Blue clove polyps

[Kate]

I found these on ebay, if anyone is interested in bidding on them. I already won some, or I would!

LIVE CORAL-BLUE POLYP Mystery Coral - Clavularia sp.?? - eBay (item 110254164854 end time Jun-17-08 15:32:06 PDT)

 

[lcstorc]

I already have a large rock of them. They are beautiful but don't seem to spread that easily

 

[GSELLERS]

yes its clauveria...aka forget me nots

 

[Kate]

Do they seem to like a lot of light?

 

[tippMANn98]

i had some, and got some more.....my new frag that grew from nothing is almost 3 times that size!

 

[BEELZEBOB]

i got, you want um, NA NA NA NAAAA NAAAAAA NAAAAAAAA

 

[Wolfgang8810]

I boutght some that spread onto the substrate at my LFS for 5 bucks. now a month later they have covered the whole rock they are on. I would say that they dont need a whole lot of light. Treat them as you would GSP light and flow wise. Once they spread they can be a nusance. I love mine and i hope you love yours too,

 

[NanoNewbie]

my whole colony of blue clove completely closed up over the last two days. I cant figure out what caused it. My other corals are fine. Water tested perfect.
Ive been having problems controling temp in tank but it hasnt gone over 81 so i dont have a clue whats going on. Any ideas? :cry1:

 

[BEELZEBOB]

thats totally non-non-no hanis bro.

sorry to hear that.

 

[Wolfgang8810]

Just wait it out. is al i can think of. I have mine placed on the bottom and im running a 150w MH so they arent getting a tom of light

 

[NanoNewbie]

Thanks Ill wait few days and see what they do. I have mine in a 14g BioCube so lighting should be ok and flow is gentle

 

[BEELZEBOB]

how long have you had them? it took mine a good 2 weeks to perk up to 100%

 

[NanoNewbie]

I've had them little over week and they were looking great up till couple days ago

 

[BEELZEBOB]

i wouldnt give up hope just yet.

if you go through my gallery, a ways back there is a pic of when i first got them.

then the most recent FTS i have in there you can see them purdy good.

i wanna re-name the species "Lilac Cloves..."

 

[Wolfgang8810]

Here is a picture of my little guys. They started from 5 polyps total a month ago.

 

[NanoNewbie]

Well I think my blue cloves are goners. There doesnt seem to be anything but a few polyps left on the whole rock. Cant tell if they are shriveled up or completely gone as if something ate them. Dont have anything in tank but a coral banded shrimp and red crab royal gramma and snails so I'm at a loss as to what happened. Wait some and see if anything comes back lol.
Damn i loved that coral.

 

[BEELZEBOB]

Huh, mine kinda fel off and kicked up again.

heres a grwth comp from first week to now

 

[cuttie100]

Mine are red...i would love to have a frag of the blue. If anyone willing to sell let me know.

 

[BEELZEBOB]

those are the exact same.

different lighting changes their colors

 

[SubRosa]

They grow like weeds for me.I have them all over my display racks at the store.I started sticking frag plugs into the eggcrate to grow some frags from these volunteers.

John