How many heads of Euphyllia makes a colony?

[revhtree]

How many heads of Euphyllia makes a colony?

image via @PacificEastAquaculture

 

[Pntbll687]

I'd say 5+ distinct heads make a colony. None of this 2 heads with a third "splitting" into 2 that I see people on facebook selling all the time.

 

[Dburr1014]

I put 5,only cuz it looks like it starts to fill out.

 

[revhtree]

I had to vote 8 or more and that was pushing it! I'm from old school reefing! HAHA!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I put 8. I think 5 big heads or ten small, look like the start of a colony.

 

[Goaway]

Now, with the actual definition of "colony" this is a rather complex question.
If you get 1 polyp and that 1 polyp turns into 5. I call it a colony. The animal has become stable and established will most likely thrive at this point.

Even if you buy an 18 head colony and move this colony into a new system. It is no longer established and polyps are going to die. Of course, this is true with the colonies original environment. Die off happens. But is most likely to take place when a larger colony is settled and moved.

 

[LPS Bum]

3 + separate, unique heads for me (it can be a small colony, but that's still a colony).

 

[MERKEY]

4-6 mini colony

Under that a frag

Over that a colony

But we all have our own interpretation, especially vendors when they can charge double for a "splitting" head...silly lol

 

[damsels are not mean]

I'd say 5 polyps is the borderline of a frag/colony.

 

[Bruce Burnett]

So many tanks I see on here are frag displays. There are some with colonies. I would say size and head count together has to define it. 4 or 5 small heads is still a frag. I purchased a torch with 2 heads, a hammer with 4 and another with 5. So 7 or 8 decent size heads start making a colony. I am an old time reefer where fist size of most corals were considered a colony. Some of these online sites that will call an SPS a mini colony because it has 4 or 5 branches but is under 2 inches.

 

[vtecintegra]

A coral colony is made up of more than one polyp. So the answer is two "heads" have become a colony. Same for one inch sps frags. They have multiple polyps, so they have formed a colony. It's either one polyp, or a colony of polyps.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

by that standard, next time I see a couple walking down the street I’ll say to them “nice colony you two”

 

[smokin'reefer]

By "colony" do we mean like "I'd frag that" size.
I would say 8 plus if so. If fragging causes the coral to loose its "colony" status.

 

[dale347]

It would depend on the coral but I voted 5 for Euphyllia. Less than that, you call it a frag.

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

I have 4 categories of coral size. 1 is a booger, which is either 1 polyp or a piece less than an inch, 2 is a frag, with 2-5 polyps or a 1-2 inch piece, 3 is a chunk, 6-10 polyps or 2-4 inches, and finally we have a colony which is either bigger than 4 inches or has 10+ polyps. So I would say that a euphyllia colony needs to have 10 polyps.

 

[vtecintegra]

by that standard, next time I see a couple walking down the street I’ll say to them “nice colony you two”

That would be as accurate as saying there must be 8 heads to make up a colony This has turned into people just pulling opinions out of their rear side. You either have a polyp, or a colony (2+) polyps. Not rocket science.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

That would be as accurate as saying there must be 8 heads to make up a colony This has turned into people just pulling opinions out of their rear side. You either have a polyp, or a colony (2+) polyps. Not rocket science.

With 3 kids and 2 dogs 1 wife 2 cats….yea man around 8 starts feeling like a small colony around here lol

 

[Koh23]

As many as i can afford.

One head, two head, half head....

 

[vetteguy53081]

I had to vote 8 or more and that was pushing it! I'm from old school reefing! HAHA!

I too am at 8. As you know, I have many colonies of everything !!

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[NowGlazeIT]

I too am at 8. As you know, I have many colonies of everything !!

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Beautiful. Do you remember where the bi colored hammers came from? I have the same, kinda looks more like framers but always wondered if they’re Indo or Aussie