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DEAD_BY_DAWN
05-07-2004, 07:57 AM
1.lg bubble coral
2.frog spawn frag
3.pumping xenia
4.anthelia frag
5.three types of mushrooms
6.three typs of xenia
7.cabbage coral frag
8.toadstoll leather sm
9.brown and green polyps lots
10.green stars frag
11.Montipora digitata frag
12.blue tip formosa frag
13.hammer and candy cane frag on the weekend
i realize in time the frags will grow and need to be reduced but will any serious problem come about to this mix

AJ_77
05-07-2004, 04:06 PM
Sounds like it. Just add a few and see how it goes... some of those are real good growers.

bluetang
05-07-2004, 04:30 PM
I think as long as your levels are real good and your corals arn't touching each other you shouldnt have a problem.

DEAD_BY_DAWN
05-08-2004, 02:46 AM
there is space around each one,allowing room to grow most of the corals are small right now,but growing fast,as for condtions pretty good nitrate always under 5ppm

Chad
05-08-2004, 07:35 AM
Lemme see if I can try to list out what I have in my 20gal.

1. Frog Spawn
2. Anthelia
3. GSP
4. GSP (2nd type)
5. Blasto
6. Blasto (2nd type)
7. Finger leather
8. Toad stool
9. Green leather
10. Brown Leather
11. Knoby leather
12. Yellow Polyps
13. Gorgonia
14. Trumpet
15. Scroll
16. Pink Birds Nest
17. ATLEAST 13 different types of zoo's
18. Red mushroom
19. Stripped Mushroom
20. Green Hairy Mushroom
21. Sun Polyps
22. Dotted Mushroom
23. Green bump mushroom
24. Golden Ricordia
25. Blue Ricordia.

ok I give up.. I have a lot.. and I still try to find spaces..

Doug
05-08-2004, 12:50 PM
Be aware that lps corals like bubbles, hammers & frogspawns can grow much larger than a 20g footprint. They also have very potent sweepers and are almost impossible to frag, unless the branching frogspawn type coral.

Also a friends toadstool is easily over a ft. sq. but it can at least be cut down.

Chad
05-08-2004, 03:34 PM
I agree with Flatlander. I think the bubble coral will be the worst culprit. I have stayed away from that sucker for the that very reason.

Frogspawn, I have the branching, so its not a big deal, I just cut off a branch. It actualy just recently divided into 4 heads.. woohoo.. and has a ton of little heads growing off the stalk.

DEAD_BY_DAWN
05-09-2004, 07:09 AM
i cant get rid of the bubble it keeps,my roommate interested in the tank,that plus extra cleaning and she buys me a new coral once per month ,not a bad deal considering i would just end up doing it anyways for free :)

fresh
05-09-2004, 07:57 AM
I think that is a very good deal... I wish I had a roomate like that ;)