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08/26/2012, 01:00 PM | #1 |
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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.
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08/26/2012, 01:25 PM | #2 |
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Gonna guess sun coral if it hasn't opened yet. I would try moving it to shade
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08/26/2012, 02:56 PM | #3 |
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Looks like Dendro to me
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08/26/2012, 08:20 PM | #4 |
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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 |
08/26/2012, 09:39 PM | #5 |
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Ahh thnx for the tip. Will they be ok if the majority of the polyps feed or does every single one need feeding?
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08/27/2012, 10:59 AM | #6 |
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They all need to feed.
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08/27/2012, 01:28 PM | #7 |
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Great purchase for $40. I agree that they look like dendros.
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08/27/2012, 03:47 PM | #8 |
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Also daily feedings till they fully open or is twice a week fine when I feed the lps'?
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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.
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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
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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.
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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!
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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...
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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?
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