I feed them 1-2 times a day (depending on how much time I have in the morning and how clean the water is) and sprinkle zooplankton or finer foods on their mouths and turn off pumps for a bit. I haven't seen them outstretch any "tentacles" since I've bought them so I don't know how much they're actually eating.
Not really. if they are happy they will start opening when you feed the tank once open feed them directly with mysis.
I have the same problem they seem happy but only 1 out of my three colonies opens :/
If you can glue them polyps facing down (upside down) under that arch but on the arch.Thank you! I'll try making a small shelf under that arch to glue it to so no sand gets on it.
I might try that as well how do you go about feeding them while they are upside tho. Also do you have to feed every polyp or do they share energy / nutrition between the colony
you will have to get them to open up so their "tentacles" will catch the food. Just like other lps corals. Typically if they are happy they will be out, At first you may have to chum the water a little after lights out to get them to open, then feed them.
Sorry for the delayed response, that's exactly what they are. Mesenterial filaments. They are digestive tissue deployed when the coral is stressed, damage or (not in your case) feedingParameters aren't out of normal which is good. KH could be higher and No-3 spiked but I'm doing a water change tomorrow anyways.
I'll try a dip, 1/2 water bottle when feeding, and moving them back to the sand bed. Do you know if the polyps can clean themselves of sand? When on the sand bed they fill up quickly and I worry they'll get super irritated or worse which is why they're higher in the tank.
I haven't noticed anything touch them except maybe a hermit crawled on it. The yellow reminds me of this post:
Yellow stringy stuff on sun coral
Hey, anyone have any idea what this is? I'll find it on my sun every now and again, but I don't know what it is. My sun is usually open and eats well (and has grown quite a bit since I got it).www.nano-reef.com
post pics of how it goes! Hopefully you can get them back to happy, one of my favorite corals.Thank you! I'll try making a small shelf under that arch to glue it to so no sand gets on it.
Mine took about 2 to 3 weeks to acclimate and open up at consistent times. Typically it opened in the evening for me under moonlights.
Removing mine from the mixed reef and setting up a dedicated tank with that one actinic bulb was the best thing I ever did for mine, growth exploded. They really shouldnt be in a common reef tank. I had no fish or inverts in the tank. No shrimp or fish plundering their treasures. The actinic light was on for 3 hours after all the other lights were off just for my enjoyment. They really fluoresce under that actinic lighting.
Great I am happy to help
if anyone had any care tips for pink carnation please let me know
Ok lights turned off and I turned off all the flow it took about 30 minutes for them to come out but I fed all 3 colonies thankfully. They seemed to like fish pellets a lot and didn’t really care for reef roids but mysis went down a treat let’s hope I can keep these amazing looking corals thriving. I also bought a nice pink carnation and fed that a mixture of nannochlorpsis and roids seems to take it so that’s good
I just tried it and the stupid base it's on doesn't fit anywhere except for side ways at the entrance of the arch.
You could try breaking it off but you may damage the coral. If you do, use coral/bone cutters and break the glue holding it
you need to be very careful. I used to remove most corals from their plugs less chance of getting unwanted things in your reef. Bone cutters, flathead screwdriver by itself or tap it gently with a hammer. Try holding on to the frag not the plug you dont care about the plug.
