sun coral - another post

[2revup]

hi guys i did try searching but i couldnt find too mcuh i have a sun coral which has not opened for over 3 weeks and i am very concerned now. I have tried target feeding however tyhis didnt work i have not seen it extent its poloyops once
water is great
amm 0
nitrit 0
nitrate 0
alk 10
cal 480
phos 0

placement is on the substrate and med to low flow

I have tried this morining to put it in a container (so pick up put in container with main water) and put some food in there and let it sit till opens i only did 15 mins because i had to run to work. But how long shoudl i leave it like this, or are there any other methods?

Thanks

 

[2revup]

owh and no it still didnt open in that 15 mins.

 

[musty baby]

What kind of food did you put in with it? Put a small bit of every kind of food in and stir up the water, then put the coral in it. Let it sit for a while. In 15 minutes a healthy sun coral should have opened, one that hasn't eaten in 3 weeks may take longer, and it may not open far. Do you have cyclopeeze? Try a soft blast of cyclopeeze at the center of the polyps with a syringe. This has worked with every sun coral frag I've ever come across, but I won't say that it will always work. Good luck, maybe someone else will have other suggestions.

 

[2revup]

will try all food that i have thanks and keep it in there for about 30 mins


any other suggestions are very welcome
Thanks

 

[gasman059]

cylopeese

cylopeese

Its like coral and fish crack /man target feeding with a baster and this is wat u get

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[Qckwzrd]

yea cyclopeeze is the sh*t! I feed my suncorals it about three times a week now and I also feed them diced shrimp. and it works. I use to leave them in the container for about 45 mins. The black opened all the way but the orange is still not coming out all the way. Try it and I'm pretty sure it will come out a lil atleast.

 

[musty baby]

Oh, and obviously you can throw out the food-filled water... part of the advantage of using a separate container.

 

[dendro982]

I kept mine in the separate container with mysis for a close to 1 hr, may be 40+ min, day after day, until it started look fleshier. In the winter water cools fast, so I used 2 containers, external with a warm water, frequently added.
Later did 1g container for a sun coral, fed every 3rd day, after what changed 100% water, using aged water from the bigger tank. When it recovered, placed in the tank with a good equipment, capable to handle such bioload, and continued to feed, this time oceanic plankton and mysis.

 

[Qckwzrd]

2revup...hows the coral doing? any luck?

 

[chrisstie]

So you guys are actually taking your coral frag out and putting it in a container? Since they aren't photo synthetic they don't seem to mind this? ... I mean "mind" in the way a photo synthetic coral wouldn't open after being jostled like that

 

[Qckwzrd]

Mine are on the road to success....

 

[dendro982]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8811920#post8811920 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chrisstie
So you guys are actually taking your coral frag out and putting it in a container? Since they aren't photo synthetic they don't seem to mind this? ... I mean "mind" in the way a photo synthetic coral wouldn't open after being jostled like that

Mine accepted this treatment for a several months, but after a luxury life being fed inside a big tank, partially closed when I tried to repeat separate feeding. Opened in a few hours in the tank.
Who knows...

 

[Qckwzrd]

I fed mine in a container for about three weeks. now they open up when I feed my fish...when the lights are off or on. my platecoral loves the food also.