NOY's Sun Corals
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ynot65
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:dance:I use Garlic Guard as a prompter when mixed with Mysis and cyclopeeze and your right on with your feeding. I've been feeding daily but recently took in a couple new colonies from a fellow reefer and have thrown my phosphates thru the roof. It actually caused a mini cycle so I am dropping to every other day feedings.
I also raised more than my fair share of bristle worms. I guess they come with the territory.
I also raised more than my fair share of bristle worms. I guess they come with the territory.
I am almost 99% convinced they are not affected by nitrates (unless its crazy high) and flow is the most significant factor in them opening. I've kept them in quarantine tanks where the nitrates got real high (probably 80ppm) but by keeping a flow on them they would open regularly.
I picked up a colony from a LFS that was doing really bad. It wasn't opening up fully until I moved it to a high flow environment.
My nitrates run about 10-20 ppm.
thanks rickcasa
My dendros spawns regularly now - captured this last night
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My dendros spawns regularly now - captured this last night
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justthewife
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In your video, are you feeding frozen bloodworms? Also, I noticed you have a black sun coral. I just got one. I heard they eat more than the regular ones. What do you think? Are the black ones harder to keep? Mine seems to be doing fine so far but it has only been about 2 weeks.
yeah - they are frozen bloodworms - I find they are high in protein value.
I have read that the micrantha (black sun corals) requires daily/continuous feedings. I really haven't found that to be the case. I have several colonies actually and I do find that they tend to be a bit tougher to get to start feeding - i.e. sometimes they can be quite stubborn and not open up to feed. But once you get them going they don't present to be any more difficult. My oldest colony of micrantha is probably about a year in the tank.
My routine now is feeding 5x a week for all the sun corals/rhizos etc...
I have read that the micrantha (black sun corals) requires daily/continuous feedings. I really haven't found that to be the case. I have several colonies actually and I do find that they tend to be a bit tougher to get to start feeding - i.e. sometimes they can be quite stubborn and not open up to feed. But once you get them going they don't present to be any more difficult. My oldest colony of micrantha is probably about a year in the tank.
My routine now is feeding 5x a week for all the sun corals/rhizos etc...
Food Temperature and Sun Corals
Food Temperature and Sun Corals
This is probably fairly obvious but I find that Sun Corals respond significantly better if the food has been warmed to tank temperature (and maybe a degree warmer). Thawed food that is colder than tank temperature can actually cause the corals to retract.
Food Temperature and Sun Corals
This is probably fairly obvious but I find that Sun Corals respond significantly better if the food has been warmed to tank temperature (and maybe a degree warmer). Thawed food that is colder than tank temperature can actually cause the corals to retract.
GreenTankCorals
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Amazing video and a very nice setup. Thanks for sharing
thanks!
