My Blue & Purple Hornets

Nano-Newb1983 · May 14, 2009

1st up is a few pics of my Blue Hornet:

Getting a Baby:

Now a few of my Purple Hornet:

Top Down of Both:

Thanks for stoppin in :smile:

MarvinsReef · May 14, 2009

very nice... thanks for sharing...

Reef Pets · May 14, 2009

Great photos and healthy looking polyps

Nano-Newb1983 · May 14, 2009

Thanks for looking.. Glad you like them...:tongue: I will update pics once i notice more growth or changes

Ldogg · May 14, 2009

nice pics.

Nano-Newb1983 · May 14, 2009

thanks Ldogg, i cant wait til they start growin more so i can frag and do some trading. LOL

rniedzia · May 14, 2009

here is my pic of the colony:

Reef Pets · May 14, 2009

Nice African Blues, I see that they are making a come back.

rniedzia · May 14, 2009

yup, in demand now. I have them in my tank for about 4 weeks. lets see how long this joy will last.

Raptor · May 14, 2009

rniedzia said:
yup, in demand now. I have them in my tank for about 4 weeks. lets see how long this joy will last.

Everyone i had or seen melted away after a couple mos. (Africans that is)
Good luck they are a nice zoa.

Reef Pets · May 14, 2009

I had a heck of a time keeping them alive. After killing several colonies I have found that the trick is intense light and high flow. From what I have found over the years they will melt everytime if you put them in the typical zoa conditions. But, if you put them in SPS conditions they will thrive and grow very well.

rniedzia said:
yup, in demand now. I have them in my tank for about 4 weeks. lets see how long this joy will last.

rniedzia · May 14, 2009

2-3-4 months??? I just want to mentally prepare myself for the agony.

mfinn · May 14, 2009

reefpets said:
I had a heck of a time keeping them alive. After killing several colonies I have found that the trick is intense light and high flow. From what I have found over the years they will melt everytime if you put them in the typical zoa conditions. But, if you put them in SPS conditions they will thrive and grow very well.

When you say SPS conditions, you mean high flow and high light. Do you also mean pristine water?

Reef Pets · May 14, 2009

just high flow and high light seems to do the trick. The water in my system is clean but I would not consider it to be prestine.

mfinn said:
When you say SPS conditions, you mean high flow and high light. Do you also mean pristine water?

Invert · May 14, 2009

As to the " No-African "
Or
True Purple/Blue Hornets.

This is the First time I have seen the two side by side.

Could you post more pictures of the two side by side ?

jok312 · May 14, 2009

nice! is there a reason you frag them towards the edge of the frag plug and not the center?

kass03 · May 15, 2009

What conditions do the true PH like?
I just got a tiny polyp on Sunday that came off the frag plug during transport. I glued it back on and put it in a shadier spot on the bottom of my 24 gal. nano under a 70 watt MH no suppliment in lower flow.
I find it better to start on the bottom of the tank and am worried it wont make it cuz it's so small.
The guy I got it from had his under 20k also.

kass

Nano-Newb1983 · May 15, 2009

jok312 said:
nice! is there a reason you frag them towards the edge of the frag plug and not the center?

No, thats just how the person i got them from glued them.

kass03 said:
What conditions do the true PH like?
I just got a tiny polyp on Sunday that came off the frag plug during transport. I glued it back on and put it in a shadier spot on the bottom of my 24 gal. nano under a 70 watt MH no suppliment in lower flow.
I find it better to start on the bottom of the tank and am worried it wont make it cuz it's so small.
The guy I got it from had his under 20k also.

kass

I got mine mid level in my 24g nano on a frag rack under a 150w Phoenix 14k bulb.

rniedzia · May 15, 2009

I am not saying you are wrong, but it is funny how many different views are out there. on other site, someone stated almost the opposite view to yours saying that they prefer less light and lower water quality since they come from mud rivers of africa. I have no reason to doubt you, but honestly there are some conflicting views on them.

I have t5 and they are on the bottom of my tank in a good flow area. should i bring them up and put in the middle of the tank?

reefpets said:
I had a heck of a time keeping them alive. After killing several colonies I have found that the trick is intense light and high flow. From what I have found over the years they will melt everytime if you put them in the typical zoa conditions. But, if you put them in SPS conditions they will thrive and grow very well.

Nano-Newb1983 · May 15, 2009

rniedzia said:
I am not saying you are wrong, but it is funny how many different views are out there. on other site, someone stated almost the opposite view to yours saying that they prefer less light and lower water quality since they come from mud rivers of africa. I have no reason to doubt you, but honestly there are some conflicting views on them.

I have t5 and they are on the bottom of my tank in a good flow area. should i bring them up and put in the middle of the tank?

I would move them up

Also yours arnt the same Polyps as mine. You have the 2nd generations, well the ones u posted in this thread are