guess how many babies..

[MarvinsReef]

I had this month for this mama PPE mini colony?

I was very very surprised when I counted the total last night.. it's my monthly inspection of my favorite zoas...

I hope it continues this way...

sorry crappy pic..

 

[d.grcich]

Is it like the guess how many Jelly beans in the Jar contest? If we guess do we win all your PPE'S?

I am going with lucky number "7"

 

[Chelsey]

Share the love man! I can't get my PPEs to do a dang thing!

 

[Cirrhilabrus]

Congratulations Marvin! Have you decided on names yet?

 

[vetteman]

who da babies daddy ? :binky:

 

[JeffReef]

I see $$$...Kaching! :grin:

 

[dc_909]

How many did you grow in 1 month?

 

[MarvinsReef]

Is it like the guess how many Jelly beans in the Jar contest? If we guess do we win all your PPE'S?

I am going with lucky number "7"

man, that wasn't too much fun!

first guess and you got it... 7 polyps in 1 month

awesome job!

and no.. not fragging this mama.. hehe...

this is the main colony that I plan on growing until it covers the whole rock... it's getter there... I'll just trim the overspills when needed...

 

[coralfarm123]

Looking good as always! They have grown into some nice colonies.

 

[MarvinsReef]

I was wondering why I wasn't getting any new growth.. little did I know there's an explosion going on, on the back side.. here's the most recent shot I took.. probably 2-3 weeks old..

 

[Chelsey]

Marvin, what are your mg levels in your tank? How do you get the PPEs to grow so well?

 

[pookstreet]

I'll just trim the overspills when needed...

Trim baby, trim!

 

[MarvinsReef]

Marvin, what are your mg levels in your tank? How do you get the PPEs to grow so well?

I dunno.. I don't check any of my parameters...

what I've done differently the past month is this... hope it gives you the same results as I'm having... it's only a month old so pls don't try it if you're not comfortable with the idea... I'm only responsible for what happens in my tank..

other info about my tank can be found here...
http://www.club-zoa.com/forums/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=1799


Monday: Reef Plus by Seachem (2 capfuls)

Tuesday: Enjoy the tank...

Wednesday: Reef Calcium w/ RO water (1 spoonful); after 1+ hr(s) Reef Builder w/ RO water (1/2 spoonful);
---------- also, Magnesium supp (I need to check the brand again) (2 capfuls)

Thursday: Enjoy the tank...

Friday: Reef Plus by Seachem (2 capfuls)

Saturday: Enjoy the tank...

Sunday: Enjoy the tank...


Repeat the week... oh yeah, around 3rd or 4th week of the month, I replace the Monday or Friday dosing w/ 15%-20% water change.. I use RO water and Reef Crystals...

I feed my tank Mysis and Formula 1 alternating days once a day.. and whenever I remember, I feed frozen cyclopeeze...

lastly, I don't have a skimmer...

so, there's my routine.. good luck with the results...

Thanks...

 

[got zoanthids?]

cool Marvin, I have 2 babies going on mine and it is the first from the mama colony of four I got 3 months ago. I sure hope mine do as good as yours from this point on.
Scott

 

[MarvinsReef]

cool Marvin, I have 2 babies going on mine and it is the first from the mama colony of four I got 3 months ago. I sure hope mine do as good as yours from this point on.
Scott

yeah.. good luck Scott.. mine grew constant 2-4 polyps since August but this month is a really really good month..

 

[Chelsey]

hmm...maybe my skimmer is the problem. Both Chad and I have powerful skimmers running, but we both keep SPS too. I might have to put them in a tank with no skimmer and see what happens.

 

[I-K@ndY]

NOT TO HIJACK THIS THREAD but sharing only:

Marv nice growth you have there as well

Is this consider good growth in 3 weeks? I got this PPE from Jose JF2381 who got it from raider77 right before he sells his tank cuz one of his fish is nipping on it..It was ugly when I got it half skirt was gone.. then 3 weeks later its this..I showed him the pics and he was shocked to from 1 polyp to 4 my 2nd fast grower in the tank...this is the current pic and hope JF2381 can chime in here

JF2381 Pics( posted here)

Current pics

 

[JGoslee]

Thats some nice growth Marv! I get about 1-2 polyps a month with my PPE's. 7 a month is insane.

 

[na1paj]

Marv. Just quit your job.
sell those ppes and then retire

 

[MarvinsReef]

Thanks guys... I'm not doing anything different besides trying the above routine and it seems like it's working.. you know, it's probably also I haven't move the frag around and haven't fragged it since I got it... it's finally settling in the tank.. and I hope it continues what it's doing..

Steve, awesome growth man.. that's what I call "survival response" after fragging.. LoLz...

remember these?!? this mini colony went from 4 adults / 2 babies to about 14-15 polyps in less than 2 months.. these have got to be one of the fastest growing PPE's I've ever had..

most if not all of them had a 1-3 babies after 2-3 weeks of fragging.. Aaron's (raider77) frag went from 2 polyps to about 5 I think in less than a month..

Aaron, can you verify this? correct me if I'm wrong..