sun coral won't open

[julie]

any suggestions? I just got the sun coral from swf.com last week, and I can't fink a time or situation in which it'll open to eat. I tried lights on or off and using phytoplex

 

[rsd]

Mine took along time to acclimate. I cut the top 3rd of a 2 liter bottle off and placed it over the coral (with the cap off). Then using a turkey baster, I added thawed misis shrimp through the small opening of the bottle top. This kept the mysis shrimp amongst the coral and kept most aggressive feeders out. I did this at the same time (right before lights went out) everynight for a week and it began to open on it's own before I even got home. Good luck!

 

[julie]

did you add anything with the mysis shrimp, like phytoplex?

 

[bang guy]

They can't eat Phytoplex, it's probably irritating them.
Try adding several Mysid to the water an hour after lights out, then come back in an hour & see if they're open. They don't have to open very much to eat and once they start eating they should open better.

 

[julie]

someone said on this site that they use phytoplex to help give them a boost to open. What is mysis? I've been trying to get it to open with spot feeding, which does no good with the polyps not open for about 4 days. Should I be concered?

 

[julie]

I'm sorry mysid?

 

[bang guy]

Mysis are a very aromatic frozen fish food. They are very high in nutrition.

 

[saltfun]

I have only had my sun coral for 2 days now and i found that cyclopeez (sp) i had to search at 5 differnt lfs to find it but i bought the frozen kind. A little bit is all you need defrost it in a cup and use a turkey baster.

 

[saltfun]

sorry post did not make much sense. cyclopeez works really well for feeding them. Give them a little just to make them open come back later once they are open and feed them. make sