So you want to raise/trying to raise Dendronephthya and Scleronephthya

Dr. Dendrostein · Mar 22, 2018

One more

Dr. Dendrostein · Mar 23, 2018

Fishyj said:
Tank looks good. Have you had any problems with algae? How often are you doing water changes? Any fish in the future?

Sorry about the delay, some hair algae, the power heads help to control it, thinking of fish for the feces to feed corals, no water changes since day one 10/20/17. We'll see. Thanks for questions

Dr. Dendrostein · Mar 27, 2018

Today not good day. My ph sensor went out of calibration and made water 10 ph. Killed 2/3 of corals. Happen while sleeping. $8 dollar part.

Moral of the story, keep up with maintenance.

Sea MunnKey · Mar 27, 2018

Oohh that ain't good news. Hope you're able to correct the issue the soonest.

Dr. Dendrostein · Mar 27, 2018

I corrected it. Little late. Live n learn. We'll keep trying. Thanks

Dr. Dendrostein · Apr 7, 2018

Still here, getting perimeters dialed in. Had a float switch go out. All back in order. Will be back soon

Dr. Dendrostein · Apr 10, 2018

Getting foods from Germany for dendronephthya, anyone know what to use for synthetic coral mucus. Fuana Marin, no longer makes (ultra pac) synthetic coral mucus. Let me know. I have some ideas. Like to see who's listening.

Dr. Dendrostein · Apr 13, 2018

Using egg whites as a biopolymer, also added 24 Sol Azul oysters. Nitrates at 5ppm.Po4?

Yesterday some food came in for Dendronephthya. Planning feeding schedule/amout.

Dr. Dendrostein · Apr 24, 2018

Jose Mayo said:
Really impressed and enthusiastically following this thread ...

Thinking here that you really have something there that deserves to be observed and developed ... when you offer the "algae juice" from Chaetomorpha to the carnation corals, there goes much more than the juice of the algae; also periphyton.

Perhaps the secret of the success you are getting is not only in the chosen algae but in the microflora and microfauna that it can select and maintain on its surface; also pay a little attention to this.

All factors are important: Light, temperature, circulation, nutrient levels, microbial load and its variety and even the quality of POM and DOM that conditions all of this.

Without reproducing all these conditions, it may be that someone trying to replicate your experiment does not achieve the same success and is disappointed by it.

Really, really congratulations and continue "thinking out of the box", our hobby needs a lot of it!

Best regards

Maestro, lost all corals do to a brand new ph probe(went bad in 1 week), new thread in soft corals forum. "Trying to raise Dendronephthya and Scleronephthya part1". Not the best picture. More coming