neospongodes

[atzak]

has anybody had any success keeping these corals? Any tips and pictures would be appreciated

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...fm?pCatId=2597

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...fm?pCatId=2548

[ChilisREasy]

im going to get a lemon tree soon, there almost related to Dendronepthya,there a ( Nephtheidae) wich are usually hard to keep and are most filter feeders,except these corals are photosynthetic wich would most likely make it easier to keep, in a low to no skimmer system. as for the purple passion tree, im not so sure, same coral but seem to have a different feeding approach, when i get my colonies, i'll update with some results, i dont know anyone who has or is keeping any.

[scottrichards]

I have 3. All came from the original colony, and are in my mantis tank (doesn't get nearly as much attention as it deserves). This coral is going great though. It originally was a single colony, then i split it into two, then one day the mantis decided he needed something to plug up one of the entrances to his home, so he fragged a bit off. (it was hilarious, i was watching him do it.)

The coral then got mowed down by a large trochus snail, but is still alove today and thriving This is the only photo I have. The other colony is the same size. The tank is a 30L nano, with about 56W or 28W of PC lighting. Not really sure.

[ChilisREasy]

do you feed it any thing ? what kind of lighting do you have ?

[scottrichards]

I don't feed it. And the lighting is just Power compact. Nothing fantastic

[ChilisREasy]

how long have you had it ? is this the only color you have ? i noticed a bright orange one below it.

[scottrichards]

I've had it for about 8 months now I'm guessing. And yeah, only a yellow one. The bright orange was a dendronepthya I think. non-photosynthetic. The shop got it in, and it had no hope in hell of surviving in the tank there, so me and a friend tried to take care of it. Mine was lasting alright for a while. I had attached it up the top of the tank hanging down, but it fell off and landed right on the pagoda coral, which then proceeded to eat it over the weekend (while I was on holiday of course).

[ChilisREasy]

So far Dendronpethya is impossible to keep, but i got some new inventions im gonna try really soon, maybe these ideas show some more succes