corals that just wont encrust?

RotaryGeek · 07/23/2011, 04:36 PM

What corals do you all have a problem getting to encrust? i dont know if anybody else has ever had luck with hammers or frogspawn but i have never seen them encrust on the rock.

Crazy fish eye · 07/23/2011, 04:46 PM

They do not do that.

chris88 · 07/23/2011, 04:49 PM

+1 they will never encrust

BrassMonkey · 07/23/2011, 04:53 PM

birdsnest, doesnt put much effort into building a base.

sporto0 · 07/23/2011, 04:54 PM

Frogspawn & Hammer corals do not fall into the "encrusting" category, they are branching or wall type corals, they grow new heads or expand their wall.

RotaryGeek · 07/23/2011, 05:17 PM

i thought that was why, but wasnt sure. are there any others that just dont encrust? My birdsnest doesnt really want to encrust either, but i found a small hole in a rock that it fits into almost perfectly. Its really growing fast now.

sporto0 · 07/23/2011, 07:44 PM

I would research Encrusting Corals, most are of the SPS variety, Birdnest will spread to surrounding rock but mainly grows upwards into branching nest like structure.

RotaryGeek · 07/23/2011, 09:20 PM

maybe encrusting isnt the right word to use. im talking about corals that attach themselves to rock.

07/23/2011, 04:36 PM	#1
RotaryGeek Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Texas Posts: 713	corals that just wont encrust? What corals do you all have a problem getting to encrust? i dont know if anybody else has ever had luck with hammers or frogspawn but i have never seen them encrust on the rock. __________________ 125 w/ 30 gallon sump. ASM G3 w/ Sedra 9000 and gatevalve. Two Little Phishies 550 phosban reactor. 3x150w XM 10k MH, 2x 96w PC.

07/23/2011, 05:17 PM	#6
RotaryGeek Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Texas Posts: 713	i thought that was why, but wasnt sure. are there any others that just dont encrust? My birdsnest doesnt really want to encrust either, but i found a small hole in a rock that it fits into almost perfectly. Its really growing fast now. __________________ 125 w/ 30 gallon sump. ASM G3 w/ Sedra 9000 and gatevalve. Two Little Phishies 550 phosban reactor. 3x150w XM 10k MH, 2x 96w PC.

07/23/2011, 09:20 PM	#8
RotaryGeek Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Texas Posts: 713	maybe encrusting isnt the right word to use. im talking about corals that attach themselves to rock. __________________ 125 w/ 30 gallon sump. ASM G3 w/ Sedra 9000 and gatevalve. Two Little Phishies 550 phosban reactor. 3x150w XM 10k MH, 2x 96w PC.

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07/23/2011, 04:46 PM	#2
Crazy fish eye Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 104	They do not do that.

07/23/2011, 04:49 PM	#3
chris88 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Alberta (canada) Posts: 657	+1 they will never encrust

07/23/2011, 04:53 PM	#4
BrassMonkey Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Palm Beach Posts: 950	birdsnest, doesnt put much effort into building a base.

07/23/2011, 04:54 PM	#5
sporto0 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. Posts: 2,924	Frogspawn & Hammer corals do not fall into the "encrusting" category, they are branching or wall type corals, they grow new heads or expand their wall.

07/23/2011, 07:44 PM	#7
sporto0 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. Posts: 2,924	I would research Encrusting Corals, most are of the SPS variety, Birdnest will spread to surrounding rock but mainly grows upwards into branching nest like structure.