So....sun coral??

[Babygecko1233]

I was thinking about trading with a local aquaintance (zoas for sun coral)

Anyone care to give me the basics? Feeeding..lighting...flow. Ect...

Really enjoy the bright vivid colors..but dont want to jump into something im not ready for

 

[cameronh]

I was thinking about trading with a local aquaintance (zoas for sun coral)

Anyone care to give me the basics? Feeeding..lighting...flow. Ect...

Really enjoy the bright vivid colors..but dont want to jump into something im not ready for

#reefsquad #somebodywhoknows aboutsuncoral. @melevsreef,

 

[Sabellafella]

I was thinking about trading with a local aquaintance (zoas for sun coral)

Anyone care to give me the basics? Feeeding..lighting...flow. Ect...

Really enjoy the bright vivid colors..but dont want to jump into something im not ready for

Sun corals are beautiful, i used to keep them in all my reefs, glued to the underhangs on all my aquascape caves. They are not photosynthetic, so you will need to feed them atleast every other day.( Recommended everyday ). Other then that, shoot for the moon! If you have the time to feed them for aslong as you have them, then go for it.

 

[john.m.cole3]

what;s the difference between tubastrea and dendrophilia?

 

[Babygecko1233]

Thank you! Are they easy light wise?

 

[Babygecko1233]

http://www.corallore.com/dendrophyllia-general-care/ read this @john.m.cole3

 

[M&M]

Sun corals are one of my favorite corals, i do have tank set up especially for them. Like post above they are non photosynthetic and need to be fed , they like bigger meaty foods , mysis , brine shrimp, fish eggs, or really any other frozen. I feed my suns every other day ( every day if i got them in poor health), medium flow , light is not really important, they will do good in low or high light. Secure them on rock not on sand as sand particles may irritate them . Easy coral as long as you can commit few minutes to feed it.

 

[stevo01]

Thank you! Are they easy light wise?

Non-photosynthetic would indicate light isn't much of a concern. They neeeeed to be fed. Not a good beginner coral IMO. I've got a sun coral coming on Friday. It's my first sun coral, I'm excited but nervous. If your trained in spot feeding you might not have an issue. Good luck!

 

[stevo01]

Still want sun coral?



Sun coral eating clown goby

 

[Brian Treadwell]

I have a small 7 head sun coral sits on the bottom and I feed every other day , remember they only extent there tencles to feed other than that they are closed up , you can train them to come out when you want feed , but mostly they are at night , they can be a little difficult to get on your feeding schedule but mine is doing well

 

[jsker]

Did not know, thank you everyone for your posts

 

[stevo01]

what;s the difference between tubastrea and dendrophilia?

Hope this helps you
http://saltyunderground.com/category/dendrophylliidae-corals

 

[steve&mari]

As said with regular feeding it's easier than people may think. I've had them before and loved them. If needed the bottle feeding helps to start with. They normally can be fed enough and happy they're out a lot more then closed up. Look awesome under a overhang.

 

[stevo01]

I currently keep a couple of species from the dendrophylliidae family.

I have walking knuckle dendro from the genus Heteropsammia, and 2 specimens of Paltata or green pagoda from the Turbinaria genus. Both very different but doing very well!

 

[john.m.cole3]

Hope this helps you
http://saltyunderground.com/category/dendrophylliidae-corals

great link!

 

[Slyler]

I have Sun Corals that are in a cave in my tank and I feed every other day. They can take a bit of time to open some days, but usually if I feed the other corals, or my fish a little food first and come back 15-30 minutes later they are ready to be fed. I don't remove them for the tank, I don't have a contraption to feed them, I just use a turkey baster with Mysis and little pieces of Krill (my fish are not that big of fans of Krill so don't pick as much of it off the corals). They are doing great, they now usually open up at the same time each day, and will stay open all night and into the morning. I moved them so that the morning light doesn't reach their cave which I found helped a lot.

They do take a little more time to feed as you have to dose the tank and then wait for them to open up, but the color and that they fill out a cave with coral and color is definitely worth it.

 

[john.m.cole3]

I never knew my duncan and turbinaria were form the same family. very cool

 

[stevo01]

great link!

Thank you sir!

 

[stevo01]

I never knew my duncan and turbinaria were form the same family. very cool

Pretty awesome

 

[Wh00pS32]

Non-photosynthetic would indicate light isn't much of a concern. They neeeeed to be fed. Not a good beginner coral IMO. I've got a sun coral coming on Friday. It's my first sun coral, I'm excited but nervous. If your trained in spot feeding you might not have an issue. Good luck!

Sun corals are one of the easiest and hardiest corals to keep out of them all. I've kept them on and off since 2003 and as long as you give them a bit of flow and feed them a couple of times a week they will thrive.
The info the guy in the first video was giving out was complete overkill and making loads of work for himself, a couple of minutes to place a few bits of meaty food on the polyps with the pumps off is all that is needed and you don't need to get every single polyp every time.
As for the video with the goby, i would put money on it that the fish was already injured and dying, i have a small pair of clowns that are hosted by my orange sun coral and it's never attempted to eat them ever.
They are so easy to keep that i even have babies spread all over the tank that appeared around a year ago, i never feed them and they are doing fine and must get their food from whatever is floating around the tank.