Check out the new stuff I'm getting!!!

[boviac]

Very cool. I hope they were spawning and not just letting out waste LOL...

Good luck with any spawns.

 

[mikekman]

Here is a pic of the dendros I got from reefscience a weel ago. 7 total heads. They are a bit undernourished in the pic but they are now eating really well.

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[mikekman]

Soon to be in my tank

 

[micynyorkies]

Very pretty! What is the blue and yellow thing?

 

[pugman]

The yellow and "blue" thing is clove polyp. The lights are really blue in that pic. Even the sand looks blue. They normally are greenish and yellow. Generally you can purchase them brown and they will turn that color. I bought six good size pieces and two are starting to turn that color already. Red coral looks like a micromussa.

 

[mikekman]

The red micro I'm gonna feed it to get it into a nice sized colony. Should look really nice.

The clove polyps should look great once they reproduce more and spread out. I have seen some crazy looking clove polyps at some of the online stores.....this one had a nice orange to it. Others I have seen have green on it, yellow, etc.
It should compliment my blue clove polyps, once I get this one I will put it next to the blue ones.

 

[mikekman]

Possibly Dendrophyllia Wellsi :eek1: :eek1:

Dendrophyllia Coccinea, look at the crazy zoos under Phoenix 14ks (zoos not mine)

 

[mikekman]

Dendrophyllia coccinea doing well in my tank fattening up

Very hard to find unknown white dendrophyllia!!!!! :eek2: :eek2:

WOOHOOO!! Balanophyllia Ponderosa!!!!!:rollface: :rollface: :eek1: :eek1: :eek1:

Now on the lookout for a moderately priced rhizotrochus typus!!!!!

 

[Underwaterparadise]

Nice collection! I like the Wellsi!! You should have seen the wicked gold/orange Fungia's I have been getting!

 

[mikekman]

Thanks Rob! So you are beginning to like dendros more and more huh? If you want a piece of the d. wellsi, let me know.

Mike

 

[Underwaterparadise]

Well I have plenty of time to feed them now!

 

[mikekman]

Rob, dends are very fun to feed. If its healthy, they will grab mysis or whatever you feed them as long as its not too big or heavy and it will shove it into its greedy mouth!

My balano was able to grab a large piece of mysis a few inches away with its tentacles and then slowly reel it in. Really neat to watch.

If you can post pictures of your dend that would be great.
Mike

 

[mikekman]

Oh yeah Rob, that atlantis unknown dendro that i got, well here is what it'll look like in a few years:eek1: :eek1: :eek1:

Its not a dendrophyllia arbuscula because I own a arbuscula, me and a few other guys are going to try and find out what the ID of it is.

Ming sold the entire colony to a friend of mine. Before Ming sold the entire thing, I got a piece of it and so did another guy I know.

 

[mikekman]

Better pic of the balano, white dendro, and my micro balanos I got a while back

Balano

White Dendro

Micro balano or somekind of unknown encrusting dendro, not coaretata

 

[Qckwzrd]

Wow Mike some really nice stuff! The encrusting dendro looks really nice. Any pics of the Wellsi open?

 

[Echidna09]

Nice pieces Mike. Did you get that Fungia from the 1st post? It's pretty sweet. Hope all your frags grow out nicely for ya. I don't think you'll find a better deal on a Rhizo than th e one Captive has right now.

 

[mikekman]

qckwzrd, I'm getting the d. wellsi sometime next week. I will for sure let you know when I get it. Mike @ captive sells the micro balano/encrusting dend.........you could always ask Justin thats where I got mine from. If you can wait a bit, I can get you a frag. Mine is growing fast. ygpm

Echidna -I really want the rhizo from captive and its the cheapest price around I've seen at 349:eek1: :eek1: I think you should get it for yourself though. Yeah I did get that fungia! Its nice and the colors are great on it, but the same guy had a BLOOD RED fungia as well but he didn't want to sell that one! I think it would have cost me over 200+ for the blood red one if he decided ever to sell. ygpm

Mike

 

[Twisted]

I picked up a small neon orange fungia too. But something is still troubling me Mike...how the hell do you fit all these things you buy into a nano tank? And when are you going to frag that Cesp for me?

 

[mikekman]

Twisted, my tank is mostly dendros LOL! Only a few small spots for stuff like cesp, palys, etc. Most of the space has been taken up by dends. I might start a 40 gal breeder tank with just dendros and other non photosynthetics but not too sure yet.

I got a piece of rubble with 2 small cesp colonies growing if you want it. You and your neighbor could split the rock and each get a cesp colony. You got pm.