Dendronephthya & Scleronephthya aquaculture

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Took a pic of Dendra while waiting to catch the coral beauty or a a three spot damsel that's being a bully. Still no luck capturing either. They are just too dang smart. Every other fish has been in the trap except these 2. The dang cardinal fish was sleeping in there for a couple days.

Dendra is still looking good. Fully open and showing off.

I tell others that have carnation corals up right, I can't do that, never mastered growing upright. Looking good

 

[Slingshot357]

Gives idea of conditions in your tank. Dendra look really happy, from last picture you post. Thanks for info

Thanks!

It's past 4am here and she's still wide awake.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Dendra is either from Australia, but leaning toward Kenya, I've had some in past that were burgandy, from Kenya. We'll never know. She has no papers now.... Hahaha

 

[Slingshot357]

Dendra is either from Australia, but leaning toward Kenya, I've had some in past that were burgandy, from Kenya. We'll never know. She has to paper now.... Hahaha

That's with soft room light though so she might have a little extra yellow to her.

 

[Slingshot357]

If I had to narrow it down I would have to say PLENTY of constant source of phyto with a dose of reef roids and marine snow with plenty of flow is what she likes. Also, with all that phyto my pod population must be crazy. She couldn't care less about the light. I stooped shadowing her a long time ago. All the south pacific dive video's I watched just showed tufts of carnations sticking strait up on the ocean floor with lots of light but tons of micro particles floating around like snow.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

If I had to narrow it down I would have to say PLENTY of constant source of phyto with a dose of reef roids and marine snow with plenty of flow is what she likes. Also, with all that phyto my pod population must be crazy. She couldn't care less about the light. I stooped shadowing her a long time ago. All the south pacific dive video's I watched just showed tufts of carnations sticking strait up on the ocean floor with lots of light but tons of micro particles floating around like snow.

My pod population comes and goes, but always returns. Right now I can see pods

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

cleaning the de filtration cartridges. All this for the love of some corals. 4 cartridges are two months worth of filtration. Then clean them again

 

[Slingshot357]

My pod population comes and goes, but always returns. Right now I can see pods

Here's the full line of tests:
Phosphate : 0.10
SG : 1.025
PH : 8.08
Alk : 8.8
Cal : 467
Nitrate : 20
Mag : 1500

I hate doing mag. I rarely do that one. I usually only test PH, Alk and Phosphate. PH and Alk in case I need to adjust Kalkwasser dosing.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Your perimeters very close to ocean perimeters.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Frag 101 class in session

wait for it, wait for it

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Surprise!!! another frag

Its tiny
Wait there's one more picture where it's located or hanging it's coming wait for it

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Here's where it hangs

See small sun cup polyps

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

This morning

 

[Slingshot357]

Supposed to be going to the LFS where I got Dendra tomorrow. There was an orange carnation there. Maybe I'll grab it if no one has yet.

My wife wants to get a pair of black and white clowns for a tank I'm setting up for her. She bought that beautiful bi-color bubble tip anemone when we were in CA that should be shipped to us on the 7th. If he doesn't ship them I'll have my son gather a few of his fellow Marines and pay him a visit. :mad:

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Supposed to be going to the LFS where I got Dendra tomorrow. There was an orange carnation there. Maybe I'll grab it if no one has yet.

My wife wants to get a pair of black and white clowns for a tank I'm setting up for her. She bought that beautiful bi-color bubble tip anemone when we were in CA that should be shipped to us on the 7th. If he doesn't ship them I'll have my son gather a few of his fellow Marines and pay him a visit. :mad:

Orange may be a Australia

 

[Slingshot357]

Coming home with me.

 

[Slingshot357]

In the bag!

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

In the bag!

Cool, keep us posted

 

[Slingshot357]

Dipping. Need to come up with a name for Dendra’s new sister.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Dipping. Need to come up with a name for Dendra’s new sister.

Big Bertha