Crystal Coral closed//Turns out not to be a CC

[noirsphynx]

Originally Posted by marie

That is not a galaxy coral

I agree, it's not like any cystal coral I've found in my book or the net. It was fully open at the store in the middle of the day.

[noirsphynx]

Crystal coral my ass! I bought it as a crystal coral(not knowing what a crystal coral actually looked like.....newbie) but after searching the net since buying it I've finally figured out what this thing is. It's called a Dendronephthya. That'll teach me to buy on impulse

[spreerider]

looks cool i want one now, too bad its not photo

[fkshiu]

Better get some good filter feeder food/phyto since dendros aren't exactly the easiest corals to keep - what filter feeders are?

[noirsphynx]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

Better get some good filter feeder food/phyto since dendros aren't exactly the easiest corals to keep - what filter feeders are?

I feed Phyto and reef roids daily. I'm going to try mounting it under an over hang in my tank to see how it does. I was reading that they're often found like that.

[i have crabs]

Christmas tree coral (studeriotes longiramosa) strong to moderate flow and require feeding to survive, book also says the base should be in the substrate.
stinky has had one in his skimmerless tank for quite a while and seems to be doing fine

[tgoeujon]

they really arent big flow fans either