Orange sunburst NPS

reverc · Oct 13, 2020

Just curious how often and what everyone is feeding their sunburst? We have one that we got for a steal and it opens up a little bit here and there but hasn’t fully opened yet. Feeding 2-3 times daily a mix of reef roids, mysis shrimp, brine shrimp. I have a cut bottle I put over it to target feed it but it seems to like it more when I stir up the substrate up stream from it. Attached are some pics of it about 30 minutes ago after feeding and this last night after a feeding.

Rhoads238 · Oct 13, 2020

Wow looking good! I never had success with sun coral, I would definitely like to give it another try someday. Beautiful specimen you have there. When I had mine I think I was trying to feed it every 1-2 days. I guess this wasn't enough to get it going. I felt hesitant to feed it more as I thought it would cause an algae bloom.

reverc · Oct 14, 2020

Rhoads238 said:
Wow looking good! I never had success with sun coral, I would definitely like to give it another try someday. Beautiful specimen you have there. When I had mine I think I was trying to feed it every 1-2 days. I guess this wasn't enough to get it going. I felt hesitant to feed it more as I thought it would cause an algae bloom.

The tank it’s in has a nutrient deficiency so I have a Dino issue right now. I’m hoping the multiple feedings help with that. We got that for about $65. We are in the process of making this tank an NPS specific tank cause I think they are amazing looking. Next up I think will be a black sun coral.

Yates273 · Oct 14, 2020

Nice!! Those are beautiful corals. Do these corals have a reverse light schedule? I read they come out night.

Rhoads238 · Oct 14, 2020

reverc said:
The tank it’s in has a nutrient deficiency so I have a Dino issue right now. I’m hoping the multiple feedings help with that. We got that for about $65. We are in the process of making this tank an NPS specific tank cause I think they are amazing looking. Next up I think will be a black sun coral.

That sounds awesome. You may have already seen this one. But it would definitely be worth a read. Reef central used to do a tank of the month. This nps reef won one month pretty impressive setup.

http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/86-tank-of-the-month

reverc · Oct 14, 2020

Jason Yahr said:
Nice!! Those are beautiful corals. Do these corals have a reverse light schedule? I read they come out night.

I believe they do but from my research there's a way to coax them out during the day. I was just curious if anyone else had done it.

reverc · Oct 14, 2020

Rhoads238 said:
That sounds awesome. You may have already seen this one. But it would definitely be worth a read. Reef central used to do a tank of the month. This nps reef won one month pretty impressive setup.

http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/86-tank-of-the-month

I have not seen that one I pulled it up right now. Thank you.

Dr. Dendrostein · Oct 17, 2020

Very healthy. Following

reverc · Oct 18, 2020

Dr. Dendrostein said:
Very healthy. Following

It’s been closed up the past couple days. It’s still alive but it doesn’t move as much as it did.

dennis romano · Nov 1, 2020

How is your sun coral doing?

reverc · Nov 2, 2020

dennis romano said:
How is your sun coral doing?

It’s still alive but doesn’t come out much. I moved it from our 75g cause I’m having major algae issues to our little 5g by itself. It opens a little to feed but other than that it stays closed up.

reverc · Nov 2, 2020

This is it tonight.

dennis romano · Nov 2, 2020

This year, I converted a FOWLR tank to a NPS/softie tank. After a steep learning curve, I have black, blue and two orange sun corals. I learned from other sun coral keepers that they enjoy a strong current. Maybe yours may enjoy more flow.