Sun coral or dendro?

Lateralus · 08/26/2012, 01:00 PM

It was sold to me as a dendro but I usually dont see more than 2 or 3 polyp frags. Either way $40 seems to be a pretty good deal. It hasent opened during the day yet but look pretty good.

ontop27 · 08/26/2012, 01:25 PM

Gonna guess sun coral if it hasn't opened yet. I would try moving it to shade

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gemini aquarius(t) · 08/26/2012, 02:56 PM

Looks like Dendro to me

MarineSniper · 08/26/2012, 08:20 PM

It's a dendro. Suns don't have that rigid a skeletal frame

Great buy for 40 bucks. Feed it whenever they open up at all, until they're acclimated and eating regularly. My experience is, and I have hundreds of each, is that dendros will often take a little longer than suns to open up when you first get them. Give them a little squirt of mysid, wait to see if they open, then feed if they do. The most important thing is to feed them, whenever possible right now. It may have been a very long time since their last good meal

Lateralus · 08/26/2012, 09:39 PM

Ahh thnx for the tip. Will they be ok if the majority of the polyps feed or does every single one need feeding?

Tmoriarty · 08/27/2012, 10:59 AM

They all need to feed.

LBCMatt · 08/27/2012, 01:28 PM

Great purchase for $40. I agree that they look like dendros.

Lateralus · 08/27/2012, 03:47 PM

Also daily feedings till they fully open or is twice a week fine when I feed the lps'?

LBCMatt · 08/27/2012, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Lateralus

Also daily feedings till they fully open or is twice a week fine when I feed the lps'?

Mine closed up randomly one day after having them for about a month. LFS told me to re-train them to open while the lights were on. Method I used was to place a clear, plastic drinking cup (the party cups you buy at the store) with some small holes drilled for flow top down over the coral, but make sure that there is enough clearance so that the tentacles can open without touching anything (don't want to agitate them). Also be sure to avoid bumping the base. Put some "stinky" food like krill or squid underneath the cup with the dendros. This way, the coral is encouraged to come out, but your other tank inhabitants can't get to the food. I did this about every other day, and would feed the pieces of food to a few of the heads each time after they fully opened. Pretty soon, hopefully, they will all be opening up looking for food. Then you can cut down to feeding the whole colony once or twice a week. Good luck.

Lateralus · 09/02/2012, 08:57 PM

So a week has passed and today is the first time its stayed open all day. I been feeding em everyday. If I seen even the slightest hint of a tenticle poking out Id hit it with a little rods food. Im thinkin I'll keep feeding it daily for another week or so then I'll put it on the same schedule with the rest of my LPS.

The polyps arent fully inflated yet but I took these pics earlier this morning.

Fretfreak13 · 09/02/2012, 09:14 PM

Beautiful, can't wait to see it fully opened! I'm super jealous. ONE head of a dendro is TWICE what you spend on that little colony for me. I've always wanted one, but not for those prices. Haha

Lateralus · 09/02/2012, 09:22 PM

Yea that sounds about right at our LFS's around here aswell. Luckily theres a local reefer around here that usually has nicer stuff than the LFS for a fraction of the price.

MarineSniper · 09/06/2012, 08:21 PM

Yes, definitely a great find. Sellers usually cut them into single heads and sell them for that much per polyp! I was lucky enough to snag a 93 head colony, earlier this year before it was chopped up. Up to about 150 heads now and, as much as people ask for me to frag off a branch or head, I just can't bear to break up such a unique piece. If you don't mind feeding it often (I'd say correctly too but you're already feeding Rod's, which is great), you'll end up with a big, beautiful colony that isn't often seen!

TJDaddio · 09/07/2012, 01:26 PM

Wow, awesome buy. I have a green dendro that I bought for $8 a head, 6 heads... yours looks to have at least 13 heads I counted... jealous...

Lateralus · 09/07/2012, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TJDaddio

Wow, awesome buy. I have a green dendro that I bought for $8 a head, 6 heads... yours looks to have at least 13 heads I counted... jealous...

Actually 16...

LOL ty. Yea the dude was like "I have these for 40 bucks each" so I said "suuure Ill take one." That was right after I said excuse me?

Lateralus · 09/07/2012, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MarineSniper

Yes, definitely a great find. Sellers usually cut them into single heads and sell them for that much per polyp! I was lucky enough to snag a 93 head colony, earlier this year before it was chopped up. Up to about 150 heads now and, as much as people ask for me to frag off a branch or head, I just can't bear to break up such a unique piece. If you don't mind feeding it often (I'd say correctly too but you're already feeding Rod's, which is great), you'll end up with a big, beautiful colony that isn't often seen!

