dendro beauty
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Qckwzrd, very nice dendros!!! That 12 head colony is really looking nice! About how big is the largest polyp?
I'm not sure about those pics of balano, rhizo, and other dendrophyllids is from hawaii, as you can see it is from some kind of Japanese magazine or book.
Acerr -any new pictures of the weird unknown looking dendros you got? Does it look like baby sun corals???
I'm not sure about those pics of balano, rhizo, and other dendrophyllids is from hawaii, as you can see it is from some kind of Japanese magazine or book.
Acerr -any new pictures of the weird unknown looking dendros you got? Does it look like baby sun corals???
currentking
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how do you frag it? See the baby polyp on the right, its growing down, should I cut off the bigger one and save it?
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currentking
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sorry, wrong picture, here it is
currentking, no need to frag because even though it is facing down, as it gets bigger it can make its body reach upwards to get food, etc.
I have some that were reproduced downwards a bit like yours, they are a bit bigger now and they expand and face upwards. I think its too early to frag the baby as well.
Viper has fragged his dendros a number of times, I am sure he can chime in and tell how he does it. I'm too chicken to frag them right now.
I have some that were reproduced downwards a bit like yours, they are a bit bigger now and they expand and face upwards. I think its too early to frag the baby as well.
Viper has fragged his dendros a number of times, I am sure he can chime in and tell how he does it. I'm too chicken to frag them right now.
Qckwzrd
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The largest polyp on the colony is about the size of a quarter. The last pic is of the new head I got which is pretty big also. The 1st pic shows another new dendro I have, its in the bottom right hand corner. I didn't show a pic of my two polyp dendro because they look the same, I'll try and get a pic of the baby which has tentacles.
RobynT
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Awesome pictures everyone. All I can say is I think I'm in love!!
I just ordered a dendro polyp and I'm trying to find information on how to keep them exactly. I know they don't specifically need light and need to be fed often. What about flow? It's really hard finding any information on these guys, do you have any suggestions on where to read up and learn about them? Thanks in advance, I'm sure I'm not the only one that needs a little guidance!
I just ordered a dendro polyp and I'm trying to find information on how to keep them exactly. I know they don't specifically need light and need to be fed often. What about flow? It's really hard finding any information on these guys, do you have any suggestions on where to read up and learn about them? Thanks in advance, I'm sure I'm not the only one that needs a little guidance!
RobynT.........dendros are non photosynthetic so they don't need light to live.......they need to be fed.
That said, some think you should place it in a shaded area but many people have their dendros out in the open or near the corner were it gets subdued lighting. Doesn't matter because the dendro should open up all day anyways.
Consider feeding the dendro a few times a week and feed it stuff like chopped shrimp, mussels, mysis shrimp, brine, cyclopeez, pellets, flakes, etc.
As for flow, I have mine under medium flow. Very high flow made my dendros close up because they were getting blasted.
That said, some think you should place it in a shaded area but many people have their dendros out in the open or near the corner were it gets subdued lighting. Doesn't matter because the dendro should open up all day anyways.
Consider feeding the dendro a few times a week and feed it stuff like chopped shrimp, mussels, mysis shrimp, brine, cyclopeez, pellets, flakes, etc.
As for flow, I have mine under medium flow. Very high flow made my dendros close up because they were getting blasted.
650-IS350
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on ebay.. almost looks like acerrs
http://cgi.ebay.com/Live-Coral-Dend...ryZ46308QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Live-Coral-Dend...ryZ46308QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
gseschen -dendros are far bigger than sun corals. I have sun corals and they don't get too big even after feeding them. Dendros on the other hand are huge. I'd say, my biggest dendros width size is equal to like 4-5 suncorals stacked side by side. Dendros are also taller, I have a few if you include the tentacles are like 3-4 inches tall or long.
Some of my dendros after eating or if they bloat up are like the diameter of a half dollar or maybe even a large silver dollar like the Eisenhower dollars so thats pretty big.
Besides the huge size difference, dendros also open up all day. So if you turn your halides on, the dendros stay open. They really don't close up and hide like sun corals do. Sun corals usually close up during the day and when the lights are off come out. You can train sun corals to open up during the day but they really don't open up fully like they do at night in my experience.
Thanks
Mike
Some of my dendros after eating or if they bloat up are like the diameter of a half dollar or maybe even a large silver dollar like the Eisenhower dollars so thats pretty big.
Besides the huge size difference, dendros also open up all day. So if you turn your halides on, the dendros stay open. They really don't close up and hide like sun corals do. Sun corals usually close up during the day and when the lights are off come out. You can train sun corals to open up during the day but they really don't open up fully like they do at night in my experience.
Thanks
Mike
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