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Correct they do not require light to photosynthesis their nutrient requirements, but in your case light could cause additional unnecessary stress.Originally Posted by Tom@HaslettMI
Awesome info and tips Rick!
Glad to hear they are taking care of you! These corals sure are beautiful!
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agreed..glad they are taking care of you..try to locate your new beauty in a cave somewhere with moderate flow and feed micro foods and watch it prosper..dont get worried if it doesnt open right away..although i dont normally drip accumilate my corals i did with the dendro..try that might just open up right away for you..also if you drip try just a little coral frenzy while you drip..see if you can get it to open..be careful not to give it to much though..
Rick
How would Dendros do in a nano? I'm asking cause of the info I'm getting from this post~like their low light requirements.
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Rick
dendros are not like suncorals they are not affected by light at all
so you can have them in the open and wont matter
tom
you can feed micro foods but they will do better off of a more meaty diet like pe mysis
or the reef stew we got from the meeting
and what would be really good is if you feed a slury of all 3 at several small feedings a week
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they are not photosyntetic ( spelling ) they are a NPS coral
so there are no lighting requirements just feeding
so like i said in my post ^^^^ there feed like that a slurry of meaty foods several times a week ( but small feedings )
click there ^^^^^^^^^
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Just to add a little bit on the feeding as it can be easy to over feed, I have had mine about 4 months now and have yet to direct feed it. I do feed the tank regularly, with Rotifers, Arcti Pods, Cyclopeeze, Coral Frenzy, and Rod's coral food, so it is well feed, just nothing specifically to it or for it. Also it popped out a little baby yesterday!
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Cool beans! I just read that although the relationship between the peanut worm and the dendro is way cool~it's not necessary~which would go nicely in my nano as I would need a more stationary type coral~gonna look into this!
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Make sure its a Dendro, not a Sun coral or Tubastraea. Dendros are much more hardy and easier to care for and keep successfully!!
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Read this for general care: Care of Large Polyp Non-Photosynthetic Corals
Dendrophyllia species and Tubastrea (sun coral) species respond the same to light in captivity... see the link above for info on why Tubastrea don't open as fast...
Tom, I dip all my new Dendrophyllia (and all coral for that matter) in TMPCC, which is an Iodine based dip. See my reposnse on RC regarding parasites. A LFS should know not to sell a freshly fragged anything, especially a coral like this. You have to frag them very carefully to prevent damage of the coenasarc otherwise it will cause necrosis. Make sure whatever they try to give you is fully healed, and shows no sign of recession at the base. With that said, something else is definitely going on for the polyp to be in bad shape like that, that's not fragging related.
MizTanks, are you referring to the coral commonly called "walking dendro"? This is not a Dendrophyllia, rather it's Heteropsammia cochlea. Dendrophyllia, Tubastrea, Heteropsammia among many other NPS genus would do just fine in a nano
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i kinda ment they dont have a lighting requirement
not that they didnt detect light lol
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