Pics of dendros, balano, and duncan!
 

Just a few of my favorite LPS corals. Enjoy!

[b][i]Dendrophyllia coccinea[/i][/b]
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[b][i]Dendrophyllia arbuscula[/i][/b]
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[b][i]Balanophyllia sp.[/i][/b]
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[b][i]Duncanopsammia axifuga[/i][/b]
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incredible pictures.

So where do you find these corals? I have seen a few dendros, but never ided by species. Other two only in books by Veron.

I am jealous! Where do you pick these things up?

nice pictures

Thanks for the comments.
The coccinea I bought from an auction, the arbuscula and the balano were from thecaptivereef, and the duncan was bought from someone locally.

Nice pictures. Loving the Duncan.

I like the duncans myself. A LFS here in Columbus has single polyps for $80 a polyp. His grow like crazy, very tempting.

Thanks.

80 bucks sounds like a very good price considering how rare they are in the US. Dendros are almost that same price but are already a whole lot more common.

I've been looking for a Duncanopsammia for almost 10 years. I finally bribed someone for a head and a half in March.


And I agree, they are fast growers.
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Couple new polyps in May

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It's really taken off since then.

August
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It's 12 full polyps now. It's closed up in that pic. When it's fully open, it looks like a mass of tentacles, so you can't see all the new branches.

[IMG]http://users.adelphia.net/~randyolszewski/images/Duncan3Aug06.jpg[/IMG]

That's amazing Randy!

Ditto that!
I didn't know they can grow that fast! I've had 8 polyps (2 big, 6 small) and haven't noticed any new polyps growing since June.
What kind of flow and lighting do you have yours under? And how often do you feed?
I've been trying to feed mine every day, sometimes just 5 days/week if I'm busy.

Actually I take that back, I just spotted one new polyp growing, but it's only like 1 mm wide now. Growth is nowhere as fast as yours though, Randy.

what are you feeding your dendros?

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8000770#post8000770 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ViPeR_930 [/i]
[B]Ditto that!
I didn't know they can grow that fast! I've had 8 polyps (2 big, 6 small) and haven't noticed any new polyps growing since June.
What kind of flow and lighting do you have yours under? And how often do you feed?
I've been trying to feed mine every day, sometimes just 5 days/week if I'm busy. [/B][/QUOTE]

I actually picked up my frag in late February. It only grew a couple new polyps by May. But after that, there was new buds all over that turned into full polyps by August.

I was feeding it around twice a week from March to June. The summer has been busy, and I've only fed a few times in July and August. This is the first time I've looked at it where it didn't have any new baby buds. So maybe it's growth will slow because of the limited feedings.

It's on the bottom of my 40 breeder, under 2 96 w PC lights. I keep it in a container, protected for all other corals. It gets low, indirect flow.

I think because of the lower light, it looks very stringy.

are these the same thing I've seen on websites for like $1200?

These are really cool I've never seen any in person before.. But I cant recall the site.. I think I saw some of the yellow ones on some site for over $1000

Thanks for the info Randy. I've been feeding it every day, so hopefully that'll help speed up the growth.

paininthewrasse, you probably saw [i]Rhizotrochus typus[/i]. I don't have one, but that's next on my list. :)

oh boy, it makes me sad. Duncans are cheap as chips over here, they pretty much dont sell. (you will find a whole colony with 30 or so heads for $30 AUD or 23USD). But we pay 100USD + for redline cleaners. :(

Want to swap? FEDEX goes everywhere!!

i wish, but export/import of corals is illegal in australia. :(

I knew that but it was fun to imagine

hehe, i knew you guys were suckers for acans etc, but i just never thought that dendros would be so expensive over there. You just see a dinnerplate size colony in the shops and walk right past it here, they pretty much dont sell that well.

Dont laugh so hard you are the one paying $100 for cleaners!!!

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8002970#post8002970 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by metalManiac [/i]
[B]i wish, but export/import of corals is illegal in australia. :( [/B][/QUOTE]
Exactly why duncans are so expensive and rare here! :)

Just stopped by the LFS. They have dendro frags about the size of a pea for $75 each!

Are they worth that much now days?

You can get adult polyps online for about 60-80. Fish store prices are almost always higher.