Dendonepthya keepers?

[pacmann117]

Anybody still keeping dendronepthya corals? I've been keeping mine for about 4 months now on a diet of mainly rotifers and phytoplankton. Growth has been slow, but there are definitely some new shoots growing from the base. I'll post a pic tomorrow

 

[xtlosx]

Did you ever get around to posting a pic, I love these corals.

 

[Pufferpunk]

 

[Scarlett778]

Hey PAC, we also have one too. Been feeding it phyto feast and purchased Rotifers last week. Do you keep your Rotifers alive? And how do you do it?

 

[Pufferpunk]

That's the carnation coral, right? Really poor success rate in captivity. Good luck.

 

[Stonefish13]

I've had a carnation for 3 months and I feed it phyto and cyclops-eeze. The pics not the best but you can see it's polyps out. I have it upside down in a cave. I hung it with epoxy and it stays open all the time.

 

[BlakeT]

Do you keep your Rotifers alive? And how do you do it?

We culture rotifers here at MCF. It is really quite simple. Just house them in a container with a heater, airstone, feed phytoplankton (many products are available like Rotifer diet by reed mariculture) and harvest daily.

 

[BlakeT]

Here is a pic from a couple weeks ago:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=155091614545311&aid=38404#!/photo.php?fbid=155224421198697&set=a.155224097865396.38404.155091614545311&theater

 

[Scarlett778]

We culture rotifers here at MCF. It is really quite simple. Just house them in a container with a heater, airstone, feed phytoplankton (many products are available like Rotifer diet by reed mariculture) and harvest daily.

Cool, thanks for the advice

 

[pacmann117]

Thanks for the pic Blake, we've had it for about 4 months now in the SPS display and it seems to be slowly growing. So far on a strict diet of rotifers, and a small amount of phyto.