Dendros

[rutz81]

I am about to putchase some dendros from an online vendor. I have never kept any of these, can anyone give me some pointers, or is it pretty much just keep it fed??

TIA,

Dave

 

[All Delight]

I have these they're called Micro Blanophyilla (sp?). They're very similar to Dendros. I don't feed them as much as everyone feeds theirs. Maybe once a week, I'll give them some mini mysis.

They're keep under 150 watt 20k mh about 18 inches down. Moderate flow.

Enjoy the Dendros.

 

[currentking]

wow delight you have some nice ones

 

[rutz81]

Hoping mine look like that!!

I'll post some pics when I get mine in.

Thanks,
Dave

 

[thecichlidpleco]

non-photosynthetic, so just feed 2-3x a week.

 

[mikekman]

Expect yours to look like All Delights except bigger. His is the micro balanophyllia and I have some too. They are small...........a dendro is like waaaaaaaay bigger than that.

Feed it a few times a day and give it foods like mysis shrimp, flakes, pellets, squid, etc. Don't feed it too much or the dendro will throw up the food.

They are not hard to keep, I would just worry about water quality, thats the biggest issue with them. Also they open up all day so its easy to feed them while their relative the sun coral you have to kind of coax it to come out during the day.

 

[All Delight]

Thanks current and rutz.

Pretty easy to take care of. And one of my favs.

 

[Echidna09]

I believe Mike meant feed them a few times a week and not a day.

 

[mikekman]

LOL, thanks echidna, yes I mean few times a week not day. That would be time consuming if it was few times a day.

 

[Echidna09]

Your welcome, and if it was a day I would be confused on the part of your post that said don't feed them too much; a few times a day would seem plenty ^^;

 

[mikekman]

Thanks for watching my back Echidna!

rutz81 -can you tell us the vendor you are buying the dends from?

 

[rutz81]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10804001#post10804001 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mikekman
Thanks for watching my back Echidna!

rutz81 -can you tell us the vendor you are buying the dends from?

Not sure if I am allowed to post that, with some of the rules on RC, but, if it gets deleted, PM me, I'll tell you.

www.thecaptivereef.com

Dave

 

[All Delight]

Thats exactly where I got the micro blanos from. Mike is a great guy to deal with. You will not be disappointed. I've purchased alot of corals from Mike. After awhile I was buying corals from him blind. He would tell me he's got some amazing pieces, I trust his judgement, he knew my taste and everything was perfect.

You'll be happy.

 

[thecichlidpleco]

IF Roes ever gets them in, he is cheap.

 

[rutz81]

I got mine in on Friday. The packaging was the best I've ever seen, very good customer service, nice job all around. The corals themselves looked great. They also included some nice freebies, would defintely reccomend them to anyone. Took some pics, one halide off, so they're pretty blue without the flash.

 

[mikekman]

Very nice, hope the dendros do well for you!

 

[rutz81]

thanks mike

 

[mikekman]

rutz, did you buy just 3 polyps dendro or did you buy two and he gave you a free polyp? What kind of freebies did you get?

What are you going to feed the dendros and how often are you going to feed them?

Oh yeah, what size are they? Size of a dime or nickel?

 

[rutz81]

I bought a total of 4 polyps, 1 not shown is a peach color with white tentacles. He gave me a free 3 polyp frag of Micro Blanophyilla and an 18 head mini-colony of Duncans!! I was very happy.

 

[mikekman]

If you get a chance, can you take a pic of the dendro with whitish tentacles?

3 polyp mini balano and 18 heads duncans as a freebie........he is VERY GENEROUS!!!!

I'm doing an order right now with captivereef and hope he gives me some really good freebies