Carnation propogation

I'm not so sure those are dendronephthya as the polyps are larger than most dendro polyps. I have had the same thing pop up as hitchhikers and they remain as a single polyp but send out an extension of tissue which forms a new polyp and then dissipates leaving a new solitary polyp.

Also, I wouldn't rush to call 10 months a success. You can keep a dendro "alive" for 6 months without feeding at all.

I don't have it with me but I will look up the name of this coral in Soft Corals and Sea Fans when I get home.
 
that's pretty outstanding.
They look like dendronephthya larva that's taken root. There is an article on coralscience on reproductive biology of dendronephthya. (can't post link - been warned) - you should check it out.

Plate D of the attached photo shows a larva of dendronephthya after some maturity - looks a lot like the growth you have.

You should post more about your system/husbandry. Lots of people have done reefroids + phyto feast w/o success.

I have to say from the photo (and its hard to tell) - your mother colony seems to be thin (and flopped over-which they do). Can you tell if your colony has grown or shrunk since initial purchase?
 

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The initial two shrunk the first month.after that they stayed the same size. About two months ago the top one leaned over after moved the wave maker. It looked like it was finding the best flow.the new colony is on the back side of the rock were the flow ramps off the back side of it. They get bigger every day. They look identical to the larger one from stem to top. They are not hitchhikers. They are new growth from the original. My idea of success is a thriving colony that grows so yes I say success.
 
My system is about 15 years old with a ton of live rock very deep sand bio pellets skimmer and carbon. No water changes anymore. I've been using korallen-zucht products and I'm very happy with it.
 
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I have heard that they can grow like weeds in the wild, with the right conditions. It is amazing that you found out what to do.

I would guess that the babies will do better than the parents because they are adapted to the particular conditions that you have provided.

They are beautiful!
 
Mylesweaver said:
The initial two shrunk the first month.after that they stayed the same size. About two months ago the top one leaned over after moved the wave maker. It looked like it was finding the best flow.the new colony is on the back side of the rock were the flow ramps off the back side of it. They get bigger every day. They look identical to the larger one from stem to top. They are not hitchhikers. They are new growth from the original. My idea of success is a thriving colony that grows so yes I say success.
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Problem is, most "success" stories that have been posted, end up crashing by year two. That is why people don't consider your short time to be a success yet... hit the two year hurdle and you'll impress a lot more that are knowledgeable about this species ;)
 
By that criteria, any success is almost non-existent to date.

You are absolutely 100% correct BUT"¦"¦

This is really cool.
 
I rarely have a failure in my tank. if I do its in the first month or so of purchase.i still have three pieces in my tank I bought in 98/99. im sure if they like it so far they will be fine.hopefully. they keep growing so we'll see.
 
I rarely have a failure in my tank. if I do its in the first month or so of purchase.i still have three pieces in my tank I bought in 98/99. im sure if they like it so far they will be fine.hopefully. they keep growing so we'll see.
 
It looks like you've done a rare thing, congratulations.

Personally I would not risk fragging at this point unless you have multiple polyps in several locations and can afford to lose a polyp or two. Maybe you can position a piece of rock, plug etc nearby and you'll get a volunteer.

I would imagine trying to scrape a polyp off with a razor could be risky. If you do frag I'd try to cut off a big rock plug underneath the polyp. Since so little is known about these corals, I wouldn't even risk exposing them to the air!
 
Reef Frog said:
It looks like you've done a rare thing, congratulations.

Personally I would not risk fragging at this point unless you have multiple polyps in several locations and can afford to lose a polyp or two. Maybe you can position a piece of rock, plug etc nearby and you'll get a volunteer.

I would imagine trying to scrape a polyp off with a razor could be risky. If you do frag I'd try to cut off a big rock plug underneath the polyp. Since so little is known about these corals, I wouldn't even risk exposing them to the air!
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Myles - can you post your water params - especially your NO3 and PO4 levels. I'd be interested in what kind of reading you are getting from a 15 year old system.
 
All my cal. Alk. Mag. Ect are the usual levels. I don't test my nitrate and phosfate anymore because the test kits always test 0 and that can't be correct. Plus I read the phosfate test doesn't even test for the kind we are concerned about. My ph is 7.85-8.11 my temp is 77.9-78.0 my orp is 450-490 without ozone. I think the orp is about the best way to detect how clean your water is. If you monitor this number you can watch your tank get clean. If I let this number drop I start to have problems. Low number means a lot of bacteria which means a lot of food high number means less bacteria which means less food or nitrates and phosfate. So as you can see I find no more reason to test nitrate and phosfate.
 
Very very impressive and essentially one of the first of it's kind. Never mind those saying success comes years from now. Even if it were to end up as a brief moment of success in the lifetime of your tank, you have accomplished something that hundreds of advanced aquarists around the world have never achieved!

You should certainly be trying to get in touch with many of those individuals to share what you've learned.

Congrats!
 
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