Care Tips for Clove Polyps

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6 жыл бұрын

Today’s coral spotlight video is about Clove Polyps of the Genus Clavularia. Clove polyps can be a versatile addition to a number of different tanks. They could work in smaller aquariums looking for a coral to provide motion that is not particularly aggressive to neighbors nor will outgrow the tank in a month. On the other end of the spectrum, you could use the blue clove variety of this coral that runs rampant to create a beautiful blue background for your other corals. I could see this coral working for either beginners or experts in the hobby depending on what they are looking to accomplish. Can you come up with other ways that clove polyps can be used in a reef tank? Post your thoughts below.
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Tracks: “Groove Grove”
Artist: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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@Pedro4490 6 жыл бұрын

Blue clove polyps are related to Xenias and they are scientifically Sansibia, not clavularia (the larger ones in the video). Clavularia clove polyps take a lot of time to grow, and you can create a garden with them and zoanthids in the bottom of the tank. I have them for some years, they are lovelly and does not cause issues. Clavularia: With too much flow, they dont look as pretty as they do in low flow areas (like flowers), also dont mix them with SPS, they are not aggressive, but they grow tall. Let us hope more varieties of clavularia reach the hobby. the reverse is true for Sansibia, it shouldnt be mixed with Zoanthids, as Sansibia are very fast growers.

@stephensmith8317 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Than, another great video to add to the collection

@AcanLord 6 жыл бұрын

I like to use Blue clove and Briareum to cover the back pane of the aqaurium. If you let both or more start to spread you get some pretty interesting patterns all over the back of the tank.

@someoneforsaken6310 6 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing. Lost a colony of these a while ago. Really love the colors they have so much.

@AmericanReefing 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for all the info.

@SCReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome Update, learned a lot!!!

@bronxreeferbrock1750 6 жыл бұрын

Just got a small colony today!! Very timely and informative vid

@oscaranchundia3641 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video, good info on this coral, thank you for making this videos series I makes really easy to choose the best coral for our tanks.

@volteface69 5 жыл бұрын

Magnifique vidéo, merci !!! 👍👍👍

@misskriss848 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks!!!

@unclefreshreef4318 6 жыл бұрын

Great vid Than!

@dailycoral 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting coral..Great video Than!

@faucetcouch9591 6 жыл бұрын

I found that a low flow was best but a good point on keeping the bottom clear.

@DJ_LittlePea 6 жыл бұрын

Hey than this was a really interesting video .... I have quite a few of these soft corals they are my favourite 😀

@nickpowell3730 6 жыл бұрын

I have some that are blue.there a very pretty softy.I love these little guys

@istandwithisreal8883 4 жыл бұрын

I love your videos

@fishysnowman9082 6 жыл бұрын

Great video.

@KreefAquariumhobby 6 жыл бұрын

Great coral

@elslick 4 жыл бұрын

Love the KSP background music.

@SkywardPhantom 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of KSP music is actually royalty free music, the song in this video is called "Groove Grove" and wasn't made for KSP specifically. Some KSP songs must happen to show up in search results because I've heard a lot of the songs all over KZfaq

@elslick 3 жыл бұрын

@@SkywardPhantom good info to know. This was just the first time I heard it outside of KSP

@jaredc5789 6 жыл бұрын

My Clavularia are solid green in color. To me they grow fast compared to my favites and some of my zoas. Nice video production btw 😄

@jaredwood9039 6 жыл бұрын

I have had great success growing this polyp with clean water. Good amount of flow. High light in a tank and regular feeding every 2 to 3 days with phytoplankton. Drifting the food right into the polyp. It'll grow faster than green star polyp. It grows like ivy. And can quickly get out of control in the right conditions.

@josephfast5887 Ай бұрын

6 yrs later I come to agree, my fireworks cloves grows twice as fast as my gsp without direct feeding.

@Airwolf2007 4 жыл бұрын

I think the small blue snowflake polyps are great rock cover. They don’t seem to bother the other corals and keep the Arcos and Montipora from growing together.

@ReefMan 6 жыл бұрын

It would be neat to see some slowmo macro video of the polyps catching and eating food.

@HakkeJoe 6 жыл бұрын

I bought 4 heads in January ... now i have like 25? ^^ so i have to say... the coral grows fast !

@califishliving1437 6 жыл бұрын

I love cloves, I use them to fill in my dead spaces between my other coral

@peterm5509 6 жыл бұрын

Can you please do a video with side by side comparisons of corals. Especially the (in my opinion) subtle differences between certain LPS. this would be much appreciated.

@mondraymondo 6 жыл бұрын

One of my fave coral!! But in my experience has been a hit and miss, like they grow but i expected them to spread fast and dominate... idk sometimes ppl say its bcus my tank is 'too clean'. But my friends definitely have good time with them as theirs spread like weed

@aniafish 11 ай бұрын

40 different species! Woah!!

@jove3782 4 жыл бұрын

thanks

@gmacisbac7 6 жыл бұрын

Blue cloves 're one off my favorite they take over yes but easily moved back by any other coral they take up empty space but are none aggressive so zoa's, greenstars, a acropora or anything can stop them and push them back or they will create natural borders on their on beautiful coral takes up dead space gives movement, not picky about lighting or flow.

