Yeah I have it shaded some, may need to pick up another piece of live rock to build a cliff over it.
35gal reef.
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Yeah I have it shaded some, may need to pick up another piece of live rock to build a cliff over it.
kwandrsn
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You should move it to where the Duncan is and donate the Duncan to me... Joking lol
kwandrsn
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So non photo. Coral has to be in the shade?
Yeah, I have it low and partially shaded. It may need more shade though.
Bearchumjs
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Yeah, they need shade and you have to target feed them a few times a week because they don't have the symbiotic algea growing inside them like photosynthetic coral.
Lol! Nice try.
kwandrsn
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I had to try I hope when I want to get one they have a single frag of it
CorallineAlgae
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Bearchumjs said:
I tried a dendro 14 years ago and fed it almost every day but it still wasted away. There's much better coral food available now but they're still one of the toughest corals to keep. Julian Sprung has a tank with non photosynthetic corals but it's one heck of a crazy system. I admit defeat to these guys. lol
I hope I can save it. It looks like it wants to open but never quite opens.
Bearchumjs
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How often do you feed it? I read that you can over feed them easily.
Every 3 days but it hasn't opened It's polyps to feed yet.
CorallineAlgae
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Bearchumjs said:
Really? Maybe I need to do some fresh reading. I always read that they needed lots of feeding but that was a few years back. Lots of feeding didn't seem to help mine so you could be right.
Looks like I need to do some more reading myself.
Picked up a nice piece of live rock tonight. Going to try to build a nice overhang to give the Dendrophyllia some shade. Just hope work gives me a break so I can make it happen.
Picked up a nice piece of live rock tonight. Going to try to build a nice overhang to give the Dendrophyllia some shade. Just hope work gives me a break so I can make it happen.
kwandrsn
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Tony u working tomorrow?
kwandrsn
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That sucks bro...well maybe not if you need the money lol
The money is great but having the time to enjoy it is better.
Here is a link to a Dendrophyllia thread. Apparently they need to be fed often.
http://www.3reef.com/forums/coral-health/dendro-owners-70868-16.html
http://www.3reef.com/forums/coral-health/dendro-owners-70868-16.html
kwandrsn
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True...
CorallineAlgae
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apet66 said:
Yeah, that was always my understanding. All the research I had done on them was over 10 years ago but it was pretty exhaustive. I was hoping something has changed about our understanding. It looks like people know of better foods at least. That's a big plus.
