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[thefishofdoom]

i need Info on these three Corals or what ever there called see i need help.

Mushroom

Button Polyps

And Kenyi Tree

i have found no info on the Kenyi tree so help is appreciated

 

[thefishofdoom]

sorry its kenya* not kenyi

 

[guppy]

The soft coral (Capnella sp.)? I don't know anything about them but here are a couple links

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1926&articleid=2288
http://64.73.41.105/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=652
http://www.saltwaterconnection.com/soft.html
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/nephtheids.htm
http://www.vividaquariums.com/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=02-1128-10

That ought to be enough to get you started

 

[thefishofdoom]

Thanks

 

[Howesbrother]

The Kenya tree is like a colt coral....They're soft corals that have relatively lowlight requirments and since being filter feeders need a decent amount of flow throughout your tank. These soft corals grow HUGE and in a matter of time can almost become a nuisance. They are very hardy and easily fragged.

 

[Zoodiver]

i need Info on these three Corals or what ever there called see i need help.

Mushroom

Button Polyps

And Kenyi Tree

i have found no info on the Kenyi tree so help is appreciated

Mushrooms and buttons are both relativly low light. One they get going, they're hard to stop. I had to remove and reposition mushrooms all the time. They like to sting any lesser coral around it.

 

[mkpeters6]

The Kenya tree is like a colt coral....They're soft corals that have relatively lowlight requirments and since being filter feeders need a decent amount of flow throughout your tank. These soft corals grow HUGE and in a matter of time can almost become a nuisance. They are very hardy and easily fragged.

I took a small frag from a friend of mine who had a "kenya forest" growing -- less then a year later a have my own forest -- the coral reproduces by dropping branches of the main colony - i now have about twenty individual corals growing from the main colony -- the best way to frag them is growing the branches in the sand - that way they adhere themselves to grains of sand and not to live rock (once they attach themselves to rock they are there for good)

both zoos (button poylps) and mushrooms have similar requirements - and like the kenya tree, they will also multiply rapidly