Flow for Dendros?

[chrisstie]

I just got my very first dendro frag tonight! (pics coming soon!) I got to feed it while I was acclimating it since it started to come out.. and there is a bit of flow in my tank. Is it okay for its polyps to sway as long as i make sure it grabs onto food? Or do they like less flow?

Thanks for helping me make my dendro happy! I'll post pics before the end of this weekend!

[nmprisons]

if it is opening all the way, then you should be fine. they are really sticky.

[chrisstie]

Cool that is good to know. i think it has very good polyp extension.. here's the pics I promised :)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/348724191_e15c32ef99.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/348724180_39f993551a.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/348724158_6bf76f4040.jpg

[nmprisons]

looks like more flow then mine has. it certainly isn't not enough flow ... again, I wouldn't stress as long as the polyps keep coming out all the way, but you might want to tuck it in a corner a bit more.

[chrisstie]

I will keep an eye on it and see how it does. I have prepared my tank to keep SPS and its kind of weird.. I have very few places that dont get lots of flow. I just want to keep this guy somewhere easy to get to to feed lol

["Umm, fish?"]

Mine are in a spot with a pretty large amount of flow, but don't seem unhappy. It means lots of food flows past them and they certainly don't seem unhappy about that. :)

[Shnabbles]

<--- dumb question... are dendros just the fancy name for sun polyps lol

[chrisstie]

the fancy scientific sort of thing yep :)

[nmprisons]

no, they are much cooler as they are (a) larger (b) stay open day and night and (c) are much more attractive

[chrisstie]

Hmm then what is a sun polyp? to me they were the same ;p

[Shnabbles]

are they as much care?? do you need to feed every individual polyp?

[nmprisons]

sun polyps are tubastrea, dendros are dendrophylia

you need to feed each polyp on both

[chrisstie]

Ahh that's right. These are fun to feed. maybe they wouldn't be if they get really huge really fast but i dont think mine will grow too fast. its just like having a fish to feed but it stands still and is sticky to accept food from you instead of swimming away from a turkey baster ;p

["Umm, fish?"]

Family dendrophyllidae contains a few genera including dendrophyllia, tubastrea, duncanopsamia, etc.

Learn more here:

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/dendrophylliidae.htm

[onano]

My dendros are in a low flow area under an overhang in my aquascape. They are doing great. It went from 2 polyps to now getting ready to pop polyps 5 and 6 any day now.