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NanoReef
11-03-2005, 10:36 PM
i have a sun coral and i was wondering how they multiply??? will the drop a part of them off and grow elsewere? because i can see in my tank a bright orange piece that came off, it is very small. is this normal?
scuglass
11-03-2005, 11:18 PM
are u feeding it?
michika
11-04-2005, 12:27 AM
I think, from what I've read, Sun corals multiply by spreading outwards and growing new heads. They don't drop off and reattach or anything like that.

The peice could have fallen off due to the decay of the skeleton at the base of the individual mouth. It makes that particular tube brittle (more so the usual), and suceptable to breakage and damage.
Skimmerking
11-04-2005, 12:44 AM
Nano reefer you need to target feed them to get them to do anything.
NanoReef
11-04-2005, 03:43 AM
they get spot fed every day. the rest of them seem very happy, they come out at 7:30 to feed then again at about 12:00 untill i wake up!
scuglass
11-04-2005, 06:11 AM
hmm how long have u had it?? im no expert but maybee that piese died during shipping?? or maybe something was picking at the coral??
michika
11-04-2005, 06:13 AM
Its likely that it was just broken off. Its a brittle coral by nature, maybe it was knocked or something. Who knows!
NanoReef
11-04-2005, 01:12 PM
ok, thanks, i guess he is just fragile!!!
Doug
11-04-2005, 01:48 PM
I also believe they multiply by expanding across their rock with new heads. But I,m not an authority on them. They were once and I guess still are, hard to keep alive, requiring constant feeding.

The frozen Cyclop-eeze would be a good food for them, and perhaps one of the liquid foods now being used to keep goni,s alive and reproducing.
michika
11-04-2005, 02:31 PM
A way that I've found very helpful is to cut a pop bottle in two and put it over the sun coral, to allow all the heads to come out and feed.

I feed mine frozen mysis, cyclopese, brine shrimp (frozen or live), usually soaked in garlic.
crusty1
11-05-2005, 06:06 PM
We have been feeding ours with a homemade meaty mix. Polyps have dropped all over the tank(say about 30) and have clung to live rock to multiply. I think mum is about 8 months old in my tank. I want to get a black sun coral next.
vanreefer
11-05-2005, 06:14 PM
Looks like aquariumgirl experienced the same phenomenon

http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16793&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=sun+coral&start=105
Pages 7-8
Dan