Sun Coral Over-Feeding?

[JulioCC]

Y have a new frags of sun coral.
Yerterday at night they ate artemia and today y gave them shrimp.

Is there any risk if I feed them as often as I can? (2/3 times a day)
The only problem I see is water quality buy may this hurt the coral?

regards,
JulioCC

 

[sufunk]

It wont hurt the coral just your water quality. If they have have enough, they wont eat any more.

Is it in really bad shape? If not, IME, feeding it 1 time a day or even every other day is fine.

 

[JulioCC]

It is fine, I just want it to growth faster

I was asking because today one of them ate a large part of shrimp and a few minutes later another but smaller. I could see the shrimp inside the cral, it was incredible!

 

[Serioussnaps]

Well if your phosphates are too high it can inhibit calcification-----or growth of the sun coral. Nitrates wont hurt growth but phosphates will. I am almost positive they are skeletal building corals, thus phosphates should be within acceptable ranges.

 

[dernparker]

It is kind of a pain but I read to remove them and put them in a small buket of tank wanter and feed them in there. I do that around twice a week and really feed them alot, the rest of the time the puff up and eat the roto feast that I add for the rest of the coral. They are increadable creatures! I do like putting them in the bucket it is fun watching them..... I even have a small flashlight that I will shine into the bucket (not directly on them, that woudl be rude)
Deb