Sweepers on Galaxia

[ReefMan75-20-15]

Hi all. I was very excited when I captured this tonight. Sweepers are about 6-7 inches when fully extended. Firt time I have ever seen them this long. Just thought I would share my joy.

 

[ReefMon]

share my joy

That's not what the rest of my corals think of those cute sweepers :roll:

Happy Reefing!
Glenn R

 

[ReefMan75-20-15]

[/quote]That's not what the rest of my corals think of those cute sweepers :roll: [/quote]

Yeah I heard that. I have some capnella really close and also a brain really close to it. I will be moving them really really soon.

 

[Len]

I know people who actually snip them as the grow out :twisted: It's very fascinating, but too bad they sting the beejeezus out of neighbors.

 

[klingsa]

Awesome picture! What other kinds of corals have them that long? Anyone know?

Sara

 

[Len]

Galaxia takes the cake. I've seen (and this is literal) 2 feet long sweepers! I've seen some pretty long sweepers on some closed brain corals (e.g. Platygyra) and some hammers (Euphyllia) but nothing comes close to Galaxia IME.

 

[klingsa]

Well, I have a closed brain and a Euphyllia (frogspwawn), but I've never seen any sweepers. I look at night for them too. Should I be worried? Haven't killed anything so far, so I guess it's ok. But in the future, I'll keep them apart.
Thanks, Len.

Sara

 

[Leopardshark]

you should keep an eye on your galaxea because those sweepers are lethal weapons.
I have a galaxea and I have her on a rock in the sandbed away from other corals, just my firecoral is close but I don´t think any sweeper can match the millepora.
Great coral but deadly too.
Marco

 

[Anonymous]

I am not sure if it is true or not,but someone told me they usually send them sweepers out when they are hungry.Does anyone know if that's true?
David
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[ReefMan75-20-15]

I am not sure if it is true or not,but someone told me they usually send them sweepers out when they are hungry.Does anyone know if that's true?
David

I have never heard that before. But mine always seem to extend when I do a partial water change.

 

[Anonymous]

Higher flow seems to bring out the sweepers on mine. I originally had it in a lower flow area but it was looking a little under the weather - I moved it onto my sandbed closer to front of tank in the current from my Stream - propped coral up on a few small pieces of LR rubble so there is a small cave under it my watchman goby lives in. Coral is amazingly healthy now and I may have to frag it again but since moving to higher flow the sweepers are getting huge - I have a nice columnar turbinaria about 4 inches away I have seen it brush occasionally - colony is about 5" x 4" roughly - one other problem I have is getting it to grow laterally and flat instead of encrusting.

 

[Anonymous]

I read that you should keep it 2 inches away from all other corals. To be safe, I went 4. I haven't experienced the range of yours but nothing can be within 7 or 8 inches of mine. I learned that the hard way.

Does clipping the sweepers hurt the coral in any way. I merely 're-coralscaped' to avoid the problem. If I can clip WITHOUT HARM, I will do so. I don't want to punish an animal for doing what it normally does (however, I do grab both of my labs if their sniffers start to go for a guests crotch---I have my limits).

I target feed all of my corals fairly regularly. I'm not conviced that hungriness has an impact. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't.

BTW (Anecdotal evidence alert!!!), when I added my 3rd maxijet recently, the damage seemed to get worse. MAYBE flow does have an impact.

 

[MarkO1]

My Galaxia is about 5-6 inches from an accropora, and even though I only see the sweepers extending out 3 or 4 inches, the nearest branches of the accro are toast.
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