Aquabacs' Cadlights Artisan 50 Azooxanthellae Tank build

[deacon hemp]

I will look to see if I have some pics on my card. I did not seal around the pvc piping but there is no issue with the temperture rising above 38.

Mike

Thanks man that was good enough,i dont need pics. Snug but not sealed i guess does the job and gives air room for no vaccum issue. Its been a dream of mine to try an NPS tank and my SPS build has taken a turn....to the darkside lol thanks again.

Deac

 

[GreshamH]

Any updates on this?

I would not be the one to ask even though I know, sorry. Email/PM Steve.

 

[Aquabacs]

I get to pour a glass tonight

Mike

 

[Aquabacs]

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May 30th


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July 8

It is getting there but we are starting to show some better polyp extension.

Mike

 

[Aquabacs]

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For those who haven't seen the stalk structure of a Dendronephthya, here you go

Mike

 

[uhuru]

Very cool "experiment" Mike.

 

[Aquabacs]

Thanks. Unfortunately no actually new research being done here I did one more cutting last night (that is the actual coral in the video) this one I put in my acrylic intank holding container (use this for delicate stuff). There is only a small amount of holes drilled it it. I want to see how quick it will attach in this type of setting versus the in tank being compressed versus intank in low flow versus intank with a tab of crazy glue (didn't have any string around to try to tie one down as well). What I also.did by doing these cuttings was make the main colony a single stalk. Now this mini project isn't going to get crazy and start counting polyps like Chuck has done in the past.If he would like to stop by and comment on it, that would be cool The other dendro in my system was never cut and I want to see as well how it does versus the cuttings.

 

[Aquabacs]

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[flying_dutchman]

time for a new FTS!

 

[Aquabacs]

I am working on something so you are not going to get a FTS for a bit :beer:


Mike

 

[Bongo Shrimp]

I am working on something so you are not going to get a FTS for a bit :beer:


Mike

:furious::furious::thumbdown:thumbdown FTS now, work later.

 

[uhuru]

Thanks. Unfortunately no actually new research being done here I did one more cutting last night (that is the actual coral in the video) this one I put in my acrylic intank holding container (use this for delicate stuff). There is only a small amount of holes drilled it it. I want to see how quick it will attach in this type of setting versus the in tank being compressed versus intank in low flow versus intank with a tab of crazy glue (didn't have any string around to try to tie one down as well). What I also.did by doing these cuttings was make the main colony a single stalk. Now this mini project isn't going to get crazy and start counting polyps like Chuck has done in the past.If he would like to stop by and comment on it, that would be cool The other dendro in my system was never cut and I want to see as well how it does versus the cuttings.

Another thing I've seen with soft corals is to run a thin rod through it of some sort (I've seen a toothpick used), and then super glue the rod to the rock.

Here is an article of dendro fragging worth reading:
Attachment to the substrate by soft coral fragments: desmocyte development, structure, and function
Orit Barneah, Zvi Malik, Yehuda Benayahu

I have the whole article somewhere but here is the abstract:

Pieces cut from colonies of the soft coral Dendronephthya hemprichi exhibited rapid and effective attachment to hard surfaces. Attachment involved development of root-like processes (RLPs), which appeared at the basal part of the fragment 4 days after its removal from the colony. The fine structural changes and cascade of cellular events occurring in the RLP before and after attachment were studied using SEM, TEM, and LM. The epidermis of the RLPs is actively involved in the attachment process and several distinct phases are documented: appearance of numerous oval vesicles, extrusion of these vesicles resulting in the formation of an outer layer composed of extracellular organic matrix and organellar debris, which functions as an adhesive device leading to initial attachment. The latter phase was followed by the formation of desmocytes, which develop in the RLP epidermis and function as anchoring devices, mediating the firm attachment of the fragment to the substrate. This is the first evidence among anthozoans that desmocytes play an active role in anchoring tissue to substrate and thus extends the range of functions exhibited by desmocytes among anthozoans.

 

[Aquabacs]

Thanks Mike. I will look it up later on Google scholar. I was thinking about using a plastic toothpick but I didn't know if there would be issues with doing so since the stalk structure is different than let's say a sinularia. Also if there would be any leaching issues of the plastic toothpick which could effect the growth of the coral. As little or if any it may be, it might not hurt a sinularia but may effect a dendronephthya. I could be no issue at all. I have seen them tied down though when they come in as maricultured but string is probable the cheapest method for securing them pending on where in the world they are being grown.

 

[GreshamH]

Many mariculture farms (non stateside farms that use the ocean) use dental floss for softies FWIW.

 

[Aquabacs]

I can try that too. I know, the non minty kind Gresham do you know it they tie them or thread it through them?

 

[uhuru]

The maricultured ones I've seen have the thread going right through them.

 

[GreshamH]

What he said right through them.

 

[Aquabacs]

2 Days after cutting

2 Days after cutting

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Mike

 

[Aquabacs]

At 4 days and a few hours the cutting that was compressed is starting to send out roots.

(note: tubastrea baby polyp is actually further back than what appears in the picture)

Mike

 

[uhuru]

awesome! My dendronephthya is not doing so well right now.... heat wave has been a killer. I really need to get my chiller hooked up.