Sun Corals
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Anguilla82
Fish Herder
not really, i don't think they use it to grow. they need target feeding with mysis etc.
Correct, no light required. They do require direct feeding though...
ben1987
Fish Aficionado
try increasing the flow around it
Try this. Cutoff the bottom of a plastic drink bottle, big enough to just more than cover the coral. Defrost some mysis/phyto and squirt it around the coral, then cover it with the plastic bottle to keep the "juices" from the food around it. Usually the coral will "smell" it if it's left over it long enough, open up, and then be able to feed.
Failing that (or concurrent with that), get in touch with BigC, cause I know he had some great ways to get picky sun corals to eat.
TigerIssey
Queen TI
I remember Big C doing something with the flow, it seemed to work every time for him. It is in his nano journal somewhere.
Sorry to hear that you may have lost your specimen of Sun Coral, I will post my findings all the same if you don't mind as it may help others in the same predicament
My Sun Coral has had youngsters, Not sure how and why (must research)
Yeah, I found that they don't need to be in the dark, for one, how do you feed the thing tucked away under some rock, and being such nice looking things, why would you want to hide it away.
My sun coral is in a pretty heavy flow area, in the open on a rock almost on the sand bed, the flow alternates with the type of controller/pump arrangement I employ.
I found that if you withdraw the flow and re apply it the sun coral will open (providing you have acclimatised it correctly and its settled) If you keep moving it then its not going to settle.
I directly feed my sun coral perhaps twice a week and it gets other foods administered to the aquarium by indirect means (natural feeding)
I feed a range of foodstuffs. Live Phytoplankton, Live Brineshrimp nauplii, Frozen Mysis shrimp, Frozen Krill pacifica, Frozen Brineshrimp and Frozen Cyclopeeze.
It has been attacked by Mushrooms and Rics but has always recovered.
Post a pic Scott all may not be lost.
I feed my sun coral directly with a large syringe with a length of airline attached.
If you have shrimp, no problem, just let them feed from the end of the airline (just depress the plunger enough to let them grab into the tube and collect their own fodder) until they've had their fill. Then you can feed the sun coral without any bother from the shrimp.
If all else fails try Reef Booster to entice it out using the syringe method to squirt short burst over and around it.
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I hope this was of some help to those wanting to keep or are already keeping Sun Corals in their aquaria.
Regards
My Sun Coral has had youngsters, Not sure how and why (must research)
Yeah, I found that they don't need to be in the dark, for one, how do you feed the thing tucked away under some rock, and being such nice looking things, why would you want to hide it away.
My sun coral is in a pretty heavy flow area, in the open on a rock almost on the sand bed, the flow alternates with the type of controller/pump arrangement I employ.
I found that if you withdraw the flow and re apply it the sun coral will open (providing you have acclimatised it correctly and its settled) If you keep moving it then its not going to settle.
I directly feed my sun coral perhaps twice a week and it gets other foods administered to the aquarium by indirect means (natural feeding)
I feed a range of foodstuffs. Live Phytoplankton, Live Brineshrimp nauplii, Frozen Mysis shrimp, Frozen Krill pacifica, Frozen Brineshrimp and Frozen Cyclopeeze.
It has been attacked by Mushrooms and Rics but has always recovered.
Post a pic Scott all may not be lost.
I feed my sun coral directly with a large syringe with a length of airline attached.
If you have shrimp, no problem, just let them feed from the end of the airline (just depress the plunger enough to let them grab into the tube and collect their own fodder) until they've had their fill. Then you can feed the sun coral without any bother from the shrimp.
If all else fails try Reef Booster to entice it out using the syringe method to squirt short burst over and around it.
[URL="http
/www.onlineaquariumstore.com/acatalo..._apmoules_.html"]http/www.onlineaquariumstore.com/acatalo..._apmoules_.html[/URL]I hope this was of some help to those wanting to keep or are already keeping Sun Corals in their aquaria.
Regards
Buddyboy67
Fish Herder
Unless totally bleached dont give up on it...This sun died back at start but with an increased flow and bi daily direct feeding came back from inside it's skeleton and after 3 months looks like this......
My second sun which simply cant be fed,lol...it eats daily and will accept 3 feeds in a row if offered,lol....
My second sun which simply cant be fed,lol...it eats daily and will accept 3 feeds in a row if offered,lol....
yeh it was totally bleeched so it away but will have them again sometimeTrod
The indecisive one
Mine only comes out at feeding time and when I turn the lights out 
but I still like the splash of orange in the tank 
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