spot feeding a dendro / carnation coral

[bad coffee]

If you're going to culture phyto, just use air bubblers. cheap and easy, and they work. http://melevsreef.com/phytoplankton.html


Your idea would completely work, J. but it will polute your tank to start. Once the tank is used to the extra bio load, it will be fine. But to start out adding 2 cups o phyto a day? that's gonna cause a nice big algea outbreak.

 

[jhale]

yes that is true, but it would be dosing right into the path of the coral, from two directions.
that will be much less waste than dosing the entire tank. if you found the correct formula the coral likes to eat it should work. btw this is not my idea, this came from some tanks in germany where they have been keeping these corals like this for a while. (there are no links)

 

[jhale]

If you're going to culture phyto, just use air bubblers. cheap and easy, and they work. http://melevsreef.com/phytoplankton.html


Your idea would completely work, J. but it will polute your tank to start. Once the tank is used to the extra bio load, it will be fine. But to start out adding 2 cups o phyto a day? that's gonna cause a nice big algea outbreak.

use a larger skimmer then? what food is not used by the coral right away could be skimmed out before it pollutes the tank.

 

[ScottK]

Hmmm, I'd love to see how they did it. Where did you hear/read about them?

And yeah, a bigger skimmer should help, right?

 

[jhale]

A friends father is a scientist in germany, after acros they were looking for the next challenge. they picked the non-photosynthetic corals. there is nothing published on what they are doing, the procedures were just described to me. Germans, way ahead of the curve as usual.

So, get a large skimmer, some plankton reactors, a doser pump, and some tubing.
No fridge needed then, is that the plan?

 

[ScottK]

It seems like that should work.

 

[Deanos]

When I get home, I'll check a back issue of Coral Magazine. I believe they had an article on feeding dendronephthya.

 

[jhale]

sounds good. the dendro project is going to cost quite a bit more than I thought.

thanks for the hitchhiker snail Jason :smash:

 

[ellebelle]

No need for a fridge if you go with the phyto.

 

[JHOV2324]

Seems like this is a "Expert Care" only coral...Good luck...seems like u have a bit of a project on your hands...

 

[noodleman]

here J, this will give you more ideas http://www.marineaquarium.nl/februari-2006english.php

 

[ellebelle]

Well, if all of this works, you could have a tank full of pipefish, gorgonians and dendroneptheas.

 

[Deanos]

Well, if all of this works, you could have a tank full of pipefish, gorgonians and dendroneptheas.

:idea: Exactly! A species-tank works best.

 

[dreko]

Noodleman, great link for Jonathan..

 

[jhale]

Seems like this is a "Expert Care" only coral...Good luck...seems like u have a bit of a project on your hands...

to do it correctly it is a project. like Dean said a species tank would be best.
These are not the best corals for a mixed reef.

Thanks for the link Al, I wish my german were better.

 

[Deanos]

Report on a Successful Husbandry Method for a General Azooxanthellate Reef System - C. Mathews, MD

 

[GreshamH]

Thanks Deanos, I was going to post Chuck and Charles's paper

 

[jejton]

I was just searching for info on Dendronephthya and found this thread. Anything come of it ?