Fungia Growth

[hlem]

Took a chance with this tiny guy from Steve at Incredible Corals last month..

 

Last month - maybe 1/5in, smaller than a zoa polyp.. 

 

Today - grew like 4-5x

 

[Coral Hind]

Nice growth rate! I guess you will have to relocate the zoas soon.

[Origami]

That's pretty cool. May I ask you what led you to pick up something so tiny at the outset?

[hlem]

That's pretty cool. May I ask you what led you to pick up something so tiny at the outset?

 

Steve's a great salesman... but more importantly, I wanted to see what it'll turn into... i love seeing corals grow...especially when something as rare as tiny fungia... you dont see those often

Edited August 21, 2013 by hlem

[Origami]

I completely understand. I had a piece of live rock with a few polyps on it once. I left it alone and it's now a small blue acro colony.

 

Now that I think about it, Ha, did you try that single polyp propagation method that some guy in Portugal described a few years back? I started a few very small frags that way (sand and a little iodine in the floral tube and the frag pressed into the rubber top) and it did pretty well. Just curious. The fungia thing and the single-polyp thing are similar in that you're watching tiny grow to (potentially) large.

[hlem]

I completely understand. I had a piece of live rock with a few polyps on it once. I left it alone and it's now a small blue acro colony.

 

Now that I think about it, Ha, did you try that single polyp propagation method that some guy in Portugal described a few years back? I started a few very small frags that way (sand and a little iodine in the floral tube and the frag pressed into the rubber top) and it did pretty well. Just curious. The fungia thing and the single-polyp thing are similar in that you're watching tiny grow to (potentially) large.

 

yeah, i still have that one frag sps polyp frag i did last year.  i almost lost it when i moved my corals to this new tank.  i'll try to get a pic of it tomorrow and update that thread.  it grew slowly cause i was kind of neglecting my frag tank for awhile.

[hlem]

Not sure what happened to the pics in the original post. but here they are again

 

Sometime in July

 

August 20th

 

Today 10/8

[Squishie89]

Oh wow that is pretty cool!

[kjamaya]

I have 2 of them, same color as well!

I got mine from a piece of live rock that I ordered online. I wasn't sure what it was at first but then realized after I feed it a few meals.

The reason why I have 2 is due to rearranging my rocks. I accidentally knocked the head off of its pedestal and now the pedestal is growing another head!!!!

I had no idea that you can frag these guys.  

Edited October 9, 2013 by kjamaya

[zygote2k]

how much did the skeleton grow? that's the best way to see if its growing. it could be polyp extension.

[DaveS]

Hlem, are you feeding the fungia?

[hlem]

Hlem, are you feeding the fungia?

Nope. Barely feed the fish. Once a day with pellets and or flakes. Sometime frozen, but barely.

[hlem]

Today:

11/27/2013