Dendrophyllia Frags?

The Saltwater Kid · #1 06/07/2007, 11:57 AM

I was just wondering what Dendrophyllia frags are going for?

Jasonincuritiba · #2 06/07/2007, 12:59 PM

Vivid Aquarium sells them at $99 a head so probably a little less on here

The Saltwater Kid · #3 06/07/2007, 02:11 PM

WOW

. I had no idea they were that expensive. Why is this, are they rare? Do they grow/spread fast to make it worthwhile to purchase a single head?

saltyreefguy · #4 06/07/2007, 05:47 PM

some places have it priced accordingly, while others over mark up the price. hope they tell the buyers that they have to be feed, like sun corals..

The Saltwater Kid · #5 06/07/2007, 07:00 PM

I used to have sun corals that were open quite often throuhout the day...what's the incentive to buy a Dendro over a sun poly when you can get a nice sized colony of sun polys for the price of one Dendro polyp?

Labman48076 · #6 06/07/2007, 07:14 PM

one of my fish moved it behind the rocks didn't find it for three weeks well it's still alive and the fish was sent to his room with no lunch.. siluler but different they are Aussie hense the price but they just opened up so prices might come down..

mott768 · #7 06/07/2007, 08:58 PM

Prices are already starting to drop I have seen them as cheap as $35 a polyp on some web sights. From what I'm hearing they are pretty fast growers and unlike sun polyps stay open and are pretty hardy.

geo · #8 06/07/2007, 09:08 PM

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apex003 · #9 06/07/2007, 09:56 PM

Why'd this get moved here? Isn't dendro an LPS?

svb57 · #10 06/07/2007, 09:59 PM

got mine for 35$ per head......here in Chicago

Hormigaquatica · #11 06/08/2007, 01:44 AM

I still havent seen them locally- just the insane online prices. Ill get one when their price falls by 75% like Duncans have.

And yeah... definitely LPS. geo might have read it as dendronephthea.

mikekman · #12 06/08/2007, 10:14 AM

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...readid=1134988

Look at those pictures........dendros are cool looking.
Much bigger than sun corals and they open up all day. So if you have lights on, they are open while sun corals usually open up when lights are dim or off.

tankgeeks · #13 06/08/2007, 10:06 PM

these LPS love target feeding!

mott768 · #14 06/08/2007, 11:07 PM

I'm getting it for $30 a polyp. Just got told today they are due in next week.... yippiee!!!!

tankgeeks · #15 06/08/2007, 11:16 PM

good deal! you'll have to provide some pics when they get in

tankgeeks · #16 06/08/2007, 11:18 PM

here's what my lil colony looks like

mott768 · #17 06/08/2007, 11:20 PM

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Originally posted by tankgeeks
good deal! you'll have to provide some pics when they get in

will do, I can't wait

Mikigo · #18 06/10/2007, 01:45 AM

Where do you get $30/head? Most I have seen are 50-60.

mott768 · #19 06/10/2007, 10:16 AM

I didn't get it yet the aussie's are due in tomorrow

I'm getting it from DeepwaterExtreme in NYC Ronen is great guy, if your ever in the city definitely go check him out.

Mikigo · #20 06/11/2007, 02:30 AM

Thanks. Will do.

Der_Iron_Chef · #21 06/13/2007, 06:06 PM

$90 a polyp is absurd. My local LFS was selling colonies (6-8 heads) for $100.

Big Goose · #22 06/15/2007, 02:45 PM

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Originally posted by Der_Iron_Chef
$90 a polyp is absurd. My local LFS was selling colonies (6-8 heads) for $100.

I got mine for my 5 at $40 a head.

If your LFS has them at that price you need to jump on them.

This last month was the first time I have seen them offered for sale.

My source has sold all except for big clusters of 11 or more heads.

Hormigaquatica · #23 06/15/2007, 09:33 PM

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Originally posted by Der_Iron_Chef
$90 a polyp is absurd. My local LFS was selling colonies (6-8 heads) for $100.

Are you sure theyre Dendrophyllia? I dont remember if it was Borneman or Veron who wrote that Dendrophyllia is completely indistinguishable from Tubastrea unless youve looking at it on a microscopic level.

There are a number of Tubastrea that branch in a pattern very similar to Dendrophyllia. The price youve listed is obscenely low from real Dendro, and too high for Tubastrea. I would just be skeptical is all.

mikekman · #24 06/15/2007, 10:54 PM

The prices for dendros are still by far cheaper than aussie acan prices but they are two different things.

Iron Chef, can you post pics of your dendro? Lets take a looky and see if its not a sun coral perhaps.

The Saltwater Kid · #25 06/19/2007, 06:55 PM

Canadian prices are A LOT lower then here in the States. I totally find it plausible that he saw a 6 - 8 head colony for $100...and that's Canadian dollars we're most likely talking so it would be even cheaper if converted to US dollars. I've been to a couple of LFS in Canada and couldn't believe how much cheaper they are then the LFS here Stateside.