replacement Dendrophyllia

[Tom@HaslettMI]

Finally decided to pick up a replacement Dendro this past Sunday. It's all settled in, open a lot and has eaten each evening. I'm so excited.
Here's a phone camera pic from a few minutes ago...(lights aren't on yet).



Tom

[stunreefer]

Congrats! Looks good so far, make sure not to overfeed it.

[kgood1]

Looks good!

[demonclownfish]

@stunreefer: i feed mine prob 10-15 aqueon pellets each time i feed it 3x a week. is that overfeeding?

[Tom@HaslettMI]

Thanks. I was always afraid to try non-photosynthetic corals until I read your how-to post.

Congrats! Looks good so far, make sure not to overfeed it.

I'll second demon's question. I was feeding with the mindset of "feed them if their tentacles are out" (but not more than once a day). Each feeding has been "moderatly" sized for any other LPS polyp I would feed. The first night was a single Hikari mysis soaked in Zoecon and the second was a .25 cm cube of frozen mussel (unenriched).

Tom

[stunreefer]

@stunreefer: i feed mine prob 10-15 aqueon pellets each time i feed it 3x a week. is that overfeeding?

That's fine. I'm not familiar with the size of those pellets, but I looked them up online and they appear to be similar to Spectrum.

I was feeding with the mindset of "feed them if their tentacles are out" (but not more than once a day). Each feeding has been "moderatly" sized for any other LPS polyp I would feed. The first night was a single Hikari mysis soaked in Zoecon and the second was a .25 cm cube of frozen mussel (unenriched).

Tom, that feeding regiment is fine as well.

I feed mine every two to three days. They get 1-3 P.E. Mysis shrimp or an equivelant amount of chopped Krill, depending on polyp size. Some of my larger polyps stretch 2.25 - 2.5" across when opened, while small "baby" polyps can't handle that much, so they generally get half of a P.E. Mysis shrimp.

Overfeeding occurs generally while feeding frozen (which is better BTW), but could also occur while feeding pellets. The polyp will receive more food than it can digest prior to the food insode the polyp literally rotting away. The polyp then begins to die off, and it can actually effect the entire colony killing the whole thing. Don't be too nervous about it, just note that it can be done.