Fat head Dendro help

[Aquaph8]

How do I get this guy to open up? I've checked at night but it doesn't seem to ever open. I tried moving it to a little shadier spot and squirting some oyster feast in its direction but no change. It appears to be alive but just never opens. Thanks for any help.

 

[skinz78]

Have you tried feeding it with a bowl over it?

 

[Aquaph8]

Have you tried feeding it with a bowl over it?

I haven't, I'll give it a shot.

 

[tigerdragon]

my dendro looks like this pretty much all the time

 

[NanaReefer]

my dendro looks like this pretty much all the time

This helps the OP a lot how?

 

[tigerdragon]

Not sure where is yours at? Location in tank and light may not be happy mine is in decent flow on sand not really shaded gets pretty much a lot of light

 

[tigerdragon]

They really like mysis at least mine does

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Have you tried feeding it with a bowl over it?

The bowl trick works or cutting the bottom off a soda bottle works as well.

 

[bwalders65]

Feeding is the key to keeping these guys happy. I feed mine Coral Frenzy pellets, every other day. If they go to long without being properly fed they loose a lot of mass in the tentacles and will not open as much.

Heres my dendro

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7h93p071b6fm943/20140603_201806.jpg?dl=0

Also post some pictures of your dendro maybe something is agitating it?

 

[Aquaph8]

That's kinda my concern, they don't really eat if they're not open but I've never seen it open, not even at night. I'll try the bowl thing and see if maybe that'll help.

 

[bwalders65]

Did the bowl method work?

 

[N1Husker]

I had good luck feeding Brightwell's AminoOmega.

 

[scubajaren]

feed your Dendro when ever you see it open

Feeding is the key to keeping these guys happy. I feed mine Coral Frenzy pellets, every other day. If they go to long without being properly fed they loose a lot of mass in the tentacles and will not open as much.

Heres my dendro

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7h93p071b6fm943/20140603_201806.jpg?dl=0

Also post some pictures of your dendro maybe something is agitating it?

Mine love high flow like under my mp10 so they are being suxked up and low light. I feed my dendros mysis shrimp and the Fauna Marin Ultra LPS pellets. How this helps you out.

 

[shawncp00]

i cut up tiny pieces of shrimp and give it to my 30+ head colony it can be tedious, but they flourish with that type of feeding