How fast do euphyllia grow?

Julian.Rad17 · 08/12/2016, 02:42 PM

I've had a green torch for about 4 months now and has been 2 heads the entire time it does look bigger now but no new heads have grown. Are they normally slow growers? I keep my alk and cal at the right levels with water changes(I have the red sea reefer nano) and I occasionally feed them reef roids and mysis my hammer hasn't grown at all either. let me know if this is normal or if they should've grown by now. Thanks for the feedback.

Lsufan · 08/12/2016, 04:25 PM

I think it really depends on the circumstances & the coral itself. In my tank I have 3 hammers 2 frogspawn & a torch & for the most part they all stayed about the same for a few months. Except for the torch, they seemed to be healthy & they would stay expanded just not much growth. After about the 6 month mark they started growing & now grow pretty fast. I have one hammer that had 2 heads when I got it close to a year ago & he still only has two heads. It has really big heads though, I have two more that each have four heads & the one with only two heads is 5 or 6 times bigger than the other two.

For me once they get settled in & start growing I usually get 1 or 2 new heads every 3 to 6 months or so. Sometimes it takes them a while to settle in before they start growing to fast.

ColoReefer970 · 08/12/2016, 06:59 PM

My hammer and 1 frog seem to split their heads every 6 months or so...meaning like...over 6 months 2 became 4...then 4 became 8...then I have another frog that seems to shoot out 3 or so new baby heads under each head every so often that then take like a year to gain any significant size

Julian.Rad17 · 08/12/2016, 07:23 PM

Ok I guess it's really dependent on the tank they're in... I'll keep doing what I am now and give them some more time to settle in and hopefully they'll start to grow. Thanks for the feedback.

azjohnny · 08/12/2016, 08:16 PM

They will grow faster if you feed them some mysis

Julian.Rad17 · 08/12/2016, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by azjohnny

They will grow faster if you feed them some mysis

Ok I'll try it again tomorrow

PsychoticBeauty · 08/13/2016, 08:55 AM

Check this out.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/10/corals

HTH.

Sk8r · 08/13/2016, 10:56 AM

Depends on how many heads you have. THe first division is slow: the head forms a figure 8, then slowly they separate as 2 branches. Over time, 3 heads become 6, become 12, become 24, and by then you are considering how much room this fellow is going to take: if your calcium supplementation is up to it (they're hungry: I recommend kalk in the ATO) you can now frag off a few. This will not slow them down. I had a 50 head hammer that, when most of its heads began to divide, meant I had traded and given away so much hammer I was running out of places to bestow it---like a kid with Girl Scout cookies to sell, ultimately you run out of friends and uncles. At this point, you just have to dispose of the not-so-good bits. It can also chemically stunt some other corals that might compete with it---don't think badly of it: they'll do the same to it if they get the edge. But euphyllia can grow so fast you have to frag every 3 months or be overrun. This was the 50-head stage.

08/12/2016, 02:42 PM	#1
Julian.Rad17 Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 222	How fast do euphyllia grow? I've had a green torch for about 4 months now and has been 2 heads the entire time it does look bigger now but no new heads have grown. Are they normally slow growers? I keep my alk and cal at the right levels with water changes(I have the red sea reefer nano) and I occasionally feed them reef roids and mysis my hammer hasn't grown at all either. let me know if this is normal or if they should've grown by now. Thanks for the feedback.

08/13/2016, 10:56 AM	#8
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Depends on how many heads you have. THe first division is slow: the head forms a figure 8, then slowly they separate as 2 branches. Over time, 3 heads become 6, become 12, become 24, and by then you are considering how much room this fellow is going to take: if your calcium supplementation is up to it (they're hungry: I recommend kalk in the ATO) you can now frag off a few. This will not slow them down. I had a 50 head hammer that, when most of its heads began to divide, meant I had traded and given away so much hammer I was running out of places to bestow it---like a kid with Girl Scout cookies to sell, ultimately you run out of friends and uncles. At this point, you just have to dispose of the not-so-good bits. It can also chemically stunt some other corals that might compete with it---don't think badly of it: they'll do the same to it if they get the edge. But euphyllia can grow so fast you have to frag every 3 months or be overrun. This was the 50-head stage. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

08/12/2016, 04:25 PM	#2
Lsufan Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 1,410	I think it really depends on the circumstances & the coral itself. In my tank I have 3 hammers 2 frogspawn & a torch & for the most part they all stayed about the same for a few months. Except for the torch, they seemed to be healthy & they would stay expanded just not much growth. After about the 6 month mark they started growing & now grow pretty fast. I have one hammer that had 2 heads when I got it close to a year ago & he still only has two heads. It has really big heads though, I have two more that each have four heads & the one with only two heads is 5 or 6 times bigger than the other two. For me once they get settled in & start growing I usually get 1 or 2 new heads every 3 to 6 months or so. Sometimes it takes them a while to settle in before they start growing to fast.

08/12/2016, 06:59 PM	#3
ColoReefer970 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Earth Posts: 88	My hammer and 1 frog seem to split their heads every 6 months or so...meaning like...over 6 months 2 became 4...then 4 became 8...then I have another frog that seems to shoot out 3 or so new baby heads under each head every so often that then take like a year to gain any significant size

08/12/2016, 07:23 PM	#4
Julian.Rad17 Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 222	Ok I guess it's really dependent on the tank they're in... I'll keep doing what I am now and give them some more time to settle in and hopefully they'll start to grow. Thanks for the feedback.

08/12/2016, 08:16 PM	#5
azjohnny Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Gold Canyon Posts: 2,914	They will grow faster if you feed them some mysis

08/13/2016, 08:55 AM	#7
PsychoticBeauty Registered Member. Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Gotham City Posts: 123	Check this out. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/10/corals HTH.