Trying to raise Dendronephthya and Scleronephthya part1

[Rispa]

By hybrid do you mean grafting?

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

By hybrid do you mean grafting?

It's won't work. I still need to improve water quality. Working on that. But good sign.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Chiller time

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Notice green water. Tank gets morning sunshine

Algae culture nannochloropsis

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

@Sallstrom, yeah you. I got roots coming out of my frags. Not one not two, MANY ROOTS. You need to turn that boat, turn, yes turn, THAT BOAT. I think your scleronephthya moved in with my scleronephthya. You need to check your children of the sea.
Just turn that boat. And go check. Only problem I have is no full polyps expand. But roots sprouting. Odd

 

[Sallstrom]

@Sallstrom, yeah you. I got roots coming out of my frags. Not one not two, MANY ROOTS. You need to turn that boat, turn, yes turn, THAT BOAT. I think your scleronephthya moved in with my scleronephthya. You need to check your children of the sea.
Just turn that boat. And go check. Only problem I have is no full polyps expand. But roots sprouting. Odd

Great! The colony that developed roots in our tank also was the one with least polyps expanded. Maybe they put all energy on making this holdfast.

Will still be out sailing for some time. But I will try to get my colleague to send some pictures of our Scleronephthya

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Great! The colony that developed roots in our tank also was the one with least polyps expanded. Maybe they put all energy on making this holdfast.

Will still be out sailing for some time. But I will try to get my colleague to send some pictures of our Scleronephthya

Little early for you. Did I wake you up? Should just sail on back to your children of the sea. They need you. O' man, just kill me. Hehehe

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Great! The colony that developed roots in our tank also was the one with least polyps expanded. Maybe they put all energy on making this holdfast.

Will still be out sailing for some time. But I will try to get my colleague to send some pictures of our Scleronephthya

@Sallstrom for you.
Wait a minute, your story don't jive. Remember the picture you posted? Of the scleronephthya with roots already. Do you remember? I can't find the picture. Don't forget it ALREADY HAD ROOTS. So no it didn't develope roots. Let's get that right. Now mine, yes, they are developing roots. Heehee

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

@Rispa, if you can find that picture, of scleronephthya on egg crate showing roots. I'll set aside a baby scleronephthya for you.
It's somewhere in Sallstrom 10000000L tank thread. Let me know. Many thanks

 

[Rispa]

Sorry, R2R stopped give me alerts when something happens in this thread. Fixed now I think.

Long tank sounds good. If you put a stream pump at each end, one close to the front and one close to the back side, opposite sides, you'll get kind of laminar flow along the front glass and back glass.

Just found these when I took a closer look at the Scleronehphtya. First thought it was a Majano anemone, but it's new holdfast growing from one Scleronehphtya

I take that as a good sign, the corals attached itself. No need for glue here

@Jomama this one?

 

[Rispa]

Here's our five Scleronephtya this morning. I think they expand more and more.

@Jomama I don't see any roots from when they first came in. Btw he didn't post the root pic in his main thread lol

 

[Rispa]

Thanks! Here a clip from this afternoon. Only iPhone quality, but to show the setup.

@Jomama I don't think they look attached in the video either.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Sallstrom has one photo with roots showing on one Scleronehphtya . I couldn't find it. Maybe you can.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

@Jomama this one?

Thanks @Rispa , you found it. Cool. @Sallstrom, here's instant reply. To refresh the mind.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Thanks @Rispa , you found it. Cool. @Sallstrom, here's instant reply. To refresh the mind.

Those where already grown(roots). Unless you have other photos, in your X files. We'd like to see

 

[Sallstrom]

Those where already grown(roots). Unless you have other photos, in your X files. We'd like to see

Haha, I'm far away from work now. So I can't take any new pictures.
I'm not 100 % sure the roots grew out but since they seems to reach around the egg crate I assume the grew after I put them there
And since that colony didn't expand like the other four, I figured it focused on connecting to the substrate.

/ David

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

All I hear is blah,blah,blah. What ever you say, Dr. Sallstrom

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Ok, up date, all frags alive. One frag attached to coral gravel. All others, roots keep growing.
Still no polyps expand. One more, moved frags to test tank. Doing good.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

something different

 

[Rispa]

something different

Those are really pretty