Raising Dendronephthya and Scleronephthya, next step, pt1

[Dr. Dendrostein]

So this Thursday or Friday, 5 new Dendronephthya were supposed to come. No go.So plan b. Go to the source. Getting all the fine print out of the way. Coming soon. So, figured how to stop withering of these corals.
I hope new Dendronephthya are healthy
Here's some sample pictures of them.

 

[Sallstrom]

Nice!
Are they going in the new tank you're building?
Any improvement from past attempts?

/ David

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Nice!
Are they going in the new tank you're building?
Any improvement from past attempts?

/ David

Test tank waiting, nitrates 20-30ppm, and falling .order magnetic stirrer for it. They will eventually. Going to frag one of them.
Stay tune

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Nice!
Are they going in the new tank you're building?
Any improvement from past attempts?

/ David

About improvements

Telling you, since feeding new recipe. My chili corals all opened, all scleronephthya doing 100% healthier. I see babies.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Hoping existing corals get healthy, like picture, I've stop atrophy from continuing. Real good start

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

The small pink/white sclero, showing tentacles. Good sign

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Just talked to vendor for the corals. No go. Bummer . Anyone out there listening any sick or healthy dendronephthya or scleronephthya. Let me know.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Can't see polyps,but they are extended. No tentacles, but I can almost see them coming. Doing great for being sick. Coming back to life

Here's a glamour shot

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Someday, would be nice, have these

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

All soft corals doing great. One chili coral massive for its size, another chili coral getting better, it's stalk by rock it's attached to, is like a man's wrist in size.
@Rispa here's your favorite

 

[Sallstrom]

Well done! Looking really good.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Thank you very much, thank you very much, Elvis has left the building.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Finally feeling better, it has a ways to go. But thriving

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Fyi, no triton, no water changes, use tap water. No copper piping in home. Refugium outside

 

[Rispa]

All soft corals doing great. One chili coral massive for its size, another chili coral getting better, it's stalk by rock it's attached to, is like a man's wrist in size.
@Rispa here's your favorite

Beautiful! Just beautiful! <3

 

[Sallstrom]

Here comes an update on our Scleronephthyas. Hope it's okey that I write this in your thread! :)

Tank size - 500 litres
Turnover volume(water from a large ~10m3 reef tank) - 200 l/h
Feeding every day(spread over the day):
1000ml live phytoplankton (Nanno probably).
200ml live Synechococcus Cyanobacteria
15ml EasyBooster (4 algae, concentrate)
25 ml ethanol (5%)
Frozen artemia and mysis to the fish, about a teaspoon a day of each.

The Scleronephthya, five colonies, have been in the tank for 1 month and 6 days.
Haven't moved them in a month.

Still alive so far. They expand and retract over the light hours. Can't see clearly if they have grown or shrunken. Maybe some of the "arms" are a little thinner, but not on all of them. The one on the bottom is pretty fat.
So overall they look well.

Water parameters:
NO3 - 5ppm
PO4 - 0,02 ppm
KH - 7,5 dKH
All parameters green on the last Triton ICP test.
Temp - 26,5-27,5 C

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Have you thought of less turn over volume. Let's more food around them for awhile.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Here comes an update on our Scleronephthyas. Hope it's okey that I write this in your thread! :)

Tank size - 500 litres
Turnover volume(water from a large ~10m3 reef tank) - 200 l/h
Feeding every day(spread over the day):
1000ml live phytoplankton (Nanno probably).
200ml live Synechococcus Cyanobacteria
15ml EasyBooster (4 algae, concentrate)
25 ml ethanol (5%)
Frozen artemia and mysis to the fish, about a teaspoon a day of each.

The Scleronephthya, five colonies, have been in the tank for 1 month and 6 days.
Haven't moved them in a month.

Still alive so far. They expand and retract over the light hours. Can't see clearly if they have grown or shrunken. Maybe some of the "arms" are a little thinner, but not on all of them. The one on the bottom is pretty fat.
So overall they look well.

Water parameters:
NO3 - 5ppm
PO4 - 0,02 ppm
KH - 7,5 dKH
All parameters green on the last Triton ICP test.
Temp - 26,5-27,5 C

If it's info about nps corals. You can post all you like. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Fyi, I've got so desperate to obtain these corals. I just close on some commercial property, to use as satellite office, getting dba, business lic., bank acct. Set up in 1-2 weeks , all this to open as a wholesale dealer, selling only to wholesalers. No retail stores. We'll see. Not my money, so cost me almost nothing.

 

[Rispa]

@Jomama can you share more about your bird poop idea? I have access to a lot of it lol