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dustponds10 
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Posted: September 24 2007 at 7:32am |
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I am just curious if there is a life span on a single polyp. I know that corals can live a long time but I was wondering if a polyp could live for ever if given the right water quality and everything.
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: September 24 2007 at 8:43am |
Jake and I have tried discussing this before. We don't get very far. I'm saying a single polyp can only live for a few years. It is so tough to say because of the way polyps split as they grow. In other words one polyp will turn into 2 polyps, and then into 4 polyps, and then into 8 polyps. Do you consider any of them to be the original polyp?
Most difficult to explain.
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Posted: September 24 2007 at 11:39am |
Interesting question. I would have thought it's normal life span would have been determined by environmental issues.
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Posted: September 24 2007 at 11:44am |
 Adam Blundell wrote:
Jake and I have tried discussing this before. We don't get very far. I'm saying a single polyp can only live for a few years. It is so tough to say because of the way polyps split as they grow. In other words one polyp will turn into 2 polyps, and then into 4 polyps, and then into 8 polyps. Do you consider any of them to be the original polyp?
Most difficult to explain.
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This sounds almost philosophical! Me like!!! 
How about ricordia yuma, which gives birth to daughter polyps without splitting the mouth. I had one for three years that went strong until the central air mishap in my new house.
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Posted: September 24 2007 at 1:02pm |
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I've read that anemones can live hundreds of years. Are they not simply another form of coral polyp?
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Posted: September 25 2007 at 4:34pm |
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I dont know if an anenome would be considered a polyp or not. I have heard the same thing about them though. I guess I didnt think about them splitting or anything like that.
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