Purple Hornet Placement

[huskerreef]

Well it seems I have won a Purple Hornet Polyp on ebay and since it says 1 polyp I want to make sure I have the best chance for success. Current lighting is t5's, 2 actinic and 2 10k over a 90. I have lots of zoas and for the most part all are doing great. Where would put this little guy?

 

[brshriver]

Re: Purple Hornet Placement

Mine are at a par of somewhere between 150 and 200 and they grow fast. They are in a 20 gallon tank with a 14k 250w bulb but they are near the edge of the tank.

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[650-IS350]

as long as you start them at the bottom and gradually move them up it can almost be place anywhere. I have mine on the front corner of the tank 5" from the waters surface under 250mh's

 

[tcwoodrn]

I can only give my experience with my hornets. I have mine about 14" below my 6x54W T5HOs in my 75g. They get low to medium-low flow. They have grown from 1 polyp to 5 in about 2 months. I would recommend medium-high flow, and I will probably be moving mine soon.


I do agree that when you first put them in you should put them on bottom and in low flow under actinics to encourage them to open.

 

[crawdaddy408]

The key is to leave them alone! Set it and forget it. When I first got my polyp. I fell off the frag plug twice! I thought something ate it but it was in the sand bed. Now I'm at 3 while my two friends got 6 in the same amount of time. I have a 36 inch deep tank and it was on top, but it opens up more and starting growing when I placed them towards the bottom

 

[90greefman]

I have a 90 gallon with the suntek t5's. My hornets are right in the middle, both in height and width of the tank. It is higher water flow too. They grow like crazy.

 

[650-IS350]

they CAN take a lot of light, see mine o the top right corner frag rack.

 

[amore169]

I have mine at the bottom of the tank and they started to take off, but i have 250 MH.