Dendro Cocc ?
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ff. I live in Camden Pointe off of Mars Hill Rd next to Brookstone. Yes I got it at Cappucino Bay. It looks very nice. What part of Marietta are you in? I am slowly but surely turning my 58 into an LPS tank. I currently have several Acan Lord colonies, Blastos, 3 Non Indo Lord Frags, and a Micro frag.
fancyfish
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I live in east cobb off Johnson ferry road and oak lane. I too shop at cappucino bay. they have some very nice pieces. I am partial to lps. I do have zoo's and mushrooms however. Here is a link with some good info...
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/dendrofaqs.htm
http://www.garf.org/1armci/dendro.html
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/dendrofaqs.htm
http://www.garf.org/1armci/dendro.html
Hi Jasper, congratulations on the addition of one cool coral! Everytime I talk to my LFS about my dendros they think I'm saying Dendronephthia as well...hehe...
Dendrophyllia are non-photosynthetic, but they can tolerate and thrive in very hight light areas. I bought mine from The Captive Reef and he keeps them inches under his halide, not because they need it, but because that's the easiest spot for him to reach for feeding. What matters the most to them is feeding often. The food they seem to prefer is raw squid; if yours ever stops extending its tentacles this food usually pulls a stressed out one through its funk. I feed a variety of small chunks of raw meaty seafoods. Finely chopped scallops, prawns, calamari steak, and mysis shrimp. Just make sure you give it no less than 3 x a wk, and if you want fast growth and constant tentacles on display, at least once a day (on the weekends I continually feed mine every 2-3 hrs, but on weekdays I can only get in a morning feeding).
Flow should be Medium. Not blasting, but present enough to sway the tenacles gently and flush away wastes.
One other thing, they CANNOT tolerate contact with soft corals, so if you have any be sure to give it a wide berth. The only problem I've ever had with mine was a zoa frag dropping on it in the night; next AM tissue necrosis in the dendro. My stinkin' zoas pulled through just fine! I know someone else whose Yuma expanded so large during the day while he was at work that it was stinging his dendros, but at night when he got home it was shrunk enough that he couldn't figure out why his poor dendro was dying for about a week. He thought there was plenty of room, but not in the height of the Yuma's daytime happiness.
Any pictures?
Dendrophyllia are non-photosynthetic, but they can tolerate and thrive in very hight light areas. I bought mine from The Captive Reef and he keeps them inches under his halide, not because they need it, but because that's the easiest spot for him to reach for feeding. What matters the most to them is feeding often. The food they seem to prefer is raw squid; if yours ever stops extending its tentacles this food usually pulls a stressed out one through its funk. I feed a variety of small chunks of raw meaty seafoods. Finely chopped scallops, prawns, calamari steak, and mysis shrimp. Just make sure you give it no less than 3 x a wk, and if you want fast growth and constant tentacles on display, at least once a day (on the weekends I continually feed mine every 2-3 hrs, but on weekdays I can only get in a morning feeding).
Flow should be Medium. Not blasting, but present enough to sway the tenacles gently and flush away wastes.
One other thing, they CANNOT tolerate contact with soft corals, so if you have any be sure to give it a wide berth. The only problem I've ever had with mine was a zoa frag dropping on it in the night; next AM tissue necrosis in the dendro. My stinkin' zoas pulled through just fine! I know someone else whose Yuma expanded so large during the day while he was at work that it was stinging his dendros, but at night when he got home it was shrunk enough that he couldn't figure out why his poor dendro was dying for about a week. He thought there was plenty of room, but not in the height of the Yuma's daytime happiness.
Any pictures?
ReefDoctorMicromussas
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That was great info Wendy... I need to feed mine more... right now they just grab the mix of what is drifting in the tank...
ReefDoctorMicromussas
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I just got my Duncan this week from Reef Reflections its the Duncans that originally came from Serdar 
now I have alllllll of them
Dendro C
Dendro A.
Balano
Rhyzo T.
and DUNCAN
I'll get some pics together soon the Duncan is still stressed and the Rhyzo is still small and frag like
now I have alllllll of them
Dendro C
Dendro A.
Balano
Rhyzo T.
and DUNCAN
I'll get some pics together soon the Duncan is still stressed and the Rhyzo is still small and frag like
ReefDoctorMicromussas
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Encrusting Micro... Balanophyllia from the waters off Scottland from what I read hehe ... its open alll day and all night very colorful and vibrant moreso than any of the others Mike gave it to me as a gift with a frag trade I did for him
Mike is great! all hail Mike
Mike gave it to me as a gift with a frag trade I did for him Mike is great! all hail Mike
Yup, Mike's the BEST! I told him I loved him once...hehe, I'm a frag seller stalker!
Hey, have you noticed any difference in color in different lighting? Mine has gone mostly yellow w/orange moths only & orange tips on the tents...very cool, but very different than when it first came in. It is in some pretty deep shade, & I've been thinking of moving it to see if it affects color at all. How high is the lighting your micro ballys are under?
Hey, have you noticed any difference in color in different lighting? Mine has gone mostly yellow w/orange moths only & orange tips on the tents...very cool, but very different than when it first came in. It is in some pretty deep shade, & I've been thinking of moving it to see if it affects color at all. How high is the lighting your micro ballys are under?
ReefDoctorMicromussas
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Pretty bright light
2X 250 watt MH Radiums with 4 X 110 watt VHO
Mine are orange bodied with Yellow tentacles... they actually seem to like the light even though they are azoanthellic
2X 250 watt MH Radiums with 4 X 110 watt VHO
Mine are orange bodied with Yellow tentacles... they actually seem to like the light even though they are azoanthellic
ReefDoctorMicromussas
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*Zoa Freak*
I would also like to get a Dendro frag. Melev has one on his site that i drool over!
