Non Photosynthetic LPS?

[TheJudge411]

Are there any?

 

[Sheol]

LOL. You bet! One of the most popular corals round Reef Central....
Tubastrea, the sun corals. Have to be fed, so not a newbie coral..

Matthew

 

[dendro982]

I got mine after 3 months in the hobby. Doing good so far
Just feed and clean, feed and clean... The only thing absent in routine - the smell of diapers

There are different colors of Tubastrea - orange with yellow polyps, yellow, greenish black; with low skeleton and with high skeleton, sometimes on the same rock at the one price. Take a look in LFS.

There are similar and may be non-photosynthetic corals - dendrophyllia (larger polyps), duncan (less colorful), but with these I could be mistaken - don't have them.

 

[Qckwzrd]

Ducans are in the Dendrophyllidae family but I'm pretty sure they need light. Gorgonias and carnation corals are non photosynthetic

 

[Echidna09]

Gorgonians and Carnations are softies.

 

[thecichlidpleco]

duncans are cool with low lighting, they grow best with feeding anyway. I imagine you could get away with PC. But sun coral and dendros are your best bet and my favorite.

 

[93Foxstang]

I tried my duncans in lower light and they dont look as green i keep them under direct MH these need a decent amount of light but the rest are correct. I actually dont feed my duncans at all here is a pic

 

[thecichlidpleco]

I have 216watts of T5 and have tried to move them up towards the light, and they were not a fan. Mine also tend to stay open and fill out when feed; when the flow is turn off and they have mysid dropped on them is the best way.