Had a great laugh at DMZ line. I really hate this clove infestation. I have mine in the tank exactly the same way you got yours, through a new frag. My cloves are slowly approaching my hammer coral. I was afraid that my hammer would be overtaken by these cloves or it’ll climb and grow on it’s skeleton. Hopefully the hammer will also create a DMZ line
Thanks. It has a great color and makes a great cover for rocks and since it is a relatively benign coral, most can outcompete it, then the rock gets flow to it. I’m growing it out on one rock now so I can frag it and get it into a display tank(s).
My LFS gave me the hard sell on a frag of this earlier today. It is temptingly beautiful, but I resisted. Your display looks great, and thanks for the information.
Thanks for watching Tony. Ya dont add this coral until you have most of your rock work covered in corals. As a matter of interest, how much does a frag of blue clove polyps go for?
Great video! Def answered a lot of questioned I had. Regardless I think it looks great in your tank... I agree this would work as long as you establish all the other corals first.. I've debated on adding "pest" coral to my system... Gsp is the only one I've risked adding at this point tho... Thanks for the vid
Thanks for watching CJ! Gsp is giving me more headaches than the Blue Clove Polyps as it is slowly spreading towards other corals and it does irritate the hell out of them. I think Gsp is ideal if put on a flat surface like an overflow or tank bottom as then it can be easily scraped off if it gets too close to another coral.
I'm pretty new to the hobby and have some bsp that came in on a zoa rock, it's not spreading at all. I have them in a new tank( 5 months ). I think the tank is too new and not established enough to take properly house corals.I've been thinking of moving the few corals from the new tank to my year old tank that's doing fine but I don't want the blue stars to take over.
Hello. Yes, I wouldn't take the chance. All my blue clove polyps are gone now. I restarted the tank a few years back and bleached all the live rock to start from scratch. I do miss how they look though, not many corals are that blue.
Love this video! I, too, have this problem or situation. I’ve learned to live with it, but bye bye Zoas. I think plays can hold their own, we will see.
Great, great video, filming, commentary, info, everything, great job!
Sweet tank I’m hoping that my tank will have that issue in the near future.
I absolutely love the tank mate! I find the coral war you have so interesting.
I dub this tank ''The Blue Warzone!''
I’ve never seen this channel before, but that tank is absolutely gorgeous
Thank you!
Had a great laugh at DMZ line.
I really hate this clove infestation. I have mine in the tank exactly the same way you got yours, through a new frag. My cloves are slowly approaching my hammer coral. I was afraid that my hammer would be overtaken by these cloves or it’ll climb and grow on it’s skeleton. Hopefully the hammer will also create a DMZ line
I feel like these would look really cool in a angelfish tank if someone let it take over the rock before adding the angelfish.
Thanks. It has a great color and makes a great cover for rocks and since it is a relatively benign coral, most can outcompete it, then the rock gets flow to it. I’m growing it out on one rock now so I can frag it and get it into a display tank(s).
My LFS gave me the hard sell on a frag of this earlier today. It is temptingly beautiful, but I resisted. Your display looks great, and thanks for the information.
Thanks for watching Tony. Ya dont add this coral until you have most of your rock work covered in corals. As a matter of interest, how much does a frag of blue clove polyps go for?
It was a larger frag than I am used to seeing, about 2" square. I think it was in the $14.99 section of the frag tank.
Great video! Def answered a lot of questioned I had. Regardless I think it looks great in your tank... I agree this would work as long as you establish all the other corals first.. I've debated on adding "pest" coral to my system... Gsp is the only one I've risked adding at this point tho... Thanks for the vid
Thanks for watching CJ! Gsp is giving me more headaches than the Blue Clove Polyps as it is slowly spreading towards other corals and it does irritate the hell out of them. I think Gsp is ideal if put on a flat surface like an overflow or tank bottom as then it can be easily scraped off if it gets too close to another coral.
I'm pretty new to the hobby and have some bsp that came in on a zoa rock, it's not spreading at all. I have them in a new tank( 5 months ). I think the tank is too new and not established enough to take properly house corals.I've been thinking of moving the few corals from the new tank to my year old tank that's doing fine but I don't want the blue stars to take over.
Hello. Yes, I wouldn't take the chance. All my blue clove polyps are gone now. I restarted the tank a few years back and bleached all the live rock to start from scratch. I do miss how they look though, not many corals are that blue.
Hi Sean, ah yes an Irishman in Korea, love it. I used the aptasia x to control them, not able to totally get rid of them. Cheers
Great looking tank! Congratulations! :)
Looks like a nice 'groundcover' if you like that sort of thing.
Love this video! I, too, have this problem or situation. I’ve learned to live with it, but bye bye Zoas. I think plays can hold their own, we will see.
These things smother other corals in no time. I have a GSP, which grows like weeds too, but I keep it isolated to my barebottom.
Low your ph and all soft corals will melt, sps and sps will get affected but not as much
Good info on the Blue Clove Polyp. Subbed your channel
The lashes on the mind blowing palys are cracking
How would I remove the blue polyps from a zoa colony?
How do you get your corals to thrive ole that. Even your birds nest wants to multiply
How did you get that macro shot? Really nice
Just stuck my phone up against the glass.
Some would say you have a good problem. fills empty spaces.
Ya it's part of my tank now and I'm choosing to see the positives.
Some nice coral there man! You still reefing? noticed this was 8 months ago.. have subbed
Thanks! Ya still have the reef, just haven't gotten around to making a video lately. Might make an update video soon.
You should get a species that likes to eat those Cloves. Or give some to your neighbours as a starter