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Steve Garett Stylo
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@reefkeeper2 has a Stylophora that looks similar I believe.
The stylo I have I got from Jeremy at CRA in Seekonk 15 years ago. Right now it's getting 900 par at the top of the tank and is a powder blue. I have another piece at the bottom of the tank and it's a deep aqua marine.
In my tank
Pest.
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Why do you feel it is a pest?
Stylopora/Pocilopora are the aptaisia of hard coral. They’re hardy and can survive a nuclear blast. Grow on anything hard including the glass. And once they’re on the glass and you try to scrape it off, the polyps go everywhere and encrust on anything that’s hard and grow there too.
There’s nothing nice about them. They’re open polyps hard corals. The skeleton might have some different colors but all you see is the brown/green polyps.
You don’t have to believe me, buy it and try it. Just don’t let a scam artist that named their pest corals sell you one.
There’s nothing nice about them. They’re open polyps hard corals. The skeleton might have some different colors but all you see is the brown/green polyps.
You don’t have to believe me, buy it and try it. Just don’t let a scam artist that named their pest corals sell you one.
Any updated pics of your tank post build?
There hasn’t been any build going on for the past two years lol. I just have overgrown corals battle for their own real estate. With the second kid, the tank is just coasting with just water making and ensure the cwc is running. I’ve been blessed.
Honestly, stylo and Poci are like the absolutely no no in my tank. I mean, just look at the dying natural reef. All the other corals are either bleaching or melting, but you can see stylo/Poci here and there. The growth pattern is also butt ugly. It just a mount. Half of the attraction from growing sps is their form and growth pattern and all this thing is a round mount that doesn’t even really grow upward.
Honestly, stylo and Poci are like the absolutely no no in my tank. I mean, just look at the dying natural reef. All the other corals are either bleaching or melting, but you can see stylo/Poci here and there. The growth pattern is also butt ugly. It just a mount. Half of the attraction from growing sps is their form and growth pattern and all this thing is a round mount that doesn’t even really grow upward.
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Ok, thanks. Will have to rethink this.
A better alternative is the Seriotopora. Stuff like Ponape or bird of paradise. They’re less aggressive and the form is a little better. You can shape it by cutting the branch off. A little less hardy.
Another easy sps coral would be the montiopra. Aggressive and the form tend to shadow everything underneath but at least they’re pretty and colorful.
Another easy sps coral would be the montiopra. Aggressive and the form tend to shadow everything underneath but at least they’re pretty and colorful.
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Thanks. I have a bubblegum monti, seems to be doing well, and I really like it. Really like birds nests so probably will get at least 1 of them.
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