Is daily feeding too much for SunCoral?

[duganderson]

About a week ago, I got a Yellow Sun Coral frag with 2 small heads and 1 tiny head. I've been feeding it daily for 5 days. I take it out of the tank at 5 PM (lights ramp at 2 PM and fully on by 3 pm) and put it I about a cup of tank water and add about 1/10 of a cube of mysis and add a tiny amount of reef rods. When it opens pretty fully, I feed it. It's starting to open before I take it out AND stays open for a few hours after feeding.

Is this TOO much food for the Sun Coral?

Any suggestions welcome.

--Doug

 

[griss]

Sun Corals do not have Zoanthelle, so they do require feeding. IMO, daily feeding, if not more, is what they need.

 

[shred5]

Sun Corals do not have Zoanthelle, so they do require feeding. IMO, daily feeding, if not more, is what they need.

Agreed. The Sun coral as well as all NPS corals should not be kept by most people. Most people have good intentions to feed them but eventually tire and the coral suffers.
Those with NPS tanks that have auto feeders/dosers for them they do great.
Sun corals can be very hardy and multiply if fed.
They like meaty food too and allot of the coral snow type products are too small, it has larger polyps.

 

[duganderson]

Planning to feed it daily so I'm hoping to care fo it well. When I bought it, one of the polyps appeared half dead but seems to be coming back to life.