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  1. coldshot

    coldshot Blue Ringed Angel

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    I got some big black snail's with my cuc from John a while back and yesterday I added what look's like a green tree coral except the trunk is gray in color and the polyp's are brown. What it is I havent a clue. The three large ones ar about 2 1/2 inches in heighth...I looked at them just now and one of these big snails was on top of one of the trees and after I gently removed I noted the tree was only about 1/2 inch in heighth...Can the tree recess this far in or has the snail eaten him. I have all the large snails setting here on the desk wondering what they did wrong. Please fill me in on this. I will put the snails in a jug till I hear from you pros...please help...thnx
     
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  2. coldshot

    coldshot Blue Ringed Angel

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    the rock the trees are on is totaly green with algae so maybe he got carried away...was a cool tree though
     
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  3. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    Can you get a picture?
     
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  4. {Nano}Reefer

    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    If there was algae on your "tree" I am 95% positive he was after that. And yes, corals expel and suck in water whenever they fell threatened.
     
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  5. coldshot

    coldshot Blue Ringed Angel

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    I guess he expelled water and went flat or some weird thing because he is slowly coming around. It shows I am new huh...lol...oh wel I am learning....
     
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  6. {Nano}Reefer

    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    We all have to start somewhere, google "Kenya Tree" or "colt coral" and tell me what you think.
     
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  7. coldshot

    coldshot Blue Ringed Angel

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    The lady at the store finally started liking me and th eowner is in the hospital and I got a rock about 3 pound's and three nice Kenya trees and one other that is only about an 1/8th of an inch tall and the big one seems to be splitting or he just has another tree sharing his foot, and I got a Flame Scallop which I didnt really want but it was all in a bundle for under 10 bux....Do they split? Or go asexual or whatever it is called?
     
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  8. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    The kenya tree's? They drop buds. You will soon be tearing it out of your tank manually, cursing the day you bought it ;)
     
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  9. coldshot

    coldshot Blue Ringed Angel

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    How do I take one off of the rock and move it elsewhere?
     
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  10. PharmrJohn

    PharmrJohn The Dude

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    With a kenya tree you can just use you fingers to pinch the base....then either rubber band the stalk to the rock of your choice or drive a toothpick through it and lodge that in the rock. Wait a week and remove the rubberband or the toothpick (I have had success with just a three day attachment period). This works with both Kenya trees and Xenia.
     
    PharmrJohn, Apr 8, 2009
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