How fast can Sun Coral thrive?
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I just got some of this coral. I bought a small frag of 4 or 5 heads. I was going to try to feed it tiny bits of freeze dried plankton or krill that have been soaking in a glass in tank water. i have a glass pipette and some long foreceps that i can use for feeding it. I was told at the store to put it in the shade but after reading this thread (and thinking about how it was sitting right there under the halides in thier frag tank) i moved it to a good spot where i can easily spot feed and it gets plenty of flow.
Just as another option - the frozen food: from LFS or a grocery store, all my tanks inhabitants prefer this, and my SFB dried plankton, even soaked, floats at the top, what is inconvenient.
The grocery seafood should be, as you already know, without salt or preservatives.
I'm not an expert, though, just stepped on the all proverbial racks and received all possible bumps on the head
You will see by behavior of your coral, what is acceptable for it.
Best of luck!
The grocery seafood should be, as you already know, without salt or preservatives.
I'm not an expert, though, just stepped on the all proverbial racks and received all possible bumps on the head
You will see by behavior of your coral, what is acceptable for it.
Best of luck!
NanoCube-boy
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SammyP,
Welcome to my thread and wish this thread helps you on tips and tricks about SC. Yea don't worry about placing your SC direct to light or not. Most Sun Corals, like mine open up during lighting period off. For placing SC? It's best in the middle of the tank or at the botton. I would recommend right on the top because direct exposer to light can harm tissues. THATS WHAT I HEARD. Yes, you should place where SC can get in contact with the flow for feeding and sensing food. It likes that.
dendro982,
I agreed with you on human frozen food from super markets. They have a lot of salt and preservatives that may harm corals. I THINK you might want to try Organic frozen seafood from Trader Joes or whole food. I'm sure those can be okay. Right? IT'S ORGANIC!
Welcome to my thread and wish this thread helps you on tips and tricks about SC. Yea don't worry about placing your SC direct to light or not. Most Sun Corals, like mine open up during lighting period off. For placing SC? It's best in the middle of the tank or at the botton. I would recommend right on the top because direct exposer to light can harm tissues. THATS WHAT I HEARD. Yes, you should place where SC can get in contact with the flow for feeding and sensing food. It likes that.
dendro982,
I agreed with you on human frozen food from super markets. They have a lot of salt and preservatives that may harm corals. I THINK you might want to try Organic frozen seafood from Trader Joes or whole food. I'm sure those can be okay. Right? IT'S ORGANIC!
"Umm fish?"
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The only good reason I've heard for shading tubastrea is that it helps to keep algae from growing in between the polyps. I just had to pull my colony out of the tank to scrape bubble algae off.
really? i figured they say to put it in shade because the books say that in nature it grows in shady areas or in the entrances to caves. Right now mine is right up top but i dont have halides so i dont think it'll be an issue.
Nanocubeboy: thanks its already helped out alot. i dont mean to jack your thread but the lfs didnt have any frozen food small enough for SC so the guy sold me on this stuff called 'sweetwater zooplankton' It came in liquid, in a small jar like for babyfood. Will this be acceptable?
Nanocubeboy: thanks
its already helped out alot. i dont mean to jack your thread but the lfs didnt have any frozen food small enough for SC so the guy sold me on this stuff called 'sweetwater zooplankton' It came in liquid, in a small jar like for babyfood. Will this be acceptable?Light and tubastrea - mine refused to open under 200W halogen lamps over kitchen counter, when I tried to feed it first time, in a separate container. After shading by newspaper - opened.
"Sweetwater zooplankton" should be daphnia, better to use saltwater origin food. The LFS should have the big refrigerator with the frozen cubes - mysis or ocean plankton (the last is bigger) should be good. $5 for 30 cubes - just thaw some in a saltwater.
The grocery food - just read the ingredients, no cooked, salted or with preservatives. Asian stores may have a lot of it. What I meant - do the search on reef food recipe, it will show you articles, like Adam Blundell's: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/cav1i3/Progressive_Recipe/Progressive_Recipe.htm , or farmerTodd's using the frozen food, scroll down to Feeding time: http://www.farmertodd.com/presentation/default.htm , and Melev's Reef - feeding mysis to the sun coral: http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0604/suncoral.html .
"Sweetwater zooplankton" should be daphnia, better to use saltwater origin food. The LFS should have the big refrigerator with the frozen cubes - mysis or ocean plankton (the last is bigger) should be good. $5 for 30 cubes - just thaw some in a saltwater.
The grocery food - just read the ingredients, no cooked, salted or with preservatives. Asian stores may have a lot of it. What I meant - do the search on reef food recipe, it will show you articles, like Adam Blundell's: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/cav1i3/Progressive_Recipe/Progressive_Recipe.htm , or farmerTodd's using the frozen food, scroll down to Feeding time: http://www.farmertodd.com/presentation/default.htm , and Melev's Reef - feeding mysis to the sun coral: http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0604/suncoral.html .
