Sun vs. Dendro
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Topic: Sun vs. Dendro
Posted By: smacky
Subject: Sun vs. Dendro
Date Posted: December 09 2010 at 12:01am
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What are the physical differences between Tubastrea and Dendrophyllia? From what I've seen and read, dendro is usually bigger and the tentacles are a little more translucent, where the sun corals tentacles are a more solid yellow. Is this correct? Are there other ways to tell them apart? This is a photo of my new... sun coral? Right?  |
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Posted By: SGH360
Date Posted: December 09 2010 at 12:28am
| that looks like a dendro to me, that hows mine looks. Also Dendro seems be hardier than its brother the sun coral |
Posted By: CapnMorgan
Date Posted: December 09 2010 at 6:38am
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It is a sun coral, and actually sun corals are much hardier than dendros. Dendros have to be fed much more often then sun corals. ------------- Steve http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40637&PID=356246" rel="nofollow - My Old 180G Mixed Reef Currently: 120G Wavefront Mixed 29G Seahorse & Softies Running ReefAngel Plus x2 435-8 |
Posted By: davser
Date Posted: December 09 2010 at 9:48am
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arent dendros way bigger than the sun coral? ------------- It's not about what you know but about who you know |
Posted By: CapnMorgan
Date Posted: December 09 2010 at 11:06am
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Not necessarily. They can be very similar in size. I have some very large sun corals. The skeletal structure is a dead giveaway though. ------------- Steve http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40637&PID=356246" rel="nofollow - My Old 180G Mixed Reef Currently: 120G Wavefront Mixed 29G Seahorse & Softies Running ReefAngel Plus x2 435-8 |
Posted By: smacky
Date Posted: December 09 2010 at 11:22am
| What about the skeletal structure distinguishes them? |
Posted By: Marine-Aquatics
Date Posted: December 10 2010 at 11:28pm
| Come in tomorrow about 1. We have some dendros coming in at noon, and have some suncorals in stock already. We can show you the difference side by side. |