Yellow Fiji Leather

[afelder]

I have a yellow fiji leather and I am wondering what a normal growth rate is? I have gotten in less than three weeks a 1/4" growth around the entire edge.

 

[rkizer06140]

i dont no what is normal . but i would say that youres seems to be doing pretty good! iv had mine for almost a year now and i cant tell the difference from when i bought it.it just looks the same

 

[sir_dudeguy]

that sounds like its about right to me. Thats what mine has grown in similar time periods anyways. I've had it about a month and a half and its grown about a half inch to 3/4 inch. They're actually sposed to be one of the slower growing leathers, and i can tell you that it is definately true. I've got 5 or 6 leathers (cant think offhand of all of them lol) and the fastest growers are the toadstools by far. I've got a regular one, a green one, and last week i got a gold one with super long polyp extension. Looks like a pincushion lol. I've also got a devils hand which is actually a bit slower growing than my fiji.

rkizer...if you've had yours almost a year and you still cant tell a difference from when you bought it, i'd say that something is probably not right. Not enough to kill it, but not enough to make it grow...you know what i mean?

I've heard that leathers really like mag. Or is it alk? :lol: i cant remember i get the 2 mixed up. But its one of those that they like to be a bit higher, so maybe check into that and check all your other levels.

 

[afelder]

ttt

 

[bitis316]

They can grow very fast under the correct conditions.....High high flow, and light.....I know it says they don't need supplemental feeding, but I think mine benifit from some smaller plankton food.....Then again, they all very...

 

[sir_dudeguy]

so they do better in strong flow?

 

[afelder]

I have 2X55 pcs but I certainly have plenty of flow my return blows right over it. And I dose phyto twice a week or so. It has also expanded in width. It has grown almost 1-2 inches altogether.

 

[sir_dudeguy]

hm, i'll have to try getting more flow at it. I have good overall flow (around 27 times turnover) but not direct flow on it. I'll see what that does for it