Just wanted to share my experience with my “beginner” corals and how fast they can grow! People aren’t kidding when they say growing like weeds!
keep in mind that all the times I provide are just guesstimates, as I don’t know exactly when I added all these corals.
also, I’m NOT Posting trying to brag or anything, all these corals are known to be beginner friendly and are known to grow super fast! I’m not an expert keeper, as stated in the title I’m just a beginner. I have certainly made mistakes and had failures, and I assume I will continue to do so. Just wanted to show my beginner progress with my beginner corals, might be helpful for other beginners looking at these corals
My pulsing Xenia started as a single “stalk” about 3 1/2 months ago, now it’s 4 plus stalks with an additional 3 “baby” stalks that sprouted elsewhere in the tank:
3 1/2 months ago
Today
Anthelia is about 3 months old and taking over the rock it’s on, you can see it crusting over the shell it started on and onto the rock
day one
today
montipora added about 3 months ago, broke it while gluing it. It’s regrown where it broke and is getting big:
3 months ago
today
If you look close you can see where it started/the algae from the store and the new growth
last my pavona, added about the same time as the monti, about 3 months ago, it’s starting to crust on the rock. . . Despite being move a few time, and being fragged once
No good pics of when I added it, but here’s a pic of it in crusting and the frag
the frag
keep in mind that all the times I provide are just guesstimates, as I don’t know exactly when I added all these corals.
also, I’m NOT Posting trying to brag or anything, all these corals are known to be beginner friendly and are known to grow super fast! I’m not an expert keeper, as stated in the title I’m just a beginner. I have certainly made mistakes and had failures, and I assume I will continue to do so. Just wanted to show my beginner progress with my beginner corals, might be helpful for other beginners looking at these corals
My pulsing Xenia started as a single “stalk” about 3 1/2 months ago, now it’s 4 plus stalks with an additional 3 “baby” stalks that sprouted elsewhere in the tank:
3 1/2 months ago
Today
Anthelia is about 3 months old and taking over the rock it’s on, you can see it crusting over the shell it started on and onto the rock
day one
today
montipora added about 3 months ago, broke it while gluing it. It’s regrown where it broke and is getting big:
3 months ago
today
If you look close you can see where it started/the algae from the store and the new growth
last my pavona, added about the same time as the monti, about 3 months ago, it’s starting to crust on the rock. . . Despite being move a few time, and being fragged once
No good pics of when I added it, but here’s a pic of it in crusting and the frag
the frag
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