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May I ask what the fourth picture is in the second set of shots? We saw some "Flame Duncans" at a LFS the other week that looked similar to this shot...we weren't sure if it was actually a different type of duncs or if they were just all jacked up at the time. At $50 for a polyp (I think that's what they were marked) we weren't going to try...
Melly~ Somehow I missed your post... Thats an Oregon Tort frag... My last one fell into some Acans... 
Moriah~ Those are Dendrophyllia... They're similar to Duncans, except are non-photosynthetic... I think they're closely related to Tubastrea, except the polyps are larger and they stay open during the day... $50 per polyp is about the going rate online and at LFS... Full size heads can be more expensive even... For a size reference, my biggest head is about the diameter of a quarter when closed... When openned, it expands to about 2"...
Moriah~ Those are Dendrophyllia... They're similar to Duncans, except are non-photosynthetic... I think they're closely related to Tubastrea, except the polyps are larger and they stay open during the day... $50 per polyp is about the going rate online and at LFS... Full size heads can be more expensive even... For a size reference, my biggest head is about the diameter of a quarter when closed... When openned, it expands to about 2"...
Dave~ From all that I have read they are azooxanthellate species...
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/dendrophylliidae.htm
This one might explain your success with them...
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/jan2002/feature.htm
To save anyone from having to read the article:
Another mode of feeding may be the trapping of mucus flocs often called marine "snow". These are composed of detritus, bacteria, protozoans and possibly phytoplankton trapped in mucus. The source of this mucus is most likely soft and stony corals, which rid themselves of epizoic growths and excess carbon and fats, by releasing mucus. This mucus is not easily degraded by bacteria and is often infested with large quantities of bacteria and eukaryotes (flagellates, ciliates and diatoms) (Vacelet and Thomassin, 1991). These mucus flocs could be trapped by the spiky polyps of Dendronephthya spp. and used as a food source. It is fully possible that octocorals employ a combination of some or all of the above feeding mechanisms, with varying degrees of importance for each.
I realize that Dendrophillia and Dendronepthya are completely different from one another, however they are supposedly both nonphotosynthetic... And that might explain how they are feeding enough in order to survive
I have had mine for a bit over a year now, and they have budded quite a bit... I started with 5 proper heads... Now I have 11 or so proper heads with more "buds" developing into heads... I'll get them to close and take a pic for you... I feed them quite a bit though...
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/dendrophylliidae.htm
This one might explain your success with them...
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/jan2002/feature.htm
To save anyone from having to read the article:
Another mode of feeding may be the trapping of mucus flocs often called marine "snow". These are composed of detritus, bacteria, protozoans and possibly phytoplankton trapped in mucus. The source of this mucus is most likely soft and stony corals, which rid themselves of epizoic growths and excess carbon and fats, by releasing mucus. This mucus is not easily degraded by bacteria and is often infested with large quantities of bacteria and eukaryotes (flagellates, ciliates and diatoms) (Vacelet and Thomassin, 1991). These mucus flocs could be trapped by the spiky polyps of Dendronephthya spp. and used as a food source. It is fully possible that octocorals employ a combination of some or all of the above feeding mechanisms, with varying degrees of importance for each.
I realize that Dendrophillia and Dendronepthya are completely different from one another, however they are supposedly both nonphotosynthetic... And that might explain how they are feeding enough in order to survive
I have had mine for a bit over a year now, and they have budded quite a bit... I started with 5 proper heads... Now I have 11 or so proper heads with more "buds" developing into heads... I'll get them to close and take a pic for you... I feed them quite a bit though...
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