Yea man I've been buying up alot of sweet little frags at good prices lately with all of these grand ideas to grow them out and frag em out. Now that a few are starting to get some real size to them, I dont want to lol.

08/26/2012, 01:00 PM	#1
Lateralus Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: St. Charles mo. Posts: 756	Sun coral or dendro? It was sold to me as a dendro but I usually dont see more than 2 or 3 polyp frags. Either way $40 seems to be a pretty good deal. It hasent opened during the day yet but look pretty good. __________________ Mike Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef/ 40 gal sump. Born on 5/30/13.

08/26/2012, 02:56 PM	#3
gemini aquarius(t) Always Learning Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 5,099	Looks like Dendro to me __________________ -Xavier Blue Thumb Aquatix @BTAquatix

08/26/2012, 09:39 PM	#5
Lateralus Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: St. Charles mo. Posts: 756	Ahh thnx for the tip. Will they be ok if the majority of the polyps feed or does every single one need feeding? __________________ Mike Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef/ 40 gal sump. Born on 5/30/13.

08/27/2012, 10:59 AM	#6
Tmoriarty Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Visalia, Ca Posts: 1,040	They all need to feed. __________________ Tyler Current Tank Info: Tanks: 203g custom, Mixed Reef, SRO-3000, Vortech-Powered (x2 MP40) 75g sump with 15g Fuge section

08/27/2012, 03:47 PM	#8
Lateralus Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: St. Charles mo. Posts: 756	Also daily feedings till they fully open or is twice a week fine when I feed the lps'? __________________ Mike Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef/ 40 gal sump. Born on 5/30/13.

08/26/2012, 01:25 PM	#2
ontop27 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 150	Gonna guess sun coral if it hasn't opened yet. I would try moving it to shade Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

08/26/2012, 08:20 PM	#4
MarineSniper Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 554	It's a dendro. Suns don't have that rigid a skeletal frame Great buy for 40 bucks. Feed it whenever they open up at all, until they're acclimated and eating regularly. My experience is, and I have hundreds of each, is that dendros will often take a little longer than suns to open up when you first get them. Give them a little squirt of mysid, wait to see if they open, then feed if they do. The most important thing is to feed them, whenever possible right now. It may have been a very long time since their last good meal

08/27/2012, 01:28 PM	#7
LBCMatt Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: San Dimas Posts: 49	Great purchase for $40. I agree that they look like dendros.

09/02/2012, 08:57 PM	#10
Lateralus Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: St. Charles mo. Posts: 756	So a week has passed and today is the first time its stayed open all day. I been feeding em everyday. If I seen even the slightest hint of a tenticle poking out Id hit it with a little rods food. Im thinkin I'll keep feeding it daily for another week or so then I'll put it on the same schedule with the rest of my LPS. The polyps arent fully inflated yet but I took these pics earlier this morning. __________________ Mike Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef/ 40 gal sump. Born on 5/30/13.

09/02/2012, 09:14 PM	#11
Fretfreak13 I am not a boy! Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,114	Beautiful, can't wait to see it fully opened! I'm super jealous. ONE head of a dendro is TWICE what you spend on that little colony for me. I've always wanted one, but not for those prices. Haha __________________ ~Kali Just keep swimmin'

09/02/2012, 09:22 PM	#12
Lateralus Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: St. Charles mo. Posts: 756	Yea that sounds about right at our LFS's around here aswell. Luckily theres a local reefer around here that usually has nicer stuff than the LFS for a fraction of the price. __________________ Mike Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef/ 40 gal sump. Born on 5/30/13.

09/06/2012, 08:21 PM	#13
MarineSniper Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 554	Yes, definitely a great find. Sellers usually cut them into single heads and sell them for that much per polyp! I was lucky enough to snag a 93 head colony, earlier this year before it was chopped up. Up to about 150 heads now and, as much as people ask for me to frag off a branch or head, I just can't bear to break up such a unique piece. If you don't mind feeding it often (I'd say correctly too but you're already feeding Rod's, which is great), you'll end up with a big, beautiful colony that isn't often seen!

09/07/2012, 01:26 PM	#14
TJDaddio Moved On Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Delray Beach, FL Posts: 201	Wow, awesome buy. I have a green dendro that I bought for $8 a head, 6 heads... yours looks to have at least 13 heads I counted... jealous...