Corals can be saved

[Jonathan4848]

Here it is while I was feeding it. Like I said the other day, it is finally starting to extend its polyps but it looks like it was dying. The bottom is turning a black/dark green color. Any suggestions?

 

[Barry_Cuda]

I have reef breeders led lights. I think I’ll end up getting a PAR meter so I can adjust accordingly. I feed them with a baster a mix of brine, mysis, reef roids, and zooplankton as I do with my fat head dendros and other corals. My dendros are doing amazing. Went from one when I first got them to have more than 15 heads in about 8-9 months. I just can’t seem to make my sun coral extend.

My LFS has a par meter that they rent out for something like $10 a day. If you have a good LFS nearby, it might be worth asking if they do something similar. May save you a ton over going out and buying an expensive piece of equipment you probably won't use all that often.

 

[Jonathan4848]

My LFS has a par meter that they rent out for something like $10 a day. If you have a good LFS nearby, it might be worth asking if they do something similar. May save you a ton over going out and buying an expensive piece of equipment you probably won't use all that often.

I actually borrowed a par meter from the local reef club. It is sitting at about 100 par.

 

[Softhammer]

Very cool. Most of my most valued and distinguished pieces were either free or dying 5 dollar imports. Touch and go for a while, some fragged multiple times to survive, but to this day I have more than a few that come from that category and are pushing 15 years old. 3 have also had a full blown spawn on me. Bad choice of words I guess... but true none the less..

 

[Jonathan4848]

Very cool. Most of my most valued and distinguished pieces were either free or dying 5 dollar imports. Touch and go for a while, some fragged multiple times to survive, but to this day I have more than a few that come from that category and are pushing 15 years old. 3 have also had a full blown spawn on me. Bad choice of words I guess... but true none the less..

Do you have any idea why in getting discoloration? It started doing that about a month ago. I’m worried why is it darkening in some places even though it seems to be feeding and fairly happy.

 

[O'l Salty]

My sun coral is finally starting to extend its polyps more. I put a power head facing it so I’m guessing it wasn’t getting enough flow. I’ll try to get a picture in the next few days

Many are collected from oil rigs in the gulf and get hammered by the ocean. I feed a little brine shrimp before lights out to get them active then an hour later they are fully extended and hungry!

 

[Jonathan4848]

Any suggestions on the dark color?