Sun Coral Question

[silentcivilian]

Ok... So i got this sun coral.. cause I wanted to try a non-photo coral, I enjoy the way they look, and dont mind taking the time to feed them. Trouble.. it doesnt come out at night.. It tried to for awhile.. but never really came all the way out.. but then again.. its never really fully retreated into its shell as in its giving up in life.. wondering what to do??

Tank water seems fine, nothing else having problem, zoos, pallies, hammer, acans, greenstar, birdsnests, brain, slimer, ricos and yuma all doing well. Ive even got in the habit at night of taking jucies.. target spraying the colony with the juices to bait them out.. but to no prevail.. how little light do they need.. Ive moved from low and sheltered with no light and little flow to higher up and higher flow with only light from my coralight 1watt LED nightlite coming down on it. I know they are light sensitive.. will I have to kill all light?? Cause I currently love the glimmer of my nightlite..

Advice??

 

[Timeless1483]

Well, If you use Cyclopeeze to draw them out and wait about 30-40 mins and then add more food to the tank you should be fine. I find that the colonies that do the best in my tank are in high flow areas. Light does not bother them. The cyclopeeze(frozen) seems to get all of mine out. Keep them in higher flow and feed the tank. I find also that a combination of target and spot feeding does best. I hope this helps. PM if you need anymore advice.

 

[Adyn]

Try not to move it too much. I had the same problem. I moved it over and over. In a cave, high and low flow with no luck. So I just left it in the same spot a fed my tank the same time everyday. After about a week it started to come out right before feeding time.

 

[ChadTheSpike]

You can usually coax sun corals into opening by doing the tupperware method described in this thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1719839&highlight=tupperware+method

I have used it many times and it works great, although sometimes it takes a while.

I would not worry about the light, mine open in the middle of the day with the lights on every day around the time I usually feed whether or not I fed on that particular day.

 

[sfboarders]

How long have you had it? It took 2 weeks for mine to fully open. Also spray food around it during feeding time to train it to come out during those times.

 

[ChadTheSpike]

I just reread my post and want to make sure that I am clear, when I say it sometimes takes a while, I mean multiple applications of the tupperware method. I do not mean takes a while in the tupperware (time there should be limited to no more than an hour or so).