Green Button Polyp Problem....again

[Shipley18]

hey i have a rock that has about ten green button polyps on it althought half of them are nto green but tanish...do they develop the green color with age? also how long will it take them to reproduce

 

[1979camaro]

they may just be another variety. under proper lighting they should spread fiarly quickly...best way to observe that is take a digital picture once a week and compare growth

 

[KahluaZzZ]

They don't look the same under different lighting. I have 5 colonies of green button polyps and some are more brown than others. Young ones are more green. Thicker ones are brownish on the edge. All my colonies are spread in my tank, under different conditions. Don't panic for now, those are hardy and they spread so fast.

 

[Shipley18]

well I've had mine for about 9 months and it started with about five and now i have............11(jsut counted) is that a goo dor bad turnover rate?

 

[1979camaro]

its better than starting with 11 and ending up with 5

 

[Shipley18]

lol thanks.....but although I'm horrible at math i think i could have figured that one out

 

[wayne]

It's not bad, but could be worse. These things always look better under actinic lighting (note the word look, not grow)

 

[KahluaZzZ]

i started with 5...under mh and 3 months later i have 27 now.

 

[jammerz]

i started with 10, 4 months ago now i have 35-40. 250w MH...stoked!!!

 

[1979camaro]

what lighting do you have on the 20?

 

[dbacksrat]

so how long would it take to reproduce 1 little polyp under 130 watts of PC?

 

[1979camaro]

depends on how high up it is, what kind of flow, water quality, etc...its really a tough thing to predict. in my experience assuming it is medium height and good water quality you might see a new polyp in a week or so...the more you have the more quickly they spread

 

[Shipley18]

well i jsut bought my new light today its 110 Watts blue and white light and everything looks sweet under it i will post a pic asap

 

[Fballvera22]

Wayne, you said they will look better under actinic blue but not grown better. Why is that. I thought and have observed much better results both looks and growth with actinic blue. My roommate and I have both got some grren buttons and mine are look so much more healthy and seem to be growing faster than his. The only difference in our tanks is that i have an actinic blue and he doesn't.

 

[Shipley18]

hmm thats interesting

 

[KahluaZzZ]

Blue spectrum excite and colors the pigment of corals, so it looks better, but doesn't help the growing since the spectrum is not what the sun really delivers.

 

[1979camaro]

do you both have a white spectrum bulb as well? if that is the case then you are still getting more useful light than he is

 

[JustinP]

Just curious has anyone tried trading some of their extra polps in to a LFS for cash or credit? If so what did you get for them? I also have a bunch of the greenish/brownish zoa. polyps.

 

[DustinKeating]

I dont think you'd get a whole lot for green or brownish zoa's, depends how many you have. I've never received cash from a lfs, it's not good business for them really. you'll probably get store credit.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

Yeah too common..my LFS has plenty of brownish and dark green zoanthids..i doubt you could get some $.
If you had vibrant red ones or really special ones, i bet they could at least trade it to something... inferior value