suspension growing

[jason.tammy]

I have been doing some reading.Scarey I know.I was wondering if anyone has tried this.It is called suspension growing.Mainly for sps corals.It says tha they will grow better and faster due to the coral being suspended and getting good water flow on all sides of the coral.This is directed to propagation more than personal tank use.It also says to use a bright sand bed to reflect light to the bottom side of the coral.I plan to try this in our propagation tub and see what happens.Has anyone ever tried this?

 

[beaslbob]

I say let us know how it works.

 

[fenderguy1]

I read an article on that too. Seemed like a neat idea. It dosent look very goodin a dt , but in a prop system i bet it would be cool.

 

[jason.tammy]

I am gona give a try in the prop. tank and see what happens.Makes pretty good sense to me.The only problem I for see is that there will be coral growth 360 and fragging will be fun,but it should produce more frags this way.

 

[Troylee]

a friend of mine swears by it..... it's definatly a sight to see when you see his tank and he's got a bunch of sps floating from fishing strings in the tank.... i wish i could fish for sps lol....

 

[Tomoko Schum]

I recall seeing an article about it by Anthony Calfo some years ago. The article might have been published on Reefkeeping online mangazine.

 

[beaslbob]

So it this basically the topsy turvey of the sps world?

 

[Tomoko Schum]

Here's the article by Anthony Calfo published in 2002.

 

[hwntunda]

i think we'll soon hear kray rumbling in his lab! hahaha

 

[Dasani]

Try it with that California Blue Tort Acro (I think that's what you said it was called) that you had in your Lagoon. I would love to have have a frag of that in my 40B in a couple of months. I may need to try it if it works. My SPS are looking pretty bad cause of having no light for 5 days... stupid JBJ bulb.