View Full Version : Dendrophyllia


bmwaaron
06-11-2006, 06:01 PM
Hey anyone had any experience with this? A friend just got some and its very cool looking, How hard is it to take care of?

Rob
06-11-2006, 07:20 PM
you sure its not a sun coral? Tubastrea
they are almost identical.

i believe care is the same though

bmwaaron
06-11-2006, 08:38 PM
Yea its defintanly not sun coral, its 2 tubes and the one is bigger then my thumb around. Every sun coral I have seen is much smaller in diameter. here are some picture although its hard to tell the size

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i273/bmwaaron/Dendrophylia1.jpg

veriann
06-11-2006, 09:23 PM
try this one.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/ead/coralid/submassivearborescent.pdf

if not then try the old fashioned way, i did a search, but there is alot of listing to narrow it down.
lol, i'll let u do that!

http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt

fat walrus
06-11-2006, 09:57 PM
i have them. they are really hardy. feed well and babies will grow off the side. they are not exactly legal. sometimes called japanese sun coral or giant sun polyps.

gwen_o_lyn
06-11-2006, 10:47 PM
Pretty coral- let us know how it does for you!

fat walrus
06-11-2006, 10:49 PM
Pretty coral- let us know how it does for you!
the coolest thing about them is that they are not nocturnal.

gwen_o_lyn
06-11-2006, 11:01 PM
the coolest thing about them is that they are not nocturnal.

That's cool!

veriann
06-12-2006, 07:31 AM
ur successful in keeping up with the jones blubber, nice tweaks to your signature change & location, i didn;t notice right away! but ive got bushwacking radar, but its just an expensive toy, cause between the blubber and the pink tusks, i can u coming a mile away:o

gwen_o_lyn
06-12-2006, 11:58 AM
ur successful in keeping up with the jones blubber, nice tweaks to your signature change & location, i didn;t notice right away! but ive got bushwacking radar, but its just an expensive toy, cause between the blubber and the pink tusks, i can u coming a mile away:o

:rotfl:

..

bmwaaron
06-12-2006, 09:57 PM
ur successful in keeping up with the jones blubber, nice tweaks to your signature change & location, i didn;t notice right away! but ive got bushwacking radar, but its just an expensive toy, cause between the blubber and the pink tusks, i can u coming a mile away:o

ok im lost.............:crazy:

Rob
06-13-2006, 12:30 AM
ok im lost.............:crazy:
lol.. dont worry, your ok.. Veriann is just stuck over on mars...

he's the built in TR comedy relief

veriann
06-13-2006, 06:53 AM
ok, im hear all week, thank you!:cool:

gwen_o_lyn
06-26-2006, 03:40 PM
ok im lost.............:crazy:

Don't worry, you'll catch on- it took me awhile to figure out the bushman/blubber nonsense!! :eek: