Dendronephthya & Scleronephthya aquaculture

[Dr. Dendrostein]

here's one of four, in about an hour I'm picking up 3 other corals from Indonesia

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Here we go all Indonesia

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

This is one

 

[el aguila]

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,

I totally understand!!

I used to culture phyto, but don’t have time for it. I’m pretty pleased with the AlgaeBarn phytoplankton. Not real thick, but it seems to be good stuff.

I do have someone local who does phytoplankton (nano) at a decent price that I’m using to culture Tisbes. Probably not going to do them all the time, but the way that I’m doing it they are pretty easy.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

a lot of driving today, finally all four are in the tank and now, wait and see, some tomorrow will be open fully. The first one I acclimated, is already open.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I totally understand!!

I used to culture phyto, but don’t have time for it. I’m pretty pleased with the AlgaeBarn phytoplankton. Not real thick, but it seems to be good stuff.

I do have someone local who does phytoplankton (nano) at a decent price that I’m using to culture Tisbes. Probably not going to do them all the time, but the way that I’m doing it they are pretty easy.

get the flow in your tank, right and they will live longer. Every tank is different, so you will have to tweak , till it's right

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Can you see purple dendronephthya?
Decided to anchor in that spot
3 to 5 mm tall, my guess it's like three sixteenth of an inch tall

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Welcome to the jungle! :)

I'll get my machete and make a path for you

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

So there was a question that needed to be answered. The question was if Carnation corals from Indonesia, would react the same like Tonga, Vietnam,. In other words the carnationcorals I've had from Tonga, Vietnam, which open and look like they're thriving in my tank, but because of the coral bans in Indonesia didn't know how the carnationcorals from there would react. And now we know, they may be program similar, to open up and look like they're thriving in the environment I provided for them. now it's a wait and see game. See how long they live.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

My children of the sea , last night

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

the babies are coming, the babies are coming!!!!!

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

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

Looks like stereonepthya but I'd love to see a full shot under 15K. I've got a couple that look like stereo and are actually chromonephthya.

 

[najer]

Looks like stereonepthya but I'd love to see a full shot under 15K. I've got a couple that look like stereo and are actually chromonephthya.

I'll get a pic later once the lights are on.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Here's a secret, I now spill the beans, mention 99% of my secrets, why? It makes no sense to one day sell these and only to die a slow death. Here it goes. In the last 3 days or 4, started to feed powder whole egg, feeding in a fish feeder, results are promising. If anyone tries this,use organic whole egg powder. The one product I use has silicoaluminate, no harm yet to corals. Time will tell. One more secret I'm offering.

I modified mine to feed once every 45minutes.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Tonga carnations at AquaSD
Never seen so cheap

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Just bought one, total $79 w/ship

Should look like this, just a hutch

 

[That Crusso Kid]

Tonga carnations at AquaSD
Never seen so cheap

You probably will want to give the below link a read. It is a bit disconcerting.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/malware-on-a-vendor-website.695822/

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

You probably will want to give the below link a read. It is a bit disconcerting.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/malware-on-a-vendor-website.695822/

Recently I had a credit card debit replace because money's were being removed from my account and the bank got my money back. I wonder

 

[najer]

Looks like stereonepthya but I'd love to see a full shot under 15K. I've got a couple that look like stereo and are actually chromonephthya.

AIO out of the box cheap leds, the top is sulking due to flow, working on it! ;)

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Does the purple with white have sclerites near the tips? If so, it's probably Chromonephthya. Good find if so. The yellow/gold one appears to be stereonephthya, but I'd have to get a closer look at the stems to be 100% sure.