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03/23/2017, 09:36 AM | #1 |
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Question regarding Frogmspawn and Candy Cane
Whoever owns either of them, how long did it take for them to grow more? I have had my frogspawn since last August/September and I just recently got my candy cane last Saturday. I am running 2 T5 lights (ATI AquaBlue Special and Blue+) both at 24W.
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03/23/2017, 09:40 AM | #2 |
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For me, candy cane had been a way faster grower than Frogspawn.
Frogspawn has grown slowly and has not shown much response to feeding. On the contrary, candy cane loves feeding. Their feeders come out at night. I spot feed reef chilli at night. Initially you will notice that the candy cane poly get bigger and puffed up and then they start dividing soon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
03/23/2017, 09:43 AM | #3 |
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Thanks, I do have coral frenzy but I have also looked into reef chilli as well. I noticed that my candy cane was already puffed up like crazy after i bought it.
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03/23/2017, 09:49 AM | #4 |
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03/23/2017, 09:51 AM | #5 |
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neither of those are SPS, so maybe if you can ask someone to move it in the LPS section they could be more help
But one suggestion I have is to get ALOT more light, only 2 t5s is barely any light. Most people here run at least 6 T5s
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03/23/2017, 10:33 AM | #6 |
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I don't even know why I put it in the SPS forum lol im still half awake at work. Currently my tank is only 18 inches deep with a 2 inch sandbed. My candy cane is up high in my rock work and my frogspawn is on the sandbed, but I havent noticed anything bad regarding the light. Last night my candy cane were puffed up like melons lol my wattage went from 17W to 48W last June.
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03/23/2017, 10:40 AM | #7 |
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My frogspawn is a weed in my tank. I have it under 400w radiums.
I split the seem on my old tank and when I switched tanks I had to break it in half so it would fit between the braces. When i picked it up (2.5 years ago) it had 15 heads or so, now its probably 150. I have even given away a bunch of it.
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03/23/2017, 11:53 PM | #9 |
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Candy cane really fast. I target feed twice a week.
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03/24/2017, 07:09 AM | #10 |
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Thanks. I don't know why I even said frogspawn even though I have a hammer coral lol, I think it's because I had it on my mind on buying one. But I have heard that some people like to feed them once to twice a week and others don't bother feeding them since they feed off the algae in their bodies and light.
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03/24/2017, 07:22 AM | #11 |
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I feed my frogspawn every other day.
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03/24/2017, 07:25 AM | #12 |
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Have you seen a huge growth impact by feeding them constantly?
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03/24/2017, 07:40 AM | #13 |
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Candycanes and branching hammers definitely grow quickly, IME. It looks you have a wall hammer though. Not sure on the growth of those, but assume it would be quick like its cousins. Even with the (not so bright) lights you have, I would keep the hammer on the sand. They are very prone to damage, and they can get infections easily.
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03/24/2017, 07:45 AM | #14 |
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Yea I don't plan on moving it from my sand.
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