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I wanted to see the different growth rate of "high end" zoa/paly and determined for myself if they were worth the price tag that went along with them.
All zoa/ paly started from 1 head and were placed relatively close to one another in relatively the same depth and flow.
Lighting - T5HO, 6.5 hour photo period
Params
Ca 420-480
Mag 1320-1450
Alk 9.0-9.5( don't know why could be test kits)
Nitrate 0-2
Ammonia 0
Phosphate <.05
Test subjects, results are (#) at the end With price per polyp ( estimated)
Lord of the Rings (7) 3-5 PP, one of my favorite , fast growth .
Purple Hornet (4) 20-45 PP , IMHO one of the most over rated coral in the world. I don't understand their value and my bf's facination in them. For the price they are set at I expected them to be a slower grower.
Blue Hornet (6) 20-35PP , I love this coral it has very nice edge toons with the gorgeous blue and yellow. Much better looking than purple to me
Res Hornet (16) 15-40PP , these polyps are ridiculously fast growers. When my boyfriend said his main colony gets 1-2 new polyps practically Dailey I didn't think he was serious . They should be like 1 dollar per polyp.
Black Hornet (1.5...kinda) 200+ this thing is ugly. It's black witha white mouth... For 200??? It didn't grow much ... I guess that's where the rarity part comes in.
Darth Maul (newer polyp started on recently 3) 20-40PP, huge polyps and very nice under LED actinic. Too fast to be worth the price tag IMO
Nightmare (0) 20-40, like it's name implied this was a horrible coral to grow. It was finicky kept growing and dying. I hate this stupid polyp, it died on me!!
Purple People Eater (2) 10-45PP , over sized joker zoas. Nothing that really impressed me about color or growth. Slower grower.
Red Devil People Eater (3) 300PP, ridiculously priced. Growth is fast but the color takes a while to come in and head size takes time to grow. I noticed head would get overlapped easily.
This is personal experiences results might differ from tank to tank.
My boyfriend has given me permission to give away some of the polyps with the exception of the black hornet and red devil people eaters. So I will bring them to the next meeting if I remember and have them raffles off or something. Or however the event holder wants to do.
Disclaimer - I am learning to frag so these are my test subjects. I don't expect
all of them to survive
All zoa/ paly started from 1 head and were placed relatively close to one another in relatively the same depth and flow.
Lighting - T5HO, 6.5 hour photo period
Params
Ca 420-480
Mag 1320-1450
Alk 9.0-9.5( don't know why could be test kits)
Nitrate 0-2
Ammonia 0
Phosphate <.05
Test subjects, results are (#) at the end With price per polyp ( estimated)
Lord of the Rings (7) 3-5 PP, one of my favorite , fast growth .
Purple Hornet (4) 20-45 PP , IMHO one of the most over rated coral in the world. I don't understand their value and my bf's facination in them. For the price they are set at I expected them to be a slower grower.
Blue Hornet (6) 20-35PP , I love this coral it has very nice edge toons with the gorgeous blue and yellow. Much better looking than purple to me
Res Hornet (16) 15-40PP , these polyps are ridiculously fast growers. When my boyfriend said his main colony gets 1-2 new polyps practically Dailey I didn't think he was serious . They should be like 1 dollar per polyp.
Black Hornet (1.5...kinda) 200+ this thing is ugly. It's black witha white mouth... For 200??? It didn't grow much ... I guess that's where the rarity part comes in.
Darth Maul (newer polyp started on recently 3) 20-40PP, huge polyps and very nice under LED actinic. Too fast to be worth the price tag IMO
Nightmare (0) 20-40, like it's name implied this was a horrible coral to grow. It was finicky kept growing and dying. I hate this stupid polyp, it died on me!!
Purple People Eater (2) 10-45PP , over sized joker zoas. Nothing that really impressed me about color or growth. Slower grower.
Red Devil People Eater (3) 300PP, ridiculously priced. Growth is fast but the color takes a while to come in and head size takes time to grow. I noticed head would get overlapped easily.
This is personal experiences results might differ from tank to tank.
My boyfriend has given me permission to give away some of the polyps with the exception of the black hornet and red devil people eaters. So I will bring them to the next meeting if I remember and have them raffles off or something. Or however the event holder wants to do.
Disclaimer - I am learning to frag so these are my test subjects. I don't expect
all of them to survive
