Dendros

[ReefDoctorMicromussas]

I have a very nice pair of Dendros.. just got them... Not really familiar with their preferences...

Placement:

I started them high... but I thought they were supposed to stay out all day?? ... Then at night they were REALLY out (not sun polyps I'm not an idiot ) But during photoperiod they were still partially retracted so I moved them lower... They came out more but still only fully at night? now I have actually placed them under a shaded ledge? they are not photophyllic correct?

Feeding:

I have tryed to hand feed like I used to feed my Sun Coral but each time I put the food close they pull in? will they eat enough POMs and Microvert to be healthy or do you guys feed them some other way?

Reproduction:

Division??? how often??

Thanks in advance all you Gurus
Doc

 

[Chelsey]

I do not believe that they're photophyllic, but I do not own any dendros so I can only go by what I've read. I would feed them with mysis and silversides or some other meaty food, not brine shrimp though. Have you tried teasing them with some cyclopeeze or anything to get them into the feeding mode? I'd imagine that the soda bottle top as a feeder would work for those guys too. Hopefully a dendro owner will chime in soon

 

[DonavonsReef]

I had the same problem the first day or so I had mine. I stuffed them so much with krill & silversides they coulden't retract now they are open all the time in anticipation of their next feeding.

 

[neyugn0w01]

seems like the trick to keep them open up all day is to stuff them all day long with food. nice picture by the way.

 

[carpus]

I have one dendro and a baby on growing on its side. They open up to feed whenever I feed my fish. However because I run ozone in the tank, they stay closed until they "sense" food in the water.

I think they reproduce by budding. Mine grew a baby on the side.

In my past job at a coral-specialized fish store, my boss's display tank has dendros located at the very top of his rockscape. He runs 2 250 watts MH in a 50 gallon tank. They are opened ALL the time and its a colony of at least 15. So its definitely not becuase your location

 

[carpus]

Oh ya, I had a difficult time accustoming them because they were fragged badly. The coral stned till half a polyp, but its feeders were still intacted so I fed them mysis and flake every time I saw feeders. The STN eventually stopped at half a polyp. The exposed skeleton is slowly disintegrating, but the dendro looks funny. almost half naked BUT HEALTHY

 

[ReefDoctorMicromussas]

Thanks for the replies guys your great.
Donavan wow... very nice pics man
neyugn0w01.................... your the man!