Dendronephthya & Scleronephthya aquaculture

Dr. Dendrostein · Feb 1, 2020

Samina said:
Yours is a pretty neat setup on how you rotate them. that is a great idea on mounting it to a magnet and just rotating that a few times throughout the day. I can employ that relatively easily. Just have to buy the magnets. I have it mounted upside down but I can easily take that rock that it is mounted on and glue a magnet to it.

This is how the scleronephthea have been faring. I first pic is the oldest and the last one is the most recent.

Don't forget, Hobby Lobby sell gel super glue as Extreme Power, thick. 1 oz at $4.99. That's what I use, same as coral glue

Slingshot357 · Feb 1, 2020

Dr. Dendrostein said:
Don't forget, Hobby Lobby sell gel super glue as Extreme Power, thick. 1 oz at $4.99. That's what I use, same as coral glue

I got this from amazon. Heard it was really good. I've been mounting with a dab of super glue then a ball of coral gum then a little more super glue. I think I got that procedure from BRS video.

Dr. Dendrostein · Feb 1, 2020

Forgot to mention, little birdie told me soft corals coming from Indo, next couple weeks and I told them , I'm like the Apostle Thomas , I need to see to believe.

Screenshot from a video I was sent a year ago. Soft Coral is from Tonga. I've never seen those here in the US

Dr. Dendrostein · Feb 1, 2020

Slingshot357 said:
I got this from amazon. Heard it was really good. I've been mounting with a dab of super glue then a ball of coral gum then a little more super glue. I think I got that procedure from BRS video.

How much did it cost, pretty sure you have Prime shipping shouldn't be an issue

Slingshot357 · Feb 1, 2020

Dr. Dendrostein said:
How much did it cost, pretty sure you have Prime shipping shouldn't be an issue

It's a little expensive, $11 with prime shipping but I don't use that much so the cost wasn't that bad. I just wanted something I know will work. I tried the one from Two Little Fishies and that just made a mess and cured the second it hit the water. I really suck at mounting frags. I think I got more glue on myself then on the frag plug.

Dr. Dendrostein · Feb 1, 2020

Slingshot357 said:
It's a little expensive, $11 with prime shipping but I don't use that much so the cost wasn't that bad. I just wanted something I know will work. I tried the one from Two Little Fishies and that just made a mess and cured the second it hit the water. I really suck at mounting frags. I think I got more glue on myself then on the frag plug.

Not bad, price. Nice thing about that glue is you don't need to go specifically to the store and pick up , comes to your home and I don't know about you but my time is very expensive. Time is a luxury with me.

najer · Feb 1, 2020

My car is clamped, long story, I have my first new import Indo softie reserved at my lfs. I do them favours they do me likewise!

Dr. Dendrostein · Feb 1, 2020

najer said:
My car is clamped, long story, I have my first new import Indo softie reserved at my lfs. I do them favours they do me likewise!

say what!!!! come again.......Hahaha

Slingshot357 · Feb 1, 2020

Right now I'm still having problems with my tank and no idea what it is. Everything I can test for looks fine, I sent in an ICP test to icp-analysis.com.

I talked it over with my wife and I think I'm going to go full blown Triton method. It will be expensive at first but it will be worth it and whatever I buy that it tells me I need to dose should get me enough to last while.

Dendra looks fine, it's everything else that doesn't look so good. Utter Chaos looks like it's dying, clove polyp is dead, mushrooms aren't opening up all the way, Xenia is almost dead, tiny bubble tip anemone died, Sabae anemone died and tuxedo urchin died (the third attempt at having one of those). This all happened over time though, some long before I got Dendra.

Even my maxima clam looks like it's going for a walk. It's off the clam cradle rock I bought for it and it more on the sand bed now.

So whatever is wrong it beyond my testing abilities. So let see what Triton can do.

najer · Feb 1, 2020

It's not small!

Dr. Dendrostein · Feb 1, 2020

Slingshot357 said:
Right now I'm still having problems with my tank and no idea what it is. Everything I can test for looks fine, I sent in an ICP test to icp-analysis.com.

I talked it over with my wife and I think I'm going to go full blown Triton method. It will be expensive at first but it will be worth it and whatever I buy that it tells me I need to dose should get me enough to last while.

Dendra looks fine, it's everything else that doesn't look so good. Utter Chaos looks like it's dying, clove polyp is dead, mushrooms aren't opening up all the way, Xenia is almost dead, tiny bubble tip anemone died, Sabae anemone died and tuxedo urchin died (the third attempt at having one of those). This all happened over time though, some long before I got Dendra.

Even my maxima clam looks like it's going for a walk. It's off the clam cradle rock I bought for it and it more on the sand bed now.

So whatever is wrong it beyond my testing abilities. So let see what Triton can do.

sorry to hear that, we all been there. The Carnation Coral is similar to a canary in the mine and so they're very sensitive and yet it doesn't phase it, what's in the water. Kind of tells you how Hardy they really are. keep us posted, we're really curious

Dr. Dendrostein · Feb 1, 2020

najer said:
It's not small!

that is big, I haven't seen one of those that big, in a long time. if you ever look at the rock it comes on and you see individual reddish suncup polyp corals, not in clusters, that's one indication that it's from Tonga. Now if you see any tunicates very small ones kind of brown looking that's Vietnam. those are things I've noticed on the rocks from different Islands.

najer · Feb 1, 2020

Dr. Dendrostein said:
that is big, I haven't seen one of those that big, in a long time. if you ever look at the rock it comes on and you see individual reddish suncup polyp corals, not in clusters, that's one indication that it's from Tonga. Now if you see any tunicates very small ones kind of brown looking that's Vietnam. those are things I've noticed on the rocks from different Islands.

This is from the first Indo shipment to the UK post ban, I think it arrived in the country Thursday evening, that pic is it at my lfs, if my car is still clamped tomorrow (it should not be) a friend will deliver it tomorrow late afternoon!

Dr. Dendrostein · Feb 1, 2020

no way, it's here. Thanks for sharing

najer · Feb 1, 2020

Dr. Dendrostein said:
no way, it's here. Thanks for sharing

Hopefully I will have it with me tomorrow.

Samina · Feb 1, 2020

Slingshot357 said:
I got this from amazon. Heard it was really good. I've been mounting with a dab of super glue then a ball of coral gum then a little more super glue. I think I got that procedure from BRS video.

That’s the glue I normally use. I get it from amazon. I only use the other ones when I have them laying around from when I get free samples and stuff. I have found that it is actually much better than the other ones, even the more expensive ones. It just seems to hold much better and sets quickly.

Dr. Dendrostein · Feb 1, 2020

najer said:
Hopefully I will have it with me tomorrow.

when you get the soft Coral, can you take some pictures of the base Rock I'm curious if it's live rock or man-made
I'm hoping it's man-made then they don't need cites permit for it. that'll tell us that they can ship more soft corals easily. I hope it's man-made

Dr. Dendrostein · Feb 1, 2020

Indonesia before the band, man-made Rock

it barely had time to adhere to the Rock can you see the string

Dr. Dendrostein · Feb 1, 2020

this just came in today, going to try and practice sealing some bags with water

Dr. Dendrostein · Feb 1, 2020

I've said this in the past and I'll say it again, it makes no sense growing these corals and selling them just so they have a slow death. So here's my secrets to keeping them thriving.

close to the beginning of the video you can see the little shrimp if you look close enough.