Tubestrea Question

[ajcut7]

I am new to sun corals, this is the first tank I have had any in and I love them; but my question is when I feed at night, sometimes during the day, does every single polyp in the colony need to get its own mysid shrimp? I try to spread it all out as evenly as possible but its just not possible to feed every one every time, and some of them are in such bad position with the rocks that they might never see any food? Any advice is appreciated

 

[wantsalotta]

black sun polyps, tubastrea micracantha (sp?) can share food, yellow sun polyps need thier own food

 

[ajcut7]

I have orange and yellow ones, so I need to try to make sure that every polyp gets some food for both? If so I need a bigger cleanup crew.

 

[wantsalotta]

yes, every polyp functions as a single unit, no sharing on the yellow ones.

I find it best to use a feeding cup, which is, use tank water and put the coral into it and add food. This makes much less mess in your tank and you can watch every polyp closely.

 

[snappenin]

yes, every polyp functions as a single unit, no sharing on the yellow ones.

I find it best to use a feeding cup, which is, use tank water and put the coral into it and add food. This makes much less mess in your tank and you can watch every polyp closely.

I am considering a Sun polyp as well. At some point, does it attach to rocks making it difficult to remove to feed?