What's growing the best in your tank?

[AdamD76]

at the moment, pink macroalgae

Pics?

 

[adamg77]

Snails! I have hundreds of them all over the place! Hopefully the primary consumers will be able to out number the predators when I am ready to add them!

 

[tREEFarm]

Unfortunately, I do not have a picture of when I first brought the rock home with 3 on it. I do have a picture of them prior to selling 6 of them to @tREEFarm.

Not 1-2 days later, after selling 6 of them, I came home from work, and 2 of the 4 that I kept had split. So, I am currently back up to 6. Ha!

The six I picked up have become ten hah

 

[Northern Flicker]

Aiptasia

 

[Laughterman]

Leather corals, no success with Zoas and Xenia. Been vodka dosing for a while and my Xenias just melted away. Had a huge problem with phosphates in my tank.

 

[OrionN]

Aiptasia

My tank too

 

[tzabor10]

Zoanthids are always a favorite of mine. They grow well and tolerate my mistakes. The rastas are booming and contrasts are amazing. Also my WWC Kiwi Platygyra is a champ. One of my first purchases was their beginner coral pack. Great choice @WWC

 

[windsor_salt]

Long tentacle purple encrusting Gongorian. It’s out of control

 

[Laughterman]

Kenya trees and green star polys, still under control. For now at least.

I wish I can my GSP to grow, still the same size of a year ago.

 

[FindingNem0]

Coraline algae on glass

 

[THE_MAD_REEFER]

Blue polyp encrusting monti. I put a small frag in a week ago and it is already draping the plug. I made sure to put it on a small movable rock.

 

[jayala12]

Zoanthids are always a favorite of mine. They grow well and tolerate my mistakes. The rastas are booming and contrasts are amazing. Also my WWC Kiwi Platygyra is a champ. One of my first purchases was their beginner coral pack. Great choice @WWC

Man I love the rastas. All time favorite for sure.

 

[jermzisurmom]

GREEN HAIR ALGAE!!

 

[SueAubu]

We love watching our coral/ fish grow in our tank. From a coral going from a tiny frag into a beautiful colony to a fish going from 2 inches into 7+ inches. I am wondering what is growing the best in your tank. Photo Credit: @prcardinal91

Hair algae

 

[tigre44]

Montipora 3 types

 

[feelingfishy]

Snails! I have hundreds of them all over the place! Hopefully the primary consumers will be able to out number the predators when I am ready to add them!

Yea man, I hear you on this one. My last tank a 330, no snail seemed to survive but my new tank with better filtration and frankly better everything grows Dwarf Cerith snails in the thousands.

Funny thing is I purposely put the Dwarf snails in my last tank and when it broke I thought they were goners too. Then I put an old rock that I had kept wet in the new tank for like 3 hours tops not even considering the snails from the previous tank and boom. Next thing I knew these annoying yet useful snails are everywhere.

It’s been close to a year now and I think they are finally starting to regulate there population naturally around 1-2k idk.

 

[NCsalt]

Monti Cap

 

[Jeffcb]

My fish, they love me!

 

[KrisReef]

This thread sure went the wrong direction lol.

Seems like a rare case of candid replies regarding the truth about what grows fastest in our tanks?

It's got to be Montipora or glass encrusting invaders because they are necessarily the fastest growing things we find in our tanks. Oh, and Aiptasia or flatworms and slime coats should get an honorable mention for sure.

 

[Waters]

Seems like a rare case of candid replies regarding the truth about what grows fastest in our tanks?

It's got to be Montipora or glass encrusting invaders because they are necessarily the fastest growing things we find in our tanks. Oh, and Aiptasia or flatworms and slime coats should get an honorable mention for sure.

Lol very true.