Can you tell me what you know about a Kenya Tree

[midgetwaiter]

Originally Posted by angelfan

Found it and it looks nothing alike. Although it resembles http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...48&pcatid=2548 except it has less tiny branches and it is a brighter pink. It was sold to me as a kenya tree but I'm not positive on what it is. I got it from Blue World Aquariums in Edmonton..... my favorite place for livestock hands down. Soon if all goes as planned I will post some pics and start offering frags

I'm guessing that we're talking about the coral in the top right of your full tank shot?

You were pretty close in your Scleronephthya spp. guess but I am 90% sure it's a Dendronephthyla. I feel confident in saying this because of the colour on the body of the coral. Most of the things commonly called Colt or Kenya Tree (Capnella, Nephthea, Stereonepthya and Cladiella) have white bodies and occasionally coloured polyps but usually brown. The coloured bodies are usually either dendronephthyla or scleronephthya, given how far it is slumped over and the fact that it is much more common in the trade a dendro is most likely. The swelling you mistook for growth (common mistake) is a good indicator as well.

You can do a web search for info on keeping dendros but not many people have had success. It is an azooxanthellate coral which means it doesn't rely on light at all for nutrition, it has to catch all of it's food and this means a very specific type of setup.

There was a good article in Reef Keeping recently:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...ture/index.php

Given the totally wrong id, I'd try and return it.