sun coral question

[keefesn1]

I was just at my LFS and they had a red sun coral that I want desperately. However it's tentacles were not out and the tubes looked like some of the color had been scraped off the outside ends. Do you think that would recover or should I pass it up?

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Need a picture but they don't open unless they have been being fed. I'd like to see a picture of them with the scrapping, it's probably fine

I won't get one because they are a pita with the feedings. I read a thread here the other day about a guy that has a constant coral food drip in his tank. His were open all the time.

 

[Mark9]

If I were you, i'd pass.
They generally only come out at night and you HAVE to feed them, often.
Becomes a real PITA.
Yeah, you can train them, but really, unless you are dedicated, not worth the effort.
And wrong forum, they are not LPS, they are NPS.

 

[keefesn1]

I knew they were NPS, I have the black version. There were just more people viewing and responding over here so I wanted to take advantage of that knowledge

 

[Mark9]

There are a couple of reefers in the NPS forum that really know their stuff, and I mean really.
Couldn't hurt to ask in there.

 

[Tweaked]

Without pics its tough. Also, may not even be the correct " sun coral " species most of us keep. Some colder water specimens get miss-classed and sold as dendros and the likes.

 

[keefesn1]

Here is a picture of it. 40 bucks. Is it salvageable??

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Like Mark said you need to ask these questions and add your picture in the NPS forum

http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=555

 

[droth335]

I would pass on it unless you can have them feed it and see the polyps come out. It takes awhile but they are pretty easy to get to come out during daylight. Ours are open a good portion of the day now and we feed them ~3x/week but they also open every time we feed the tank. I was skeptical about getting them due to being NPS but they were on top of my wife's list and I have no regrets about getting them. We've had them right at a year.

 

[nigelwhite85]

Hi, I'm new to the forum but was searching sun coral and found your post. I bought my sun coral about 2 months ago and it looked quite shrunken but since I've been target feeding daily it's really come on a lot and looks great. Hopefully, if it continues to grow at the current rate it'll fill in the gaps between the two ends where most of the polyps are.

 

[gman 01234]

what all do you feed your sun coral??

 

[nigelwhite85]

Brine shrimp and mysis

 

[Newstead]

Mysis every day. Once a week I presoak it in Selcon. New heads sprouting all over.