Dendro Help!!!

[Pistol]

Fragging is pretty easy, a small pair of side cutters just as close to the base as possible and it will snap off cleanly, superglue it to a frag disk or plug.
I would dip it.
That's a 2 inch clown fish nosing in on my avatar pic of my dendros I've had for nearly five years, was just a couple little heads when I got it. They don't get much happier than that.

 

[Michele]

Fragging is pretty easy, a small pair of side cutters just as close to the base as possible and it will snap off cleanly, superglue it to a frag disk or plug.
I would dip it.
That's a 2 inch clown fish nosing in on my avatar pic of my dendros I've had for nearly five years, was just a couple little heads when I got it. They don't get much happier than that.

So as close to the skeleton it is growing off of?
Might sound stupid but is there a hole left in that base skeleton of the main one I cut from then?
Dip both pieces after fragging?
I can frag as long as it has grown a hard skeleton?

Wow...I didn't realize they can get that big! Mine has been always very happy! Thanks

 

[Pistol]

Yes, cut as close to the skeleton
Shouldn't leave a hole
Dip both, I usually dip dendros about 75% of the time recomended at the recommended strength
Yes, I have fragged small heads successfully.

 

[saltyair]

Dendro is non photosynthetic so you can move it to a very low light area which will help kill off the algae, I would dip them first.

The right advice - place them in a shade area of the tank - dip first ( hydrogen peroxide works best for algae)
How often do you feed them?

 

[Cdog]

Start dosing vodka

 

[Cdog]

or vinegar but watch your PH with when dosing vinegar

 

[Cdog]

Activated carbon, vodka or vinegar and a good skimmer will get rid of most algaes

 

[Michele]

The right advice - place them in a shade area of the tank - dip first ( hydrogen peroxide works best for algae)
How often do you feed them?

I feed them usually twice a week

 

[Kman]

They Don't like hair algae/ algae at all and it will cause the tissue to recede and the Dendro not to open up. If it is a green color on the skeleton it could be a boring algae. I would cut the affected polyps out if this is the case. They maybe individual polyps but they are still connected and it will spread throughout the colony.
A spot that has higher flow will keep anything from settling between the polyps and help more food items to reach the individual polyps. I would increase spot feeding of each polyp to encourage growth and to help to top up the energy stores.

Keep in mind they don't have to be placed face up so you can always attach them to a over hang or the top of a cave if you have any if you don't have many lower light spots. Assuming it has the proper water flow it should be fine in one of those spots. The lower light will also help keep the algae at bay and the increased feeding will keep the polyps out and will help keep the algae at bay.

 

[Michele]

Here are so not so great pictures.

I came home today to find them extremely unhappy with no extension under the ledge they were under (same flow but in a more shade). They have always been fully extended and happy in the flow and open lit area. Changed my power head because I thought that maybe it may not be giving off enough flow from when I first bought it (probably needs to be cleaned).
After moving them back to their location they origanally had for 8 mnths they were fully extended and a few of Mr. Grumpy's tenticles came out within only minutes.

I know you all have suggested I keep it in more of an unlit place, should I give it more time to adjust to the new location I know it has only been two days?
Is there to much extension on their tentacles?
I want to keep the algae at bay but I also want them to be happy

 

[Pistol]

I feed mine pieces of raw shrimp at least once a week, makes them very happy.

 

[Kman]

You can keep it where it is if the rest of the polyps are doing good and see what happens. No point in making things worse for all of them then. You could try a little food for the one that is pulling in. It could be as simple as not enough food.

 

[Michele]

Thanks

 

[SamB]

Hey this may have been covered but increased flow can help prevent algae from forming
Dendros don't like tons of flow but maybe you can add a small power head ?

 

[heath]

that is such a beautiful piece, I have never seen anything like it..

 

[Michele]

Hey this may have been covered but increased flow can help prevent algae from forming
Dendros don't like tons of flow but maybe you can add a small power head ?

My Dendro is retarded...everything opposite med/high flow, direct light, in the open and center of the tank! Probably thinks he is a Hammer

 

[Michele]

that is such a beautiful piece, I have never seen anything like it..

Thanks, she is my baby, one of my first larger corals I bought when I started.

 

[AdInfinitum]

Dendros don't have much capacity to sense light at all so they will be essentially unaware of changes in lighting.

Mine are mostly mounted on the undersides of shelf rocks. I also have frags that I have cut from mine that are sitting out on frag racks with my SPS frags being blasted with PAR.

They are pretty fast growing large skeleton builders so they do need their Ca and Alk requirements tended to. If you don't have lots of corals at this point water changes should be keeping them in range.

I have had large heads suddenly become covered in pimples then die then the pimples develop into babies. Lose one large heads get 10 or 12 small ones, but this was when they were stressed like anemones splitting when unhappy.

 

[heath]

adlnfinitum, when its time to sell the frags that you have I would certainly be interested..

 

[Michele]

Dendros don't have much capacity to sense light at all so they will be essentially unaware of changes in lighting.

Mine are mostly mounted on the undersides of shelf rocks. I also have frags that I have cut from mine that are sitting out on frag racks with my SPS frags being blasted with PAR.

They are pretty fast growing large skeleton builders so they do need their Ca and Alk requirements tended to. If you don't have lots of corals at this point water changes should be keeping them in range.

I have had large heads suddenly become covered in pimples then die then the pimples develop into babies. Lose one large heads get 10 or 12 small ones, but this was when they were stressed like anemones splitting when unhappy.

Ca 450 / Alk 8.3 30g tank/ 5g water change weekly unless I notice a change and then do 2 3g twice a week.
2 Hammer
1 Torch
1 Dendro
Star polyps
Blue clove polyps
7 Yumas 3 Ricordea, and Discosoma
5 Purple hairy mushrooms (continuously splitting)
16 frags of zoas