New Deodronephthya sp. study group? - Page 24

pnsnowboard · #**576** 09/17/2007, 05:37 PM

the phyto is marine snow i think it is phytoplankton

the dendro seems to be doing really well

Stottlemire · #**577** 09/17/2007, 08:34 PM

Phytoplankton is phytoplankton, and marine snow is marine snow, they are diffrent. I belive Dendros eat more phyto then anything else, also turkey baster feeding is not going to be the best way to feed them. the polyps are so small that after a few cells of food is captured and swallowed,the shaft or thoat backs up and the polyp can't take any more food in. After about 20 mins. I have then observed the same polyp feeding again.

Kreeger1 · #**578** 09/20/2007, 08:33 PM

new one I got

GoTakuF1 · #**579** 10/06/2007, 12:38 PM

Cheers to everyone for a fantastic thread! If you guys don't mind, I'd like to share my experience with a dendronepthea coral. This scleronepthea was given to me by a friend that's upgrading his tank. He originally received it from GARF over a year ago. Though it survived, it never thrived in his tank. I wanted to see if I could give it a go. Here is a photo of the coral three weeks after I received it:

Since then, it has shown noticable improvement in polyp extension and even slight growth. This photo was taken a week after the above photo:

I hope to maintain its health based on the experience and knowledge gained from this thread. Cheers to a magnificent group of corals!

Kreeger1 · #**580** 10/07/2007, 04:55 PM

Frag pic taken around a month and a half ago

Base is kinda skinny due to size of frag
New pic taken today 10/07/07
You can see the base getting thicker and more polyps have grown. Not positive the thick base is a good thing forsure, but it does look to be growing to me and others that have scene it a few times.