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whats this growing on my live rock

Discussion in 'Freshwater Aquariums & Fish Photos' started by crazhrse, Sep 26, 2008.

  1. crazhrse

    crazhrse Thread Starter New Member

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    the pics aint to good and i'm new to the sw world but maybe you guy's can give me some info on these things,they close if a snail gets cose to them, also i notice something red growing on the left side of the rock you can see it in the pics what is this also
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    they look like zoa polyps.......congrats!!!
     
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    do they require any special lighting or care, this tank is only a week old is this a good sign
     
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    If the tank is only a week old your doing something really right. the polyps require food and calcium. As to the lighting they require the minumum lighting you can have some power compacts Flourescents the watt depends on the depth of the tank good luck and congrats !!!!
     
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    what kind of food and calcium,fill me in i'm new to this sw stuff
     
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    you can get a calcium supplement like kalkwasser....and food some brine,mysis and phytoplankton should do just fine......
     
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    maybe a stupid question but how do i feed them, i put krill in and i actually noticed one had a peice but i guess he got lucky with the current and all in the tank
     
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    feed them once or twice a week you have to feed every polyp individually.........i actually feed all my corals instead of the fish.....they just grab what they can when i feed the corals and that's enough for the fish.........the thing is i have so many corals that i feed two different ones everyday....
     
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    You mean to tell me you have to go into the tank (obviously not your whole body) and physically choose who eats and who doesnt?
     
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    yep, all the polyps have to get their fair share everyday.......if i just put food in there it will never reach my corals......
     
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    thats rediculous, no wonder these things are so fragile in the wild, but they are soooo beautiful!
     
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    maybe i'm stupid but i need more info on doing this could you do a step by step
     
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    ok for now those are the only polyps you have so after you defrost some food in a cup take a turkey baster and suck up some pieces in it...place the turkey baster in front of a polyps and give it a piece or two to each one......make sure you shut off your powerheads so it doesn't go all over the place....
     
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    Do these things have stalks like mushrooms ?
     
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    yeah,,,some are small and some are larger
     
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    The reason I ask it because it looked a little like Aiptasia. It's hard to tell from the pictures though.
     
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    no, i can tell they're polyps from the yellow center.....
     
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    Didn't even notice that. ;)
     
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