Nursing Sun Coral Back To Health

[darkreef]

bought this poor little sun coral . im thinking it was starved at the LFS and they still wanted $60 for it =\. anyways if i can get this jem back to health any tips and tricks would be appreciated !

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emerald scooping it out. got three of these and they ate all the hair algae out of my tank in a week .

[darkreef]

sorry thought i posted this in reef not in marine

[daplatapus]

I had a bit of a hard time getting mine to open up at first to feed them. Typically they liked to open up when I was already in bed sleeping, lol. Someone told me to try adding a few drops of coral amino 15 min or so before I wanted feed. Worked like a charm. I've been using Brightwell Aquatics Coral Amino and they extend out every time. Then I just squirt some mysis to each head and they gobble it up.

[darkreef]

now is it true there not a big fan of light?

[daplatapus]

I think they don't care about light. Totally non-photosynthetic. I've got mine under a bit of an overhang but in a very well lit tank (LED's). Every one I've seen in it's natural habitat has been in low light area's though.
But I've found with mine it's no where near as sensitive to light as my blastomussa's. It also seems to like a bit of flow but not blasted by a power head.

[don.ald]

Old article but still good
Also search his site
http://www.melevsreef.com/suncoral.html

[brotherd]

Old article but still good
Also search his site
http://www.melevsreef.com/suncoral.html
+1.Marc has a dedicated suncoral tank tied into his main system.He also details how to target feed them.I have a suncoral as well and I find it is very slow to feed compared to the rest of the tank.

[darkreef]

I just put it in a bowl and squirt mysis water. Waited 15 mins and the ones that were kinda moving I used tweezers and put mysis in the mouth . There eating ... Super slow though . Every ten mins i give them another . Main thing they are eating

[darkreef]

update:
they wont extend out fully but they been eating these shrimps slowly
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