]

Fts!

 

[InsaneClownFish]

Yup I had the baby blue Clauvaria in my tank but they eventually, and very slowly disappeared...I might have a few buds left, and after looking at yours I might try moving the rock to a higher flow area.

Agreed...FTS

 

[Romewhip]

I love clove polyps! Glad to know I'm not the only one. Those green ones are a dream, never seen anything like them around here.

 

[KarlBob]

I've had the tiny blue cornflower ones for a while now. They were wiped off their initial rock by a blenny, but two smaller colonies survived. I just picked up a few larger ones over the weekend.

 

[sedor]

I second an FTS!

 

[Reefer577]

I don't have these all in one tank, but I'll try to get a pic of most of them together later today.


Some updated pics of my rare ones.


These shipped in kinda rough, but they are looking much happier now.

I got these little guys at a frag swap, they're growing pretty fast now.

 

[rigleautomotive]

those are nuts.i am thinking about starting a new tank for these guys.awesome color and variety

 

[parrthed]

I LOVE cloves. Everytime I see them I am instantly drawn to them, I have had issues with some in the past "shriveling" up from the base ( only happens to the big type).
Looking good , Cloves are way underrated to say the least.

 

[sfboarders]

Cloves are the best. I have green with gold tips and a smaller clove with green and yellow tips. I plan on fragging some and sharing with local reef club.

 

[jakeh24]

those are awesome!

 

[colbar]

Those are truely beautiful. Love them.

 

[fraggleRocks]

The ones you got at the frag swap look sweet, love the colors

 

[Crustman]

You have some really nice ones.