Dendronephthya & Scleronephthya aquaculture

[Dr. Dendrostein]

From Taiwan, unknown Coral. Supposedly it has a rigid calcium body and small polyps. If you magnified picture to me it looks like it Carnation Coral. But a soft Coral doesn't look that way when you take it out of the water

 

[najer]

Now to get the other stem upright, it appears happy! :)

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

You

Now to get the other stem upright, it appears happy! :)

You should frag it, and let us help you grow it....hahaha

 

[najer]

You
You should frag it, and let us help you grow it....hahaha

I could take 6 two inch frags off that and you wouldn't even notice they were gone, it is quite big! ;)

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Now to get the other stem upright, it appears happy! :)

Does it open more in the dark, or with light.

 

[najer]

I might have been naughty?! ;)
Just in.

 

[najer]

Does it open more in the dark, or with light.

Interesting, until today it was more open at night but closed during the day a bit and open in the afternoon again.
Today is the first time it has stayed open.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I might have been naughty?! ;)
Just in.

What the name of this, common and if possible species name

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

This morning got email from new wholesaler, that I have account with them. And LiveAquaria has lollipop tunicates

 

[najer]

What the name of this, common and if possible species name

Not sure, I will try and get pics later.

 

[najer]

Ok Doc and everyone, gold stem colour and the polyps have a flush of mauve, ID please?! :)

 

[najer]

Welcome to the jungle! :)

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Ok Doc and everyone, gold stem colour and the polyps have a flush of mauve, ID please?! :)

I'm guessing, stereonephthya, common name, who know. @MixedFruitBasket should know this one
It's gorgeous! !!

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Tomorrow, hopefully pick this up

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Now to get the other stem upright, it appears happy! :)

Pretty close to yours

 

[Hemmdog]

This morning got email from new wholesaler, that I have account with them. And LiveAquaria has lollipop tunicates

That is nice! How much is something like that?

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

That is nice! How much is something like that?

On LA was $69, but very small. Bummer

 

[Hemmdog]

On LA was $69, but very small. Bummer

Wow! I would of snagged it. That’s so unique looking.

 

[el aguila]

Well I finally got through this thread. All I can say is wow!!!

I really encourage you to keep going!

I have a 190 with 400G total water volume. I’ve switched from SPS to softies and gorgonians. This thread has me stoked on dabbling with NPS.

I’m going to stick a gyre pump on the center back wall, and am in the process of sitting up a feeder - wine bottle cooler using a dosing pump to feed a cave area at the bottom of the tank.

Right now I’m dosing by hand.

About the only comment that I’ll make. Is that personally, I wouldn’t encourage anyone to use Phytofeast.

I used to use Reed PhytoFeast to culture copepods 8-10 years ago. Then Reed moved their facilities. When they did this, there was some change in their culture methods and their PhytoFeast would not keep copepods alive.

I guess my point is that I don’t want to put something dead into my tank that my microfauna won’t eat. I’m afraid that over time the nutrients will build up and cause problems.

I’m trying to figure out the whole feeding thing out. I prefer to use live food whenever possible - live phytoplankton, rotifers, newly hatched brine shrimp, copepods, etc.

I am using reefroids and some similar products, but trying to use sparingly. I’m looking into reef snow along with some frozen products.

Anyway , this is what I love about this hobby - always something to learn.

Carry on Dr!!!!

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Well I finally got through this thread. All I can say is wow!!!

I really encourage you to keep going!

I have a 190 with 400G total water volume. I’ve switched from SPS to softies and gorgonians. This thread has me stoked on dabbling with NPS.

I’m going to stick a gyre pump on the center back wall, and am in the process of sitting up a feeder - wine bottle cooler using a dosing pump to feed a cave area at the bottom of the tank.

Right now I’m dosing by hand.

About the only comment that I’ll make. Is that personally, I wouldn’t encourage anyone to use Phytofeast.

I used to use Reed PhytoFeast to culture copepods 8-10 years ago. Then Reed moved their facilities. When they did this, there was some change in their culture methods and their PhytoFeast would not keep copepods alive.

I guess my point is that I don’t want to put something dead into my tank that my microfauna won’t eat. I’m afraid that over time the nutrients will build up and cause problems.

I’m trying to figure out the whole feeding thing out. I prefer to use live food whenever possible - live phytoplankton, rotifers, newly hatched brine shrimp, copepods, etc.

I am using reefroids and some similar products, but trying to use sparingly. I’m looking into reef snow along with some frozen products.

Anyway , this is what I love about this hobby - always something to learn.

Carry on Dr!!!!

unfortunately to me because of cost and time involved with live food, I'm trying powder types like Reef roids, spirulina, powder egg. And see what happens good,