Sun Coral or Dendro Colony

[MrPicasso]

Picked this colony up this morning and was curious about whether its a Dendro or Sun Coral. Most of the sun corals I have seen around here

almost look like sea mats. Any info is appreciated.

 

[ToXIc]

thats a dendro colony

 

[MrPicasso]

It was getting neglected big time at the LFS. They weren't spot feeding it and its quite receded, but I figured since the color was still there it may be ok. Hopefully once it acclimates it will perk up a bit and I can start feeding the heck out of it.

 

[Loki]

Man that's an amazing colony! I though I had something with 7 heads lol

 

[MrPicasso]

They had 2 earlier in the week but when I went today this was the last one. I am glad I picked it up, but hope it plumps up some and gets back to full health

 

[Loki]

Two more this size? I have to ask how much it was. You can PM me if you want.

 

[ToXIc]

since it was neglected put it in a topper-ware and put some cyclopeeze (the frozen type not the dry) and swirl it around every soo often. repeat this every day for about a week.. this should increase their response time to having food in the water.. then you should be able to target feed it in the tank..

 

[MrPicasso]

$55. I couldn't leave it in the store. Even if it was a sun colony and not dendro. Open hand sized colony. I just hope it can recover from the LFS.

 

[MrPicasso]

Thanks Toxic. Will try cyclopeze this evening

 

[Loki]

Geez! What a deal. I hope everything works out for with it. It appears to be healthy to me. Mine look like that during the day. I am working on switching them over from being nocturnal. at night they open up nicely. I'm sure these will as well. Great score!

 

[MrPicasso]

Thanks Loki, I'll post up new pics once it starts perking up and feeding.

 

[MrPicasso]

Update... Picked up some cyclopeze (frozen) and they seem to be puffing out a bit and starting to accept some cyclops and a few live brine.

 

[skinz78]

Looking good!

 

[Connie]

Nice find! I think she will be a show stopper in no time!

 

[MrPicasso]

Day 2 of cyclops feeding... puffing up alot but no tentacle extension... Some of the heads look about the size of a dime.

 

[Loki]

Looks great! Mine took almost 5 days before I saw real polyps. Also I'm not sure if your doing this already but take the liquid of the food and spray over the colony and then wait a few minutes to feed the substance part of the food.

 

[rlman41299]

that is a very nice find considering it is $35/head here!

 

[MrPicasso]

Thanks. Today I kept it in the feeding tank for about an hour and a half. Every 20 minutes or so I would turkey baste the water to recirculate the cyclops and also dust the polyps. I can't wait to see this thing all opened up.

 

[Paul C.]

Just curious, has anyone ever seen a black colony?

 

[ToXIc]

Good job. Keep it up. The payoff is wayy worth the effort and time.

Paul are you talking about a black sun coral?


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