Sun Coral - Did You Know?

I think that's why they need a moderate flow to prevent the algae from growing on them.
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They do pretty well for me in a high flow (more flow= more prey floating by, is my thought), but I had some bad issues going on after a tank crash. It's actually the colony from my avatar and I lost that polyp. :( Damn valonia. But, some of the polyps look really good so I think it'll pull through.
 
Umm fish: I had a crash as well and lost a few colonies, some I have left are coming along well. Feed a lot and keep water in great condition.
 
Viper -saw that echidna works at a lfs but sometimes people who work at LFS misidentifiy things!;) ;)

qckwzrd -with suncorals or any non photo corals, with all the feeding, defniitely need to watch your water quality and up the water changes. As the nutrients go up, the algae bloom and then the corals suffer from algae overgrown and the high nitrates which are bad for them.

Still with all that, sun corals, dendros, and non photo corals are fun to keep!!
 
Got my dendro colony at fragglereef, so I would guess it was correctly identified. I have one picture but it's not very good quality (from phone), and the polyps aren't extended either. I PMed it to mikekman cause he asked. I'll try to snap another with a better camera when they open up (I expect to be soon).

Not everyone that works at fish stores don't know anything. I haven't been in saltwater for a long time so I'm by far not the best informed at mine, and it's a very nice one too.
 
Is it the one that he was calling D. arbuscula? I saw those but they look much more like sun corals than arbusculas.
 
Ya, I think they are. I finally got a couple pictures but they still aren't open.

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Good pictures........they look good, I would like to see pictures when they open up!

Viper -do you think his are D. Arbusculas or a branching tubastrea?

Mike
 
Nice pics Echidna. I believe they're branching tubastrea. They also resemble Cladopsammia, so that could be another possibility.
I have a colony with about 25-30 polyps of that same thing. I only wish they were D. arbuscula. :D
 
I got some more pictures tonight right before the lights went out. I haven't seen them opened this much since I got them. Hopefully they will stay and keep opening up. I would be sad if they aren't Dendros. Still look cool though.

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Uh oh........big trouble. Better ask Miguel at Fraggle about the D. arbuscula, maybe he knows something that Viper doesn't but Viper is pretty knowledgable in this area.

Viper, can you post a pic of a D. Arbuscula?

Mike
 
It's the Palau. Just got it from a trade today.Hoping it will attach to the rock before my dumb hermits knock it down like they do everything else.
 
I've got two arbusculas. One has one adult and 1 baby, and the other has 4 adults and 3 babies. The one in the first pic used to be the same color as the second one, but for some reason it changed to yellow. The first one I got from thecaptivereef and the second was from Roes. Those are the only two places I've ever seen D. arbuscula for sale at.
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Here's a pic of the my colony that is the same as what Echidna has.
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And just for fun, a pic of my black sun with green centers.
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Mike, nope I've never seen that color morph anywhere. Judging by the other pics on that web site the pic's from, it was probably shot in the wild and not in someone's tank. There's many species of these corals that aren't collected and imported, even though they may be common in the oceans. I've got 3 dendrophyllids that I found as hitch hikers and they all look a little different from each other.
 
Viper -the pic of the white tentacled sun coral was from a website. Its a pic from the wild.......I wish I had that in my tank, then I could get lots of stuff for trade!

The black sun coral with the green centers are cool, i'm thinkiny you got that at Atlantis because they were selling that same sun coral.

The 3rd pic you posted does look like echidnas.
 
I was on fragglereef and the coral echidna has they have for sale. I thought it was a suncoral, either way it looks cool.

Mike the baby suncorals I have are growing and still no color to them, they are white with a red center ( red from the cyclops..I'm thinking) I'll see in a few months as they grow to see if any color pops up...hope not :)
 
Sun coral

Sun coral

mine is right under the MH and a lot of flow. Just feed it regularly while the lights are on and you will see a lot of sun shine.


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Hi,
I know someone said earlier in the post that Dendro's are too branched out. Here a picture of mine. I think it looks pretty round. It's still a little guy, but has grown so much since I got it. =)
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i picked up two sun corals and placed them in the tank a few days ago. One is thriving and opens even when lights are on. I have been succedsful in feeding that bunch; however, the other rock has been closed since in the tank. They were at one point one rock and i split them into 2 as there was a section without coral and just rock.

I have tried to feed it and lure the polyps out but no luck yet

will this one just take a bit long or is it in a bad location? i originally had this one under a cave and touched it quite a bit. After reading this thread i placed it more in front so there is a but more flow. I have t5s so light cant hurt compared to the MH

what do you all think
 
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