did the other polyps look like that at purchase?Bought this sun coral yesterday, did a dip and introduced it to my tank. Today I did a spray of shrimp juice over the coral and the middle "cap" came completely off.
Would like to know what's going on, if anyone has dealt with this before.
Honestly a mistake on my part purchasing, the flesh is suppose to cover the whole coral correct?
All look the same since purchase except the middle polyp which the "cap" came off after a spray above the coral
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Bought this sun coral yesterday, did a dip and introduced it to my tank. Today I did a spray of shrimp juice over the coral and the middle "cap" came completely off.
Would like to know what's going on, if anyone has dealt with this before.
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You do know that they are none photosynthetic coral only eats food right?
With that being said in the past I have brought them back by placing them on sand bed on small rock so sand stays off them then I take 2 or 3 liter pop bottle and cut bottom off and take cap off bottle. Then I put bottle over sun coral and sink bottle into sand so it stays over coral. Then I use Small mysis and Things like oyster feast and squirt it into cap opening with baster this way coral stays surrounded by food without power heads blowing away and fish and cuc taking it from sun coral. So this every day for like 30 min after each time just removing bottle after the 30 min so coral does not die due to pollutants from the food. Hope you understand what I’m saying
Did my week of research just to find out they aren't suppose to look like what I bought. Fun times, just hoping I can bring it back
Yes hope you didn’t spend to much
A reason I got the sun corals are because my lights atm are a joke, some old freshwater lights, till I upgrade. But yes I am fine with feeding them, I thought it was interesting how they reproduce.
Unless you get it to start to eat won’t last long. Give my bottle trick a shot it might work
Will do, I appreciate it. Also do you think amino acids would help since they can be absorbed by the coral even without the polyps out?
That I’m not sure about but I th ink a little would not hurt
Not true plenty of people have sun corals grow at the top of their tank for ease of feeding, I'm sure at a certain point they could be torched like other corals can from intense light
My sun coral is placed very high to make it easier to feed. I have very strong lighting and it doesn't care one bit. Lighting won't be the issue here.
