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I loved these tiny blue daisies. They are growing in every trough. I was visiting Lone Star Aquaculture, a facility that is growing corals to provide stores across the nation with livestock so we don't have to rely on our oceans for frags. http://www.lonestaraquaculture.com/

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These vivid candy canes were hard to overlook.

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Ya, I love them too. Just if they weren't such an invasive nuisance.
 
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Could you keep them on a rock in an island setting, or do they spread by floating elsewhere like a mushroom?
 

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those cloves spread EVERYWHERE. Like, literally you'll find a single polyp pop up just randomly, and soon enough a mini-colony growing. They're gorgeous, just with enough time a bit of a pain in the butt
 

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those little blue cloves can become a nightmare in a tank. i have a 54g completely overgrown with them. they've smothered out most of my other corals.
 

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Yes Marc they are beautiful but they release or something and spread everywhere! I didnt mind it till they started pushing the zoas and palys around. LOL!
 
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They remind me of plants people purchase for ground cover. I think I'm going to fill up my next tank with these to the brim. :D
 

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