Pipe Organ Coral?

ANNIESREEF · 02/07/2006, 10:30 AM

Will a pipe organ coral take over like the star polyps?

The steven liu · 02/07/2006, 10:57 AM

Pipe organ corals are LSP with hard skeleton so it will take much longer than GSP for them to grow out.

smiller · 02/07/2006, 04:14 PM

They are slow growers, and not one of the easier corals to keep. They tend to attract nuisance algae that grows between the pipes, often strangling out the polyps. They are also prone to slow die off and sudden crashes for no apparant reason. If you can get a healthy one and make it happy they are very nice corals.

02/07/2006, 10:30 AM	#1
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02/07/2006, 04:14 PM	#3
smiller Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 9,207	They are slow growers, and not one of the easier corals to keep. They tend to attract nuisance algae that grows between the pipes, often strangling out the polyps. They are also prone to slow die off and sudden crashes for no apparant reason. If you can get a healthy one and make it happy they are very nice corals. __________________ Steve It's good to learn from your experiences. It's better to learn from other's experiences.

02/07/2006, 10:57 AM	#2
The steven liu Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 567	Pipe organ corals are LSP with hard skeleton so it will take much longer than GSP for them to grow out.