[cb747]

I see your in Roslyn so ill mention 2 other stores that are local to us incase you dont know. Pets of New Hyde Park has a decent selection and also Pet Barn in Franklin Square. Good luck with your new additions

[cooksalot]

Quote: Originally Posted by cb747 I see your in Roslyn so ill mention 2 other stores that are local to us incase you dont know. Pets of New Hyde Park has a decent selection and also Pet Barn in Franklin Square. Good luck with your new additions

i go to pets of new hyde park a lot for my other pet supplies and dry marine supplies...how do you find their livestock? not sure if i feel as comfortable with their marine section as i do with AA...and when i've talked to the marine guy there, he has given me a lot of wrong advice. i'll have to check out pet barn. thanks!

[Deanos]

Quote: Originally Posted by cooksalot i exchanged it for this (and i can't believe after all the talking we did i forgot the name...anyone know?):

Looks very much like Dendronephthya sp. According the Aquarium Corals by E. Borneman, the "spiny, brightly colored sclerites" aid in identification.

Excerpt: All members of Dendronephthya are extraordinarily difficult to keep, and all but the most experienced and dedicated aquarists should resist purchasing them...The need for large amounts of food makes it all but impossible to maintain high water quality within a typical marine reef tank.

Good luck in any case.

[reefman]

heres an article on these corals

[cb747]

There livestock is pretty decent. Ive never really asked them for advise so i cant vouch on that aspect. Pet Barn is on Franklin Ave (New Hyde Park Road) a few blocks south of Hempstead Turnpike.
If your looking for a bionic coral i will gladly give you some Capnella.

[cooksalot]

Quote: Originally Posted by Deanos [/i]Good luck in any case.

thanks..looks like i'll need it lol. i'm feeding it plankton..we'll see what happens.

ok, so what are some good practically indstructable corals, i.e. mushroom sturdy?

[cb747]

Pretty much most softies are hardy. Mushrooms, leathers, Capnella/ Kenya tree etc.
The hardest thing to do is have patience. Stock slowly!

[cooksalot]

Quote: Originally Posted by Deanos Looks very much like Dendronephthya sp. According the Aquarium Corals by E. Borneman, the "spiny, brightly colored sclerites" aid in identification. Excerpt: All members of Dendronephthya are extraordinarily difficult to keep, and all but the most experienced and dedicated aquarists should resist purchasing them...The need for large amounts of food makes it all but impossible to maintain high water quality within a typical marine reef tank. Good luck in any case.

ok, now i'm a little confused..when i looked this up, i thought yes, that's it and great, i have a high maitenance coral that doesn't like a lot of light (a little hard to accomodate in a 24G aquapod). but then i started looking further and came across lemnalias. when the above pic was taken, i had just gotten the coral and apparantly it was closed up. it has sinced open and has branches...it is not clumped together as in the above pic. and from what i've read on lemnalias, they are also not easy, but they have more of the requirements in keeping what the lfs guy said. does anyone know if this could be a lemnalia instead of a carnation? thanks!
ok, here's a pic with the branches open:

[Deanos]

More excerpts from Borneman's book:

Dendronephthya sp: Colonies are somewhat broccoli-like, with strong upright stalks and branches with bushy or ball-shaped bunches of polyps at the terminal ends.

Lemnalia sp.: The tall thin stalk does not produce polyps, and the primary and secondary branches (also long and thin) are also sterile.

[Deanos]

Soft Corals of the family Nephtheidae

Lemnalia sp. excerpt: Slender branched, tree-like soft corals with long, bare, thin stalks and branches, small roundish polyps sparsely distributed on branches, twigs, and cannot retract into body.