Walking Dendros in Stock! Heteropsammia cochlea

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Well looks like Victor beat us to it... :smile:

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Heteropsammia cochlea, “Walking Dendro” coral is imported for the first time by Sea Dwelling Creatures | Reef Builders -The Reef Aquarium Blog

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[Myteemouse]

looks like a rizo

 

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Well looks like Victor beat us to it... :smile:

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Heteropsammia cochlea, “Walking Dendro†coral is imported for the first time by Sea Dwelling Creatures | Reef Builders -The Reef Aquarium Blog

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No biggie I only have two left and can't get more right now, they sold really fast at the store. :tongue:

it was nice meeting you guys at RAP :cool: See you at farmers market I guess

 

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For sure nice meeting you too... Can't wait to see your store at MACNA next year!

We'll be at the Dallas CFM, I think we're taking the Zoanuts booth.

 

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For sure nice meeting you too... Can't wait to see your store at MACNA next year!

We'll be at the Dallas CFM, I think we're taking the Zoanuts booth.

I'll see you there then :wink:

 

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Got em up on the front page...

Be sure and stick the coral in the shopping cart to view the sale price, sale officially starts in the morning!

 

[sprinklerdudes]

cool factor A+

 

[roscoe]

Would this be a danger to other corals or itself? Since it moves around alot.

 

[Neon Reef]

are they "walking dendros" or "walking duncans"? Just wanting to make sure as I've heard them called both now. Either way, very nice corals indeed and gotta love that symbiotic relationship with the peanut worm.

 

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are they "walking dendros" or "walking duncans"?

Neither, they're Heteropsammia cochlea. Those are just common names that have been given to them, like Echinophyllia species are commonly called "chalices".

They are in the Dendrophylliidae family as are "duncans" and "dendros".

 

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Sheesh Stun, get a room with your intellect already :)

 

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Sheesh Stun, get a room with your intellect already :)

:hammer:


If you wanted to compare care of a Heteropsammia cochlea to either a "duncan" or "dendro" I would compare it to a duncan. They require low-med light and prefer occasional feedings (likely more than a duncan would). :nerd:

 

[roscoe]

Would this be a danger to other corals or itself? Since it moves around alot.

Any answer to this?

 

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Would this be a danger to other corals or itself? Since it moves around alot.

Yes.

Any coral that has nemocysts capable of incapacitating organisms by stinging would do harm to other species, or vis versa. Not sure if they would be able to touch similar corals in the same family, but I for one wouldn't try it. ;)

I would try to contain them in a specific area blocked by rocks, or keep other corals out of it's path. I've heard from people who keep them that some move very slow, and some move rather quickly which of course is all relative as it depends on ones' definition of slow, along with the speedy-gonzalezness of the worm itself.

 

[roscoe]

OK so it wouldn't be good for me or most set ups I see than.

 

[Acezwild]

think I can get 1 to do the moonwalk on my bare bottom? :xd:

 

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OK so it wouldn't be good for me or most set ups I see than.

How so? Is your substrate littered with frag plugs?

They aren't going to intentionally go after other corals that are on the sand bed, nor will they blindly move towards other corals. The worm will move around rocks and coral colonies rather than try to go through them.

Personally I'm interested to see how the worms fare long term. I suspect most of them will perish over time, or of course you could ensure they perish by placing them in a BB, SSB or newer established tank, then the coral wouldn't move at all ;) Takes the fun out of the symbiotic relationship though.

These guys would be perfectly fine in my aquarium, I just don't run a light and am unsure if they could survive on feedings alone with my non-photos.

think I can get 1 to do the moonwalk on my bare bottom? :xd:

Only if you acclimate him to the tune of Thriller.

 

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We have Michael Jackson playing here 24/7 so no acclimation needed.

 

[reefkoi]

I saw these at RAP too, I didn't stand in front of the tank long enough to watch them walk, but this is a pretty unique thing for sure!!

 

[jam3s]

I picked them up from the sand one night and saw their foot stretching out trying to move. At first I thought it was some type of worm that was attacking the coral...kind of like a worm in an apple. HAHA.