New Dendro looking funky

[ridgebackreefer]

I bought these yesterday and they all looked normal. This morning before lights came on, a few were opened. Now I come home from work and some of the heads are really funky looking. I dipped them with revive before placing in the tank. Any ideas or recommendations?

 

[robert4025]

That’s not Dendro. Just common Tubastrea (aka Sun Coral). They normally stays closed when light are on.

 

[ridgebackreefer]

That’s not Dendro. Just common Tubastrea (aka Sun Coral). They normally stays closed when light are on.

Thank you! I thought it wasn’t dendro when I got it but yesterday and this am there were none of those darker purple areas on it. Any idea why that is?

 

[ashburn2k]

That’s normal, they need to be target feed fyi

 

[sfsuphysics]

If you glue it to the underside of a rock so that it perpetually stays shaded they may come out during the "day"

and yeah as pretty as they are, non-photosynthetic and target feeding can definitely be a pain, don't target feed you'll be left with a pretty orange skeleton soon enough

 

[Turkeysammich]

If you mount them in a shaded area near a power head you won’t have to feed them. Just when you feed food. Make sure to drop some near the power head.

 

[ridgebackreefer]

thanks for the replies everyone! I think a few heads are dying but it seems more due to trauma than anything. Fingers crossed the 5 or so healthy heads pull through.

I love the idea to glue it to the overhang. Once I verify positive life, I will do just that!