Dendronephthya & Scleronephthya aquaculture

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Within the red circles is a single sun cup coral. There's 30+ in DT and sump. Circle of life.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Scleronephthya, like strong flow in my DT. Took awhile to open up. With the addition of new corals recently, starting to open. There's upto 6 colonies on rock.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

What I've noticed on month 3
1. Weight loss
2. Keep same type of dendronephthya colonies (region) mine Tonga
3 they love cooler temps. 74-76. Cooler better
4. They enjoy water flow from different directions, but one direction at a time.
5. Healthy frags doing great, unhealthy ones trying to survive
6. That's it for now

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Circle of life

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Dendronephthya one of the fastest growing corals. 4-7 days.

Yellow circle is 1 of 30+ sun cup corals

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Some of the frags attached to rubble getting glued on frag plug. Maroon dendronephthya corals. Circle of life

 

[Juniorh2r]

Very nice

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Very nice

Thank you. Now we see who survives

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

One of the frags has one of our R2R members name on it. Gotta wait one month so it gets stronger and thrives. Here's what they look as adults

 

[NY_Caveman]

One of the frags has one of our R2R members name on it. Gotta wait one month so it gets stronger and thrives. Here's what they look as adults

Wow, indeed!

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Wow, indeed!

Rare carnation corals now. Bummer

 

[Juniorh2r]

Thank you. Now we see who survives

Hopefully all survive cause I would sure like a frag or two.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Hopefully all survive cause I would sure like a frag or two.

Haha, that means gotta get more of them.....

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Haha, that means gotta get more of them.....

Just gonna have to sing to them and make them grow faster.

 

[Juniorh2r]

Haha, that means gotta get more of them.....

How do they look under blue light?

 

[NPS_Bulu]

This thread is gold... can't believe i read every single post since your previous thread from a year ago... kudos to you @Dr. Dendrostein for never giving up. I'm following. Here are some dendronepthya and turbastrea from my lfs

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

How do they look under blue light?

Never tried that. Haha

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

How do they look under blue light?

Never tried that. Haha

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

How do they look under blue light?

Never tried that. Haha

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

This thread is gold... can't believe i read every single post since your previous thread from a year ago... kudos to you @Dr. Dendrostein for never giving up. I'm following. Here are some dendronepthya and turbastrea from my lfs

O' man. Nice carnation coral and WOW!!!! on sun cup corals. Thanks for sharing. Please send more photos when possible. That carnation from your part of the world also Fiji and other parts of world. Thank you so much for kind words. I'm making progress, baby steps, but making progress. One day, maybe we'll finally know how to care for them and they thrive. Till then stay tune.