Australian Dendrophyllia

[henryhahn]

Good Morning!
I received an Australian Dendrophyllia yesterday from an online vendor. It has not yet opened. I was wondering if it was just shy/shock or DOA? I put some mysis over by it to try and lure it out (to no avail). Then tried some reef roids as well, and no luck. A few of my nassarius were eager to clean up and one actually went right on top. Pics below if it helps.

 

[Supurderek]

Give it some timr. I don't see anything wrong so far. Maybe move to different flow over a few days.

Keep enticing it wit some food same time everyday.

 

[henryhahn]

Give it some timr. I don't see anything wrong so far. Maybe move to different flow/light over a few days.

I'll keep trying. It's NPS, so I have it where it is blocked from the light. Looks healthy otherwise, but I have never owned one and was afraid I wasn't seeing something that may be obvious to someone who has kept them before.

 

[Esage]

Mine took several days to open. Mine also like medium to high flow

 

[Scurvy]

I recently got one as well. I didn't completely block out light but it's shaded. Also it likes more flow than you'd think. Move him around a bit until you find it a happy place.
Good Luck!

 

[henryhahn]

Still playing with it. Not sure how I'd achieve the desired flow without exposing it to light...

 

[Scurvy]

Some light won't hurt it. Mines definitely getting light under a very small over hang. NPS just means it doesn't feed on light. You can certainly give it some, just keep it in a milder area so to speak.

 

[henryhahn]

Some light won't hurt it. Mines definitely getting light under a very small over hang. NPS just means it doesn't feed on light. You can certainly give it some, just keep it in a milder area so to speak.

Thank you. I'll give a few more spots a shot then. I had read they live in very dark areas, so I was keeping in "caves" in my tank

 

[henryhahn]

Do they change color or anything if they die?

 

[Scurvy]

I would think they'd most likely kind of melt away similar to a mushroom or softy but I can't say as I havent seen one die. I say that with fingers crossed :)