Trying to raise Dendronephthya and Scleronephthya part1

[Sallstrom]

Great work! Do you have a list of the food you supply to the tank? And how often and so on?

I really want to do a new try on Dendronepthya. I have the chance to use our 10000 litres reef tank at work as a sump and to do a test in a 500 litre frag tank. My idea is to mostly feed phytoplankton(EasyBooster(gel with 4 types of phytos)), cyanobacteria(Synechococcus sp), live Nannochloropsis salina and "mulm" from a ZeoVit reactor filled with Siporax. I'm haven't bought the corals yet, so the experiemnt won't start in a while. So I probably will change the plan a couple of times before it starts

/ David

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I'm using ZEOvit zeolites. For the mulm. First page has my food reciepe. Check it out. Thank's .4:27 am and most corals great. About a year to go and see what happens by then. No3-0, po3-0, ph-7.4 right now. Goes to 8.0 soon. Comes down. I have 12 oysters, 9 clams, this has been big help.73 degree water too. LOL

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Just a thought. Try a taller tank if possible. When you buy dendronephthya and they look 3-4 inches, if you can hang upside-down or sideways they expand 3 times their size. Also less energy for them to expand. Just a thought .

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

The DT is 30 gallons, refugium 30 gallons. I feed with doser, 2 ml every hour from moment it's dark. Till 5am. I also didn't show what else I feed and how till I know it's successful. In 1 year or year and a half, will spill the beans. Till then wait and see. But very promising.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Great work! Do you have a list of the food you supply to the tank? And how often and so on?

I really want to do a new try on Dendronepthya. I have the chance to use our 10000 litres reef tank at work as a sump and to do a test in a 500 litre frag tank. My idea is to mostly feed phytoplankton(EasyBooster(gel with 4 types of phytos)), cyanobacteria(Synechococcus sp), live Nannochloropsis salina and "mulm" from a ZeoVit reactor filled with Siporax. I'm haven't bought the corals yet, so the experiemnt won't start in a while. So I probably will change the plan a couple of times before it starts

/ David

Can you help me id this Coral no one's given me answer.
Will describe: skeleton is hard, has polyps like Red chili cactus coral, but smaller. Polyps sporadic. Need to know how to Care for.

 

[Sallstrom]

Can you help me id this Coral no one's given me answer.
Will describe: skeleton is hard, has polyps like Red chili cactus coral, but smaller. Polyps sporadic. Need to know how to Care for.

I looked some at Reeflex.net but this was a tricky one. Here are some names you could compare with:
Petrophyllia rediviva
Oculina varicosa
Oculina diffusa
Eunicella verrucosa

Don't even know if they are cold or tropical species, just did a search and compared pictures

/ David

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I feed this one heavily when I got. Expands majority of the time. Very large, a small man's hand. LOL

Its 5:39am

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I looked some at Reeflex.net but this was a tricky one. Here are some names you could compare with:
Petrophyllia rediviva
Oculina varicosa
Oculina diffusa
Eunicella verrucosa

Don't even know if they are cold or tropical species, just did a search and compared pictures

/ David

I had a red one with white sporadic polyps. It did expand at LFS the red one. When I bought.

Thank you so much for info.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Great work! Do you have a list of the food you supply to the tank? And how often and so on?

I really want to do a new try on Dendronepthya. I have the chance to use our 10000 litres reef tank at work as a sump and to do a test in a 500 litre frag tank. My idea is to mostly feed phytoplankton(EasyBooster(gel with 4 types of phytos)), cyanobacteria(Synechococcus sp), live Nannochloropsis salina and "mulm" from a ZeoVit reactor filled with Siporax. I'm haven't bought the corals yet, so the experiemnt won't start in a while. So I probably will change the plan a couple of times before it starts

/ David

Here great article
http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/index.php?i=161377&m=&l=&p=-1&pre=&ver=html5#{"page":0,"issue_id":161377}

 

[Sallstrom]

Here great article
http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/index.php?i=161377&m=&l=&p=-1&pre=&ver=html5#{"page":0,"issue_id":161377}

Nice! I've seen her name a lot when searching for articles about Dendronepthya and plankton.

Have a look at this. Found it yesterday but haven't had the time to go through it all yet.
http://web.uvic.ca/~yahel/GYWS/Other/GYPHDfull.pdf

/ David

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Video from local fish store

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Just got these, their opening up.
Water hazy, because of type feeding method. Clears up

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

One more from local store

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Then there was one

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Slowly opening

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

starting to open more. Spilled Coral food in refugium. Got very cloudy.
Will be fine.

 

[Sallstrom]

Here are some cold water azoox we have at work. Alcyonium digitatum and Metridium senile. Metridium senile is quite easy to find food to, it more like an anemone. The A. digitatum is harder to get to grow. We've tried before with artemia nauplii, rotifer and coral food(power), but not with good result. The last 1,5 years we've also dosed a lot of phytoplankton, as EasyBooster but also live phyto. Now they grow well, getting new "fingers" and have their polyps extended most of the time. We've also improved the water quality in this system. But I thing it's mostly the phytoplankton that's has made a difference for the A. digitatum. Feels great to see them grow finally!

/ David

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Here are some cold water azoox we have at work. Alcyonium digitatum and Metridium senile. Metridium senile is quite easy to find food to, it more like an anemone. The A. digitatum is harder to get to grow. We've tried before with artemia nauplii, rotifer and coral food(power), but not with good result. The last 1,5 years we've also dosed a lot of phytoplankton, as EasyBooster but also live phyto. Now they grow well, getting new "fingers" and have their polyps extended most of the time. We've also improved the water quality in this system. But I thing it's mostly the phytoplankton that's has made a difference for the A. digitatum. Feels great to see them grow finally!

/ David

Wow, never seen one of those

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I setup a trickle filter with 5 gallon bucket in refugium. I used natrual cat liter as matrix. It breaks down nitrates, after 3-6mo in operation. Unlike bio balls of the past, which never did.. Old technology meets new information. LOL.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

The feeding regime you mention should work for dendronephthya . After what you said of phytoplankton food . I'll feed more of it. I feed shellfish diet. I'll feed more of it. Many thanks