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Pocillopora colonies

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richiev

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I have a bunch of large pocillopora colonies that I'm going to likely remove from my main display to clear some space. Very healthy corals. Zero pests in my display.

I'm going to put them for sale on FB, but if anyone here would like one, or a big chunk, let me know. I'll take offers of free stuff, or receipts donations to charity, as optional trades, but I'm also happy to give away free.

Various colonies:
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Tank shot:
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Redwood City. I'm not in a rush, but should be able to grab one for pickup this weekend if interesting
 
Captive bred coral is a good thing lol!

Question: if you start with just one frag, will it be capable of spawning on its own? Or would you need a male and female? I’m a bit ignorant on coral spawning
 
Fish Boss said:
Captive bred coral is a good thing lol!

Question: if you start with just one frag, will it be capable of spawning on its own? Or would you need a male and female? I’m a bit ignorant on coral spawning
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Pocillopora polyps simply detach from any frag and float in the water column till they settle on a hard surface. That spawn grows in to its own full blown colony. if not immediately scraped off, they will eventually take over your tank.
 
GSP is great. Pocillopora are great. GSP will spread, so you need to isolate and maintain. Pocillopora can also spread in the ways you noted, so you should be aware. Pocillopora to someone beyond us non deep reefer nerds looks the same as a Stylophora and like a cooler, fuzzier stick (acro).

I take no offense, but I also think we should all stop ragging on these things. Worst case being the examples where newbies offer up there first frags, which are probably Xenia or GSP because they look awesome and grow well, and then folks neg them hard. Again, I don't take offense given I know the responders and what you mean, but I think we should stop doing that.

Especially given the delineation can be arbitrary since in my tank the actual biggest issue is I have so many encrusting montis growing like crazy that even those will become a nuisance.

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Back on topic, continue to feel free to contact me if you're interested. Otherwise I'll sell them on FB.
 
shhhh have had a few soccer ball size xenia colonies for a couple years in my tank.. kids love em and they haven’t taken any walks around the tank
 
lol I’ve listened to the reefing nerds scream bloody warning about GSP and Xenia since day one, and it’s never become a problem. I still have my first piece of GSP and for whatever reason, everyone was wrong. Grew slowly and all my stony corals took off instead. It’s the same group of people that are have hardcore “collector-itis” and don’t really care about the actual wellbeing of these animals that echo these reefing warnings. Every coral is cool, and it detracts from what I love about the hobby when people rag on a certain coral.
 
thesassyindian said:
Pocillopora polyps simply detach from any frag and float in the water column till they settle on a hard surface. That spawn grows in to its own full blown colony. if not immediately scraped off, they will eventually take over your tank.
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The mechanism isn’t actually known. I asked Richard Ross and he mentioned they are brooders and that they might actually just be doing real spawning

Bailing might also be possible. They aren’t mutually exclusive
 
Raj Gill said:
lol I’ve listened to the reefing nerds scream bloody warning about GSP and Xenia since day one, and it’s never become a problem. I still have my first piece of GSP and for whatever reason, everyone was wrong. Grew slowly and all my stony corals took off instead. It’s the same group of people that are have hardcore “collector-itis” and don’t really care about the actual wellbeing of these animals that echo these reefing warnings. Every coral is cool, and it detracts from what I love about the hobby when people rag on a certain coral.
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I just started trying GSP on my back wall. And while I’m hesitant to put xenia in the main tank, I do want a little xenia tank for clowns. Maybe in college, when I have less time.
 
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