Feeding Carnation Coral HELP?!

[Eienna]

I acquired a carnation coral (dendronepthea, I believe) a few days ago. I know they are nonphotosynthetic and they need frequent feeding - in the vein of at least a couple times a day - and am more than willing to do so. However, I cannot seem to get it to open up for feeding. It looks healthy enough (aside from my clipping off a section that had a filter-feeding worm inside) but it will not give me a feeding response. I've tried frozen rotifers, phytoplankton, goniopower, nutramar ova, and juices from various frozens with no effect. I've tried both at night and in the daytime. Any tips on exactly what these things respond best to? Is it normal for them to retract for a few days after being moved?

 

[Reefing Madness]

In my experience, they are just like softies, tick em off and they can pout for awhile. Ya gotta wait them out.

 

[Eienna]

In my experience, they are just like softies, tick em off and they can pout for awhile. Ya gotta wait them out.

Okay. Am I at least trying appropriate foods?

 

[Reefing Madness]

Oh yea, thats some good stuff. Your just looking for filter feeder foods. Micro Plankton and stuff.

 

[Eienna]

Oh yea, thats some good stuff. Your just looking for filter feeder foods. Micro Plankton and stuff.

Okey dokey. Here's hoping.

 

[Eienna]

This thing...when I try to glue it down it keeps just kind of melting off the glue...it's lying down on the sand bed now and I'm out of ideas. XP Still can't get it to show any visible feeding response, probably because it keeps dropping off the rockwork... I wonder if I got one that was already STNing...I should've kept the worm in it. Bet that was healthier than the coral.

 

[Reefing Madness]

Yea, your still handling it, thats why its still not coming out. Ya gotta kinda just stick em in a spot in the rocks, or possibly rubber band him lightly. I've had issues with glue before, some just don't like it.

 

[Eienna]

Yea, your still handling it, thats why its still not coming out. Ya gotta kinda just stick em in a spot in the rocks, or possibly rubber band him lightly. I've had issues with glue before, some just don't like it.

Maybe I can just wedge it in somewhere...

 

[Reefing Madness]

Yea, unless someone has a fix to the problem, that's what I had to do with mine.

 

[NanaReefer]

100% cotton thread. Tied lightly to a piece of rock. The thread is 100% bio degradable. No more touching.

 

[Eienna]

100% cotton thread. Tied lightly to a piece of rock. The thread is 100% bio degradable. No more touching.

At this point I couldn't do that because of the way it's shaped. I found a wedging place and will leave it alone from here out.

 

[saltforlife]

My first coral

 

[Eienna]

My first coral

Looks terrific.

 

[Reefing Madness]

My first coral

 

[nano reef]

does it come out of a whiiiiite or cream pod. I amlooking at a group of 3 pods like a suncoral or a dendrphyllia but i is marked dendronepthea. Its not topen in the pic and they are closed today. I know it wont lasttill monday on website!