Sun coral
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justthewife
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They are not sensitive to the light but in my own experience with mine, they prefer a place with lower light and moderate flow.
They are not sensative to light at all in my experience, i have several colonies and the one that is doing the best is high in the tank with 6x54w T5's. Medium to high (not direct) flow will stimulate the polyps to react any food being put into the tank and hence opening more during the day.
I have a thread on here with a video of them being fed.
I have a thread on here with a video of them being fed.
waterman78
Active member
I took my sun coral frag out of my display this morning and placed it in the sump. My plans are to spot feed and allow it to grow....then after it has grown a bit or doubled in size, place it back into the display in a shaded area with moderate water flow.
However, I kept an even smaller frag inside the display to see how it goes.
Best Luck to you and your sun coral.
Larry
However, I kept an even smaller frag inside the display to see how it goes.
Best Luck to you and your sun coral.
Larry
accordsirh22
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mine is in full blown light at the top of the tank, doing great
evolutionZ
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mine does very well out in the open. i feed it in a tub once every 2 days.
jamesbaur13
Apsiring Alhcohlolic
Looks great.
I feed mine the exact same way. Handling them only bugs them initially... within a couple mins he's ready to feed. The beauty of using the tub is all the other critters that normally annoy him are taken out of the equation.
richardhao
New member
my sun coral died recently, dont know why. phosphates are zero on api test kits, nitrates at 5ppm. i feed them every night with mysis shrimp. i forgot the term for their tissue, it receeds. is it because of the temperature? we are experiencing a very hot summer around 34 degrees celcius but the tank reads 31. or bacause of low alkalinity? mine reads at 7.
stunreefer
Reef Hugger
That would be temperature related in my opinion, 31°C is very warm for a tank.
I also normally don't recommend feeding these types of corals daily. They can over eat which allows food to rot in their gut faster than they can process it, which causes tissue recession. With that said I still suspect temperature...
Alkalinity at 7dKH should be fine, assuming it's stable.
I also normally don't recommend feeding these types of corals daily. They can over eat which allows food to rot in their gut faster than they can process it, which causes tissue recession. With that said I still suspect temperature...
Alkalinity at 7dKH should be fine, assuming it's stable.
shaggss
Active member
mine does very well out in the open. i feed it in a tub once every 2 days.
I place a Starbucks plastic cup with a hole in the bottom over the top of mine. And squirt mysis shrimp in through the hole... Works a treat.
richardhao
New member
I feed them daily coz ive read that they tend to grow faster compared to eating every other day or 2 days. but its all too late now, i'll be more careful next time when i acquire one again. thanks for the quick reply.
MarineSniper
Member
Light doesn't have much effect, unless you feed at night, in which case they'll open more readily with the lights out. I used to feed at night, due to some fish stealing the food but moved those to my reef tank
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Once trained, they'll open just as readily during the lighting period
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Once trained, they'll open just as readily during the lighting period
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