tropicfish
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Hi I was wondering if anyone had any orange dendro's (that stay open 24/7) or an pink and red mushroom.
Dendro's and mushrooms
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Tomoko Schum
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Do you mean a dendro like a large Tubastraea and not an orange dendronephthea? I know John Newby was selling it a few weeks ago. I am not sure if it's open 24/7. You need to feed it since it's not photosynthetic.
Red mushrooms should be relatively easy to find.
Tomoko
Red mushrooms should be relatively easy to find.
Tomoko
tropicfish
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The one I'm wanting is very bright orange it's labled Dendrophyllia. I believe the one John has is not open 24/7. Thank you for your reply. Also the red/pink mushroom it's different. A picture of the type I'm looking for is on aquacon.com under the mushroom section. The mushroom at the top. I'm also interested in any different corals anyone may have fragged. I'm new to saltwater and only have a few corals, and I'm interested in any bright colored corals.
Tomoko Schum
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The red/pink mushroom that you are interested in is a recordia yuma. John Newby had them twice in the past and I thought that Tracy Swan picked one up as soon as it came in. John may be able to get one in.
I suspect that Dendrophyllia is open when food is nearby. I have not heard of one that is open all the time, but maybe there are some varieties that open up 24/7.
As you might know, both R. yuma and Dendro are considered relatively rare. You have more luck finding them on on-line stores like Roe's Marine World. If you don't mind paying high end prices for high end corals, Atlantis Aquarium (http://www.atlantisaquarium.net/) always have very very nice rare corals.
A lot of us have some frags of brightly colored corals. If you are a bit more specific like zoanthids, frogspawn, torch, acanthastrea, leather, etc., some people will respond to your request.
Tomoko
I suspect that Dendrophyllia is open when food is nearby. I have not heard of one that is open all the time, but maybe there are some varieties that open up 24/7.
As you might know, both R. yuma and Dendro are considered relatively rare. You have more luck finding them on on-line stores like Roe's Marine World. If you don't mind paying high end prices for high end corals, Atlantis Aquarium (http://www.atlantisaquarium.net/) always have very very nice rare corals.
A lot of us have some frags of brightly colored corals. If you are a bit more specific like zoanthids, frogspawn, torch, acanthastrea, leather, etc., some people will respond to your request.
Tomoko
timrandlerv10
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i have a dendrophylia that i got as a gift...i was very new at the time, and still consider myself new-ish. it is growing well, but i think it is different from most in that it isnt photosynthetic at all, which places a greater level of difficulty in making sure there is enough food in the water column but also keeping the water clean. it grows in fits and starts, i think because that's how the food level or water quality goes...even though i like to think its pretty stable!
from what i've learned, they arent open 24/7 but are primarily nocturnal--convenient being non-photosynthetic and all!--but can be trained to come out during the day. (maybe conditioned is a better word than trained)
i started feeding mine when the lights came on, and after about two weeks, he just stared opening when the lights came on.
i have a boatload of red mushrooms, some with a bluish stripe and some without. they grow pretty big--about 3" tall and 3-4" across is the size of the first one i got. i know that isnt what you're looking for (vs a ric) but you're welcome to a few if you'd like.
from what i've learned, they arent open 24/7 but are primarily nocturnal--convenient being non-photosynthetic and all!--but can be trained to come out during the day. (maybe conditioned is a better word than trained)
i started feeding mine when the lights came on, and after about two weeks, he just stared opening when the lights came on.
i have a boatload of red mushrooms, some with a bluish stripe and some without. they grow pretty big--about 3" tall and 3-4" across is the size of the first one i got. i know that isnt what you're looking for (vs a ric) but you're welcome to a few if you'd like.
Tomoko Schum
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Some people target feed their dendro and tubastraea/sun coral with frozen cyclopeeze and baby brine shrimp using a turkey baster, rather than keeping the food in the water column for a long time (thus degrading the water quality.) They do open up as soon as they smell the food. In their natural habitat, they feed on microorganisms which come out mainly at night like many other corals. Some coral learn to open their polyps during daytime. LPS's are fun to watch when they eat. Some of them really open up their mouths really wide.
Tomoko
Tomoko
bassetbros
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Some people have had success keepin sun corals by bowl feeding them. Bowl feeding involves removing the coral from the aquarium and placing in a bowl of tank water and then feeding the animal in the bowl. This allows you to maintain the water quality in the tank while providing adequate food for the sun coral.
Non-photosynthetic animals that require large quantities of food are generally high maintenance items regardless of the method in which you choose to supply food to them.
On the other hand...they sure are purdy!
God bless,
Basset
Non-photosynthetic animals that require large quantities of food are generally high maintenance items regardless of the method in which you choose to supply food to them.
On the other hand...they sure are purdy!
God bless,
Basset
