Dendronephthya & Scleronephthya aquaculture

[Dr. Dendrostein]

One of my green rescue heads this morning, low light but not shade.

That's a nice picture Anglo Saxon

 

[Slingshot357]

One of my green rescue heads this morning, low light but not shade.

That looks great! That's how I picture placing mine once I get one.

 

[najer]

That's a nice picture Anglo Saxon

Thank you Dr Colonist!

 

[najer]

That looks great! That's how I picture placing mine once I get one.

Thanks, I have green and black pieces as well as this rescue green, they have always been in lower light and been fine.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Thanks, I have green and black pieces as well as this rescue green, they have always been in lower light and been fine.

I used to have the green tentacle Sun Cup corals. those are really cool.

 

[najer]

I used to have the green tentacle Sun Cup corals. those are really cool.

I fragged a small branch off about 10 days ago, I wanted to look at the core.
You can see the core flesh well in that pic, I have been trying to decide how to frag individual heads.
My thoughts are that cutting at core base level and quick glue should seal the health in, the flesh should recover fine as long as I can keep them in a food soup of some sort?!

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I fragged a small branch off about 10 days ago, I wanted to look at the core.
You can see the core flesh well in that pic, I have been trying to decide how to frag individual heads.
My thoughts are that cutting at core level and quick glue should seal the health in, the flesh should recover fine as long as I can keep them in a food soup of some sort?!

Right, when I used to move mine around and knock off some of the flesh around the sides and it look white, a few days later it was back to normal so if conditions are right they regrow

 

[najer]

Right, when I used to move mine around and knock off some of the flesh around the sides and it look white, a few days later it was back to normal so if conditions are right they regrow

Thanks, I can see where it is damaged now and where it is dead, time for a trim, I will give it a food bath before I do it in the next few days.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

It's now 4 weeks for "The Beast". Either the temperature out here is cold or it shrunk a little but still plum py. One thing I've noticed from any aqua culture corals they're not the same as there Wild caught ones the aqua culture corals are always smaller and I'm talking about soft corals in general.

 

[najer]

I just tried a different liquid food on the little tank, the big tank loves it, these are now closed up like cauliflower heads, nom nom!

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I just tried a different liquid food on the little tank, the big tank loves it, these are now closed up like cauliflower heads, nom nom!

it's coming back with a vengeance

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

much better, scleronephthya would take easily a week or two to open up like that. why I have no idea

 

[Slingshot357]

much better, scleronephthya would take easily a week or two to open up like that. why I have no idea

Looking a lot better!

 

[Slingshot357]

I just tried a different liquid food on the little tank, the big tank loves it, these are now closed up like cauliflower heads, nom nom!

That's a great pic. Wish my iPhone took pictures half that good.

I'm still feeding Dendra the same foods. I think it's working so I'll stick with it. In a few more days I should be able to split my first phytoplankton harvest. It's getting pretty dark. The big jar is gonna take more time. I don't think I seeded it enough. Or I seeded the smaller jar too much.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Looking a lot better!

Poor Coral must be hungry it's been open all day long it's got to be hungry

 

[Slingshot357]

Poor Coral must be hungry it's been open all day long it's got to be hungry

So opening and closing does have something to do with eating? I was just guessing before.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

So opening and closing does have something to do with eating? I was just guessing before.

I don't know but they do open and close throughout the day and stay open through the night, but it's well known that as they stay open they're trying to feed

 

[Slingshot357]

Before and after shot. I really need to figure out when this stuff is finished. Maybe I'll split the small jar tomorrow. I'd rather split it too early than wait too long and have it crash.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Before and after shot. I really need to figure out when this stuff is finished. Maybe I'll split the small jar tomorrow. I'd rather split it too early than wait too long and have it crash.

Is it 7 to 10 days to harvest? it's been awhile since I've done it

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Before and after shot. I really need to figure out when this stuff is finished. Maybe I'll split the small jar tomorrow. I'd rather split it too early than wait too long and have it crash.

If you can test for NO3 & PO4. Get an idea how high, before feeding algae