Giant Clove Polyp/Palm Tree Coral Showoff Thread

nautical_nathaniel · Sep 22, 2017

Hey folks! Let's see those giant clove polyps, the more mild mannered and less invasive member of the clove polyp group of corals!

Here is my current crop of giant clove polyps:

I got these bad boys at MACNA this year. They have dark green "leaves" with a gold neon stripe running down the middle. I hope to get some Avatars soon to go along with them in my tank!

I like these clove polyps because the don't grow like weeds like those nasty blue clove polyps and they're much easier to trim and frag if they do start to grow somewhere they shouldn't!

jsker · Sep 23, 2017

pensacola-aquarist said:
Hey folks! Let's see those giant clove polyps, the more mild mannered and less invasive member of the clove polyp group of corals!

Here is my current crop of giant clove polyps:

I got these bad boys at MACNA this year. They have dark green "leaves" with a gold neon stripe running down the middle. I hope to get some Avatars soon to go along with them in my tank!

I like these clove polyps because the don't grow like weeds like those nasty blue clove polyps and they're much easier to trim and frag if they do start to grow somewhere they shouldn't!

OOOHHHH that is awesome colors. I am going to have to come up there and frag that piece for my own

nautical_nathaniel · Sep 23, 2017

jsker said:
OOOHHHH that is awesome colors. I am going to have to come up there and frag that piece for my own

Give me a couple months! They have to multiply first!

DSC reef · Sep 23, 2017

Those are awesome colors, never seen those before. Here's a couple small ones

nautical_nathaniel · Sep 23, 2017

DSC reef said:
Those are awesome colors, never seen those before. Here's a couple small ones

Yours look great too! I kinda wish the stripe on mine went all the way to the center like yours but it doesn't bother me too much

spiraling · Sep 23, 2017

DSC reef said:
Those are awesome colors, never seen those before. Here's a couple small ones

I have these - how invasive are they?

DSC reef · Sep 23, 2017

Honestly I'm surprised how fast they grow. The tank is a nano with cheap lights and weekly water change. To much flow in the reef tank. They have stayed isolated to the one rock though.

nautical_nathaniel · Sep 23, 2017

spiraling said:
I have these - how invasive are they?

They're not supposed to be as invasive as something like blue clove polyps but they still grow pretty fast. I'd put them at the same growth rate as fast growing zoas like Sunny D's.