Love the pinks Carmie, they look like some HH I have cant wait till they grow out
I went into the lfs on Friday to get some pretty pink zoas that I'd seen the week before.
While I was there I was admiring a pink coral that was ID'd as dendrophyllia. The clerk told me that it was related to sun coral and would do fine under my PC lights. He also said that it would need regular feeding because it was not photosynthetic.
I dithered over it and finally said that I would do some research and stop back if I decided on it. So when the clerk went to get my zoas he found a piece of the dendrophyllia that had broken off (perhaps 1.5" long and as big around the stalk as my thumb and stuck it in my bag.
I came home, acclimated everything, and glued the frag to a piece of rubble. It looked pretty good yesterday, nicely inflated and standing upright.
Today it is has almost come off the rock I glued it to and is a little droopy.
In the meantime I have been researching it and think that it is actually a dendronephthya. The good news is that it does not need lots of light but most every thing I've looked at says they are very difficult to keep alive.
What do you think? Which is it?
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Love the pinks Carmie, they look like some HH I have cant wait till they grow out
I would guess Dendronephthya also. It will puff up and look great then deflate and look terrible. I think this is normal unless of course it deflates and dies. I have a similar species and he's been here since April when I bought him at IMAC in Chicago. When he's inflated he is double the size he was when I got him. I spot feed him Cyclop-eze plus what ever he can glean from the water. Good luck with your's.
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Carmie - I would also identify it as Dendronephtya. Here's a pretty in-depth article about them.
I've had two before and found them very difficult. They need a lot of flow, but random flow - not direct. And they're filter feeders (because your vendor was right about one thing, they are not photosynthetic), which means they would probably do best in a tank that's being provided phytoplankton. I wasn't dosing phyto when I had mine - maybe it would have helped. But, mine just slowly withered away. If you don't have your own phyto cultures, I would suggest at least buying the bottled phyto and feeding that plus cyclop-eze. Good luck!
I am already using DT Phytoplankton and Cyclopeeze. I was feeding them each a couple of times a week and but have bumped up. I've got it in a high flow area where 2 powerheads converge. That's is the best I can do so now its just wait and see.
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Here is a shot of my candy cane. It has really grown in diameter and the 2 mouths are nearly separated.
My maroon clown & anemone:
My sixline:
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Nice pics. Your CC looks great, I hope mine recovers soon. 6 lines are so pretty
Hows the Dendronephtya doing?
The dendronephtya is not doing well. I have moved it to see if that makes a difference but at this point I am not feeling hopeful.
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Carmie -
Nice photos. Love the six line wrasse. Question - is that an aptasia in the photo of your candy cane coral (top left hand corner)?
Sorry about the dendronephtya.
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Carmie -
I too am sorry about the dendronephtya.
Here's my story - one of the first corals i purchased was a Goniopora, without doing any research. The LFS said it was easy. Yes - right. I ended up setting up a 10 gallon tank with some live sand, live rock, chaeto, a powerhead, and some basic lighting. It's actually doing better there than it was in my 240, as I can give it the low flow and high nutrient level it seems to like. In hind site, it seems silly to go through all this, but I figure I could use the tank as a quarantine tank for a Mandarin (with no predators and constant feeding - you can not believe the pod population!)
I hope you have success with your difficult coral. Keep us up to date!
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Glad to hear that it's xenia, not aptasia!
I am cautiously optimistic about the dendronephtya. Last night for the first time this week I saw polyp extension! It had been down to little pink nubs for several days. Today it looks a bit better. I will try to get a decent image tomorrow.
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Well I have really had a hard time getting a decent image of the dendronephtya. Anyway here is the best shot I have of it in the new location.
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your tanks got the goods carmie! im proud of your achievements!
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Finally! Here is a picture of my not-so-new torch! I think that the brown nub on the bottom of the base may be a new head starting.
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Here is an updated picture of my dendronephthya. Sorry for the poor image but I am excited that it looks like it is developing new branches. You can see one on the bottom right side of the main trunk and possibly another on the branch that is on the bottom towards the back.
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I'll update it just as soon as I get the cyano under control.
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Hey Carmie,
I'm thinking of combining my 55 gal FOWLR tank, and my 20 gal nano softie tank to a 54 gal corner like your tank.
Aside from limited sump space and an odd tank top for a lighting system, have you run across any "cons" to the corner tank?
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There are a couple of other cons that I think are minor. One would be the fact that you can't have fish that like a lot of swimming room. The other is the fact that you only have 2 sides to attach powerheads, etc to. But I love the look of the tank and would buy another in a heartbeat.
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