cthedaytrader
Active Member
Ok maybe that title is a little bit dramatic, but over the years I have noticed that if a paly/zoa colony runs out of space to grow, it becomes more susceptable to closing up and melting. Almost as if the colony has lost its will to live, and simply dies off.
I have had colonies thrive for years in my tankes fill rocks, or even colonies that I have had for months fill plugs, and when they reach a "critical mass" for lack of a better term, meaning they fill up the plug they are on, or the rock they are on they no longer grow and eventually end up dieing despite thriving when space was not an issue.
I was wondering if other people have seen this issue with their colonies as well.
Obviously, a way to prevent this would be to frag the colonies, but that of course fragging has its own risks as well and can also kill a colony. Personally I am terrible zoa/paly fragger and tend to shy away from fragging my colonies.
A recent example of this for me was my ultimate chaos colony. I started with one poly which in matter of 6 months filled the plug and was doing amazing, once the plug was filled I didnt frag it and the colony just began to melt away. I have seen this in much larger colonies as well in the past.
I have had colonies thrive for years in my tankes fill rocks, or even colonies that I have had for months fill plugs, and when they reach a "critical mass" for lack of a better term, meaning they fill up the plug they are on, or the rock they are on they no longer grow and eventually end up dieing despite thriving when space was not an issue.
I was wondering if other people have seen this issue with their colonies as well.
Obviously, a way to prevent this would be to frag the colonies, but that of course fragging has its own risks as well and can also kill a colony. Personally I am terrible zoa/paly fragger and tend to shy away from fragging my colonies.
A recent example of this for me was my ultimate chaos colony. I started with one poly which in matter of 6 months filled the plug and was doing amazing, once the plug was filled I didnt frag it and the colony just began to melt away. I have seen this in much larger colonies as well in the past.
