Pipe Organ, who's got one, and what are you feeding it, if anything?

[CanuckReefer]

I don't generally feed other than what the fish and inverts get from broadcast and live phyto. I understand these are slow growing, non invasive with hard stalks, but fairly hardy. Picked up a frag today....thanks. If you've got a cool pic of a colony that would inspire me too lol..

 

[NashobaTek]

Big red Skelton is the closest to a colony I have

 

[vetteguy53081]

I feed nothing and this thing grew from 12 strands to a small football size

 

[CanuckReefer]

I feed nothing and this thing grew from 12 strands to a small football size

And herein lies the goal. Beauty. Located mine nearby my Duncans as well, two fairly peaceful species. Wish me luck.

 

[DanConnor]

Here's some excess I harvested, and in the tank. This variety is very vigorous. I feed it nothing.

 

[CanuckReefer]

Here's some excess I harvested, and in the tank. This variety is very vigorous. I feed it nothing.

My word! Beauty..... mine seems greener, but not entirely sure as it is just starting to open....I like this no feed scenario, although my nitrates are always super low. Xenia, Kenya, Shrooms, the usual 'weeds ' still thrive. I hear if anything they do like clean water?

 

[coralfishreef]

No direct feeding. Pipe organ is very easy to grow in my experience. This is softball sized. Took about 6 months to grow from a frag to this.

 

[CanuckReefer]

No direct feeding. Pipe organ is very easy to grow in my experience. This is softball sized. Took about 6 months to grow from a frag to this.

Gorgeous, sign me up.

 

[DanConnor]

My word! Beauty..... mine seems greener, but not entirely sure as it is just starting to open....I like this no feed scenario, although my nitrates are always super low. Xenia, Kenya, Shrooms, the usual 'weeds ' still thrive. I hear if anything they do like clean water?

Yeah- my nutrients are always low too, because the corals suck it up. I dose ammonia and phosphate some times, but its still low. Mine looks somewhat greener than in that picture. I have other varieties that were very tricky and I couldn't keep alive. Small white polyps were cool looking but difficult.

 

[CanuckReefer]

Somebody is seeming at home already. Good sign so far.

 

[dennis romano]

Yeah- my nutrients are always low too, because the corals suck it up. I dose ammonia and phosphate some times, but its still low. Mine looks somewhat greener than in that picture. I have other varieties that were very tricky and I couldn't keep alive. Small white polyps were cool looking but difficult.

Just curious. What kind of lighting are you using for it?

 

[CanuckReefer]

Just curious. What kind of lighting are you using for it?

I've got 2 4ft T5 HO, 10,000K and actinic, along with a Fluval 3.0 LED, which basically just supplements a bit, and simulates a dawn /dusk.
Might be a little low? Whoops just noticed that wasn't directed at me lol.

 

[coralfishreef]

1 colony under Radion/AI Prime 1 colony under Radion/T5. Frags and mini colonies under T5. They seem to like anything.

 

[DanConnor]

Just curious. What kind of lighting are you using for it?

T5s

 

[Gianluca]

Here's some excess I harvested, and in the tank. This variety is very vigorous. I feed it nothing.

Do you sell your excess?

 

[DanConnor]

As paperweights!
I've been doing a few frag swaps in the northeast, that's about it.