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How long can sweepers get?


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Whats the longest you've seen sweepers get, especially on euphyllias?  I'd like to try and get a torch and frogspawn (maybe a hammer and a open brain) in a 20 tall and wonder if they'd end up stinging everything and each other.  Tank dimensions are approx. 24x12x16h.  The lfs has a real small 11 gallon with a torch, hammer, and a bunch of shrooms and everything looks alright...although i have to admit they seem like the change the corals in the tank every other week

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I have 4 different hammers and 2 frogspawns in my 29g and haven't seen any long sweepers. I believe it depends on the water flow. If the flow is high you will see sweepers, if flow is mid to low you should be ok.

 

PS: hammers and frogspawns won't sting each other, but torch's will sting.

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printerdown01

All euphillias will produce sweepers... They can get up to 12 inches long... However, obviously the smaller the coral the shorter the sweepers!

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I've got a hammer with medium flow on it.  The longest sweeper I've seen is about 3 inches.  They usually seem to come out of the middle of the coral and are not long enough to reach the over the sides.

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