coral placement help. FIRST two corals.

neupane00 · 07/03/2009, 10:00 AM

hey guys. i need some help here. I got 2 polyp frags. But i am unsure how further apart to place them, or where to place them in the tank or how secure location i should place them. can i have my whole tank rock scape picture and then zoomed into where i placed my 2 frags. can u pls check and let me know if that looks ok. thank u so much.. here is link to album with several pics. Starting with the whole tank and end pics are zoomed in. ( placement good? is it ok or too bottom of the tank? too close to each other, do they look ok/happy?.. pls comment)

http://picasaweb.google.com/neupane/Coralplacement#

neupane00 · 07/03/2009, 10:03 AM

also another question. you u place a coral frag on the rock. does the frag actually "get attached" to rock someday? or is it always just sitting on top of the rock unsecure?

Ritten · 07/03/2009, 11:46 AM

I think they look nice there. I like your rock work. The zooanthids will not "attach" to the rock until new polyps start growing off the existing frag onto the surrounding rock and that will give it some stability. You can use superglue gel and glue it to the rock if you want it more secure.

neupane00 · 07/03/2009, 11:56 AM

and given the right condition, how long do you think it will take for new polyps to start growing off the existing frag into the surrounding rock? thank u

i like the rock too. its my first tank so just learning.

ForSaleByAndy · 07/03/2009, 01:20 PM

I've played around with my zoos quite a bit. I've placed them high and low in the tank. High flow and low flow. They've always been very resilient and hardy.

As far as them growing...I've seen some of mine sprout out new frags each week. Some slower than others, but I have these cool blues that were 2 heads three weeks ago and are now at 13 heads. They're fast.

You should check some of the forums on zoos to see how some other people pack them in a tank. It's rather awesome seeing literally hundreds of zoo colonies in a tank.

07/03/2009, 10:00 AM	#1
neupane00 Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 265	coral placement help. FIRST two corals. hey guys. i need some help here. I got 2 polyp frags. But i am unsure how further apart to place them, or where to place them in the tank or how secure location i should place them. can i have my whole tank rock scape picture and then zoomed into where i placed my 2 frags. can u pls check and let me know if that looks ok. thank u so much.. here is link to album with several pics. Starting with the whole tank and end pics are zoomed in. ( placement good? is it ok or too bottom of the tank? too close to each other, do they look ok/happy?.. pls comment) http://picasaweb.google.com/neupane/Coralplacement#

07/03/2009, 10:03 AM	#2
neupane00 Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 265	also another question. you u place a coral frag on the rock. does the frag actually "get attached" to rock someday? or is it always just sitting on top of the rock unsecure?

07/03/2009, 11:46 AM	#3
Ritten Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,164	I think they look nice there. I like your rock work. The zooanthids will not "attach" to the rock until new polyps start growing off the existing frag onto the surrounding rock and that will give it some stability. You can use superglue gel and glue it to the rock if you want it more secure.

07/03/2009, 11:56 AM	#4
neupane00 Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 265	and given the right condition, how long do you think it will take for new polyps to start growing off the existing frag into the surrounding rock? thank u i like the rock too. its my first tank so just learning.

07/03/2009, 01:20 PM	#5
ForSaleByAndy Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Livonia, MI Posts: 128	I've played around with my zoos quite a bit. I've placed them high and low in the tank. High flow and low flow. They've always been very resilient and hardy. As far as them growing...I've seen some of mine sprout out new frags each week. Some slower than others, but I have these cool blues that were 2 heads three weeks ago and are now at 13 heads. They're fast. You should check some of the forums on zoos to see how some other people pack them in a tank. It's rather awesome seeing literally hundreds of zoo colonies in a tank.