myjohnson Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Nice colony! Looks healthy too. There are a number of ways to feed them. 1) target feeding mysis, sliver sides, pellets, etc. seem to have best results. Fastest growth and cleanest way to feeding. 2) Board cast feeding is what the guy at the LFS was talking about. Can be done. SC/dendros in the wild normally take up food this way. I board cast feed with fauna merin's gorg and dendro systems. 3) pods in the tank is also another way for them to get food. I have read of big established tanks keeping dendros and not having to feed them at all. The amount you feed them is directly tied to how fast you want them to grow. Quote Link to comment
Dani3d Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Once a week? you have the answer right there..you only feed it enought for it to survive, not grow. I feed my dendro each day and sometimes 2 times per day when I feed my fish. It has grow from one head to 5 heads in a month and each head is now about half adult size and having 1/2" skeleton growing! Feed it more, each day and good food. I have had my sun coral now for over two years... I feed it at least once a week and it looks great.. but it hasn't spread at all....I can't believe some of these tanks... they are spreading like zoas!!! What's the secret? Quote Link to comment
mbonus Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Do duncans count as dendros? December close up... November full shot: Quote Link to comment
myjohnson Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Nice duncan! I like them personally. Quote Link to comment
wombat Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I'm thinking about picking up a sun coral that the LFS has. I've been watching it for a 3-4 weeks now and it's open about 80% of the times that I come in. It looks amazing! The other SCs that they have for sale are 'meh' but this one seems to be really happy for some reason. Of course, the LFS wants to sell me the coral, but I am concerned about adding yet more complexity to the tank. The kid swears up and down that they never target feed them. He says, just feed normally and add frozen red bar cyclo to the tank once a week. I've got a nice shaded spot with low-medium flow for the coral, but I want the expert opinions of the people that have been involved on this thread first. thanks Here is a pic ! Tubastrea is found in high light and low light conditions, but is nearly always found in areas of high wave energy. IMHO it is a mistake to place them in areas of low to moderate flow. Quote Link to comment
alcove Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 My dendros have eaten 2 chromis anyone else experience this, the fish weren't dead either kicking and trying to escape but that big head on my colony is a beast and just spit out a skeleton the next day Quote Link to comment
Trick Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) yes, they can eat fish if they are large enough. Edited January 19, 2011 by Trick Quote Link to comment
pj86 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 My upside down sun coral, this is when lights are on later in the day. When lights go out its polyps even extend more. I feed it mysis/rotifers/cyclopeeze/oyster feast/phyto in a cup that I put in the tank. Also my tank is continually feed with phyto 24/7. By far one of my favorite corals. Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 My dendros have eaten 2 chromis anyone else experience this, the fish weren't dead either kicking and trying to escape but that big head on my colony is a beast and just spit out a skeleton the next day i want pics!!!! of the colony... Quote Link to comment
basser1 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 My upside down sun coral, this is when lights are on later in the day. When lights go out its polyps even extend more. I feed it mysis/rotifers/cyclopeeze/oyster feast/phyto in a cup that I put in the tank. Also my tank is continually feed with phyto 24/7. By far one of my favorite corals. WOW!! Absolutely beautiful! Let me get my sunglasses so I can look at it some more! Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Picked this up on Friday. I also put more pics of my NPS in my tank thread. Quote Link to comment
basser1 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 As some of you may, or may not know, I experienced a disaster with my tank the first of the year (heater exploded). Basically I'm starting over as far as corals are concerned. One of the corals I lost was a nice softball sized duncan colony. It was also my clowns favorite coral and used it as their host. I am replacing it with another duncan. But instead of the heads all clumped, I got one that is a branching variety. The tentacles are also more of a purple/pinkish color. Here's a pic from the vendor, can't wait to get it. Quote Link to comment
whofeelsitknowsit Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I picked up this rhizo a few weeks ago. It's pretty sweet. You can also see a Mr. Coral "dendro" behind it. (I have moved the "dendro" since that pic was taken.) I use the quotation marks because I'm pretty sure what Mr. Coral sells as dendro is actually sun coral. Speaking of which, does anyone know of an online store that sells nice dendro or balano frags? Quote Link to comment
wombat Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Here's another video of the tank that shows most of the coral: Quote Link to comment
whofeelsitknowsit Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I picked up this rhizo a few weeks ago. It's pretty sweet. You can also see a Mr. Coral "dendro" behind it. (I have moved the "dendro" since that pic was taken.) I use the quotation marks because I'm pretty sure what Mr. Coral sells as dendro is actually sun coral. Speaking of which, does anyone know of an online store that sells nice dendro or balano frags? Another pic, different angle: Quote Link to comment
reeftankguy Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 That rhizo is sweet man! Quote Link to comment
basser1 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Here's another video of the tank that shows most of the coral: Thanks for sharing the video.... really enjoyed it! Also wfiki..... Beautiful rhizo!! Quote Link to comment
miniwhinny Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I'm not sure if anyone can help ID with such poor pics...sorry I just can't get anything better. Just confirming dendro? It's about 1/2 the size of my pinkie nail. Quote Link to comment
aaron1987 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Honestly, it looks more like a tubastrea to me -- similar looking to the 'baby' sun corals I had popping up in my tank. Although, it is somewhat hard to tell from the pic. Quote Link to comment
megability Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 (edited) Great thread, I just picked up one large head of Dendrophyllia this weekend... I notice many of bases of people's Dendro's (not the polyps) look different - some flesh color, some pink, and some like mine look like lava rock, and dark, similar to post #114 and #140 - can anyone clarify if this is a different species specifically? I'll post pics of mine soon... (edit: pic added) Edited September 13, 2011 by megability Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I just picked up a nice 2 head dendro frag, loves mysis Is it better to feed these guys at night or day? Or just feed it whenever it's open? Quote Link to comment
wartskin Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 (edited) Woke up today to find my peppermints head sticking out of my coral lol hungry lil dendro Edited July 2, 2011 by wartskin Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) here's my fat head.. when i moved it from my RSM to my 120g.. it sprouted 4 baby heads Edited July 6, 2011 by ToXIc Quote Link to comment
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