Dendronephthya - purple

[i980311]

My new purple Dendronephthya.

 

[Reefing Madness]

 

[Mike N]

I can see its beauty despite the radioactive glow

 

[i980311]

Thanks.
Cell phone pic. I'll try to make a video with my underwater camera in the next days.

 

[fragit]

Awesome coral! What are the care requirements? Have you kept this species before?

 

[i980311]

fragit, because this is a NPS we've to feed it with proper food and always checking the nitrates and phosphates so that we don't have bad surprises. I had several off these kinds of corals before but I had to disable the system do to house move, but now the reef is stabilized and I can start to introduce the corals again. At the moment I have this one, 1 Chili Coral (very small), 1 black tubastrea and 1 big head dendro.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Nice

 

[gorgoniansfever]

How do you feed it ?

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Add macroalgea to blender, strain it after, add DT water , dose throughout day.

 

[fragit]

Add macroalgea to blender, strain it after, add DT water , dose throughout day.

This is an interesting idea, have you had any macros showing up in you DT? Wouldn’t this cause it to spread to unwanted areas? Are you using a cheese cloth to strain?

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

No macro, it's nps tank. Only Dendronephthya and Scleronephthya., not finished stocking DT, DT only 30 gallon.

Also 5 micron sock

 

[fragit]

What kind of macro algae are you blending, nori?

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Chaetomorpa, 1 cup, dilute to apprx 3 gallons, last 8-12hrs. Dosing