@vronimaroni1427 6 жыл бұрын

Top👍

@TwoGayReefers 6 жыл бұрын

I always have trouble keeping cloves, they do alright for a couple of month, then stop opening. 😢

@DeeFromBrooklyn 6 жыл бұрын

Mine just started overgrowing my zoas. Time to break out the tweezers

@Skyy_415 6 жыл бұрын

i use clavularia for display , strong flow , the blue polyp variety I use under acro, like Rico's. a hermit or two wouldn't hurt for the larger polyps they help clean junk

@johnkidd3975 4 жыл бұрын

I have four different types of cloves, happy to hear they are not the weeds I thought they may be. Does anyone know a place to look up your coral to see what it is?

@Desmo1 6 жыл бұрын

I have some clove polyps that have developed a good amount of hair algae over which in turn has caused them to be closed for a couple weeks. I’ve tried to get my cuc to help the situation but they’re just interested in the algae in between the polyps not the polyps themselves. Is this coral a goner already or is it salvageable?

@wesleysilva-ee6ic 4 жыл бұрын

The intensity of light do you use for the corals seems weak, how can i get some likethat without a par meter?

@johnsteitz6310 4 жыл бұрын

My Clove's seem to like low flow and medium light. In higher flow they don't open up as much in my system and just don't look as beautiful. They also grow faster than most other coral in my tank besides GSP. Also, they have survived some nutrient and salinity swings I've had where my many of my other coral such as Torches and SPS corals did not.

@kodyschell2674 5 жыл бұрын

Does this work for Heteroxenia polyp coral

@vickyvallejo1980 6 күн бұрын

How do I trim these? Mine is getting really big on the rock I have it on

@grangereltringham5716 4 жыл бұрын

Omfg the spore music I AM LOSING MY MIND

@paulbertonazzi2930 6 жыл бұрын

My cloves exploded!! Moore than quadrupled in 3 4 months, about the only thing in there that grew for a little while before I worked out some kinks

@nicholasramirez7322 6 жыл бұрын

Hmm, after watching this I want more corals.

@jodia7435 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, could you please suggest me what kind of microscope should I buy for seeing corals?? My sight is not the best and I have troubles checking my corals from pests, disease, distinguishing algae var, etc. I'm 2 years into the hobby, I don't want buy anything fancy/expensive but I don't wanna buy just a 20 bucks magnifier either. Thank you for your support!!

@tidalgardens 3 жыл бұрын

You might want to try a dental loupe. There are some on amazon for about $50. They magnify something you are looking at that is about 12" away. amzn.to/3mOyaGu

@nrivera14 3 жыл бұрын

Hello all, i have clove polyps but 3 days ago I moved them from place to place and now they don't want to open, the water stream is stronger their new place

@xk4836 5 жыл бұрын

The ones in my tank grow really fast

@tonyv3793 6 жыл бұрын

Anyone know the type of wrasse coming in and out of frame around the 4:25 mark?

@cristy1735 6 жыл бұрын

I believe it is a Melanurus wrasse...I just lost mine to starvation. I have a very aggressive lime wrasse that would chase the Melanurus every time he came out to eat. Make sure you research what wrasses may not get along. Good luck!

@ryandunbar1314 4 жыл бұрын

It funny that you state these don’t propagate much. I went to my LFS last week and they had some frogs of these. Not for sale. A week later in the same tank there were about 6 NEW individual clusters growing all over the egg crate. So they are going to drag some so I can have them. I’ve had the green before but the rainbow variety is absolutely stunning

@tidalgardens 4 жыл бұрын

It is strange. They continue to be slow growing for us.

@cristy1735 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Then, great information as always! I love these corals but just lost two plugs that I had recently purchased...Also, your camera is amazing! Wow! I remember you saying in another video what kind it was, can you tell us again please? Thanks again!

@tidalgardens 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The camera is a Canon C200.

@recoveringliberal1689 3 жыл бұрын

how is that how you define coral? one is coral one is I think more closely cnidaria. either way what about alveopora vs goni?

@travisgood3751 6 жыл бұрын

I have some that died melted away but now they are growing back out of nowhere

@sphacelus 6 жыл бұрын

I didn't have good luck with my clove polyps for whatever reason. Maybe bad placement...

@kwhyle 6 жыл бұрын

hows the new HQ?

@tidalgardens 6 жыл бұрын

Coming along slowly. Won't be ready any time soon.

@ListlessAU 4 жыл бұрын

Mine has been closed for months

@Steven_Edwards 5 жыл бұрын

Do you have any of those aggressive small Blue Clove polyps?

@TheYear-dm9op Жыл бұрын

I was pretty shocked, when I discovered, that these things eat bigger food! Like 1 mm big pellets and adult frozen artemia!

@zacharyscott1264 5 жыл бұрын

Are blue eye sympodium clove polyps?

@tidalgardens 5 жыл бұрын

No, Sympodium are their own thing. They look similar though.

@zacharyscott1264 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!!!!!

@apdroidgeek1737 2 жыл бұрын

Mine never opens

@apdroidgeek1737 2 жыл бұрын

It just there looking like a dried stick

@duaneclark6223 6 жыл бұрын

Is blue sympodium the same as clove corals? I have some and it is very healthy but I don't see it growing rapidly as you describe

@tidalgardens 6 жыл бұрын

They are not and I might do a separate video about them. I don't think the care requirements are any different, but they are a separate Genus.

@duaneclark6223 6 жыл бұрын

That would be great if you did. I love this coral...one of my favorites.

@cristy1735 6 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I met Than!

@craigmcallister9385 5 жыл бұрын

I cannot keep these, they just keep melting and everything else thrives

@andersschmich8600 4 жыл бұрын

Last week this same thing happened to mine! They were my first coral and seemed to be doing really well for months, then poof, 90% of them just died in a few days.