Dendronephthya & Scleronephthya aquaculture

[NY_Caveman]

FB friend their coral , 40 worms

Beautiful. Had one like that a quarter century ago. Love them.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

If all goes well, large carnation coral from Exclusive Corals will arrive. Will acclimate with bacteria water in tank. I do the squeeze sponge for bacteria, should acclimate with less stress. Stay tune

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Beautiful. Had one like that a quarter century ago. Love them.

I didn't ask how much, I don't want to know. ......Hahaha

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Here's a frag I glued to man made rock 2 weeks ago . Growing nicely.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Just received, time to acclimate, in tank, gonna be a monster big coral.

From Exclusive Corrals in Arizona.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Notice haziness in water. Thats the bacteria from sponge. So far, so good

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Going to be big. Can't wait. Been a loooong time I've had one this big

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

That is stunning. The color alone is impressive.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

That is stunning. The color alone is impressive.

It's like fire engine red, getting more comfortable

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I frag this carnation coral few weeks ago, then this came out. Still have crab

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Wonder if it's a predator of the dendro?

And that red one looks like it sparkles ;)

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Wonder if it could be this one? They normally live on acropora though. Tetralia nigrolineata

 

[living_tribunal]

This thread is low key amazing @Dr.Dendrostein Kaplan

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Carnation that had crab, still alive when i frag coral. Maybe some kind of symbiotic relationship, maybe?
Before fragging coral look normal

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Getting bigger

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Carnation that had crab, still alive when i frag coral. Maybe some kind of symbiotic relationship, maybe?
Before fragging coral look normal

Possibly. Look up Tetralia nigrolineata. They live symbiotically with acropora. See if that one may be your crab friend.

 

[Katrina71]

Your new big baby is beautiful!

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Your new big baby is beautiful!

To big, hahaha. Tank not enough flow and gyre pumps at 100%. each. Bummer, tomorrow I'll know if flow enough

 

[Katrina71]

To big, hahaha. Tank not enough flow and gyre pumps at 100%. each. Bummer, tomorrow I'll know if flow enough

I saw something interesting. I just caught a snip of it on TV, but they used huge dump buckets at 2min intervals for sps reef project for flow. Maybe a thought for yours?

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I saw something interesting. I just caught a snip of it on TV, but they used huge dump buckets at 2min intervals for sps reef project for flow. Maybe a thought for yours?

If I had space, I would also do that...Hahaha good thing is all polyps open, just ,,I think , not enough flow, I need it to look like a tree. Tomorrow I'll know if flow is right for it.