dendro

[saltykelly]

I have a few questions about dendros. First are they the same as duncans? How fast do either of these grow?

 

[funman1]

Don't know about dendros..
But my duncans are growing very fast!!!

 

[bkmorris]

although dendros and duncans are in the same family, they are not the same thing... different genera.

i believe duncans have zooxanthellae, where as dendrophyllia do not. if you're not a fan of spot feeding, i wouldn't get dendros. from what i hear and see, they multiply via budding pretty frequently if well fed.

hope that helps a little

 

[funman1]

So then a dendro is like sun star polyps?

 

[juaninsac]

Dendrophyllia and Tubastraea are asymbiotic--they don't use light for energy. Duncanopsammia is. Duncans need light, and IME color up really nicely if acclimated to really intense light.

All 3 should be fed often with mysids, cyclops, etc. Duncans less so, but they will grow fast if you feed them often.

 

[juaninsac]

Year and a half or so, this one's gone from 11 to 40+ polyps. It's huge!

 

[bkmorris]

great pic, juan!

steve... yep, sun polyps (tubastrea) and dendros are often pretty difficult to tell apart. the biggest clue is usually the price tag. hah. sun polyps usually go for 30 bucks for a decent sized colony.... dendros are more like 60+ bucks per head.