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Posted: May 23 2011 at 5:50pm |
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What are ideal light and flow conditions for a yellow dendrophyllia?
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Posted: May 23 2011 at 7:11pm |
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No light required. Medium to high (but not constant direct) flow. Feed at least once a week. More often is better. I had my piece up high for about a year but moved it down to a shady cave area where nothing else grows. There are times I will feed mine every day for weeks. Sometimes I forget to feed for weeks (not recommended). Do you have any pictures?
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Posted: May 23 2011 at 9:54pm |
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I have three dendros and they would not come out. After talking to a friend he suggested putting them in a higher flow area and they are doing great now, always out. I never feed them directly and they do well. They are under stock lighting in my RSM.
Sun corals on the other hand require hand feedings, but I have not had too with my dendros.
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Posted: May 23 2011 at 10:28pm |
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Mine does better with more light and flow, I had it in a low light area and it did alright but when I moved it to a place right under my t-5's and just off of the metal halide and it took off. It went from three heads to around 12 in just 3 -months!
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Posted: May 24 2011 at 12:20pm |
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That's good to know here is a pic of where they are now but it sounds like i need to get them up more.
http://utahreefs.com/forum/uploads/3491/dendros.jpg
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Posted: May 24 2011 at 5:22pm |
I noticed when I had mine that the higher flow meant it got more food from the water column on its own...which meant if I forgot to feed it occasionally, no big deal.
They are non-photosynthetic, so light isn't a direct factor. However, lower light areas may mean less chance of nuisance algaes to bother the coral. (This *really* comes into play for sensitive NPS coral like gorgonias). IMO, chose a spot that is easiest for you to feed the coral.
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Posted: June 01 2011 at 11:32pm |
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pretty sure dendros need light could be wrong
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Posted: June 01 2011 at 11:55pm |
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pretty sure dendros need light could be wrong |
Dendros are strictly non-photosynthetic. They get all of their nutrition from food captured by the polyps.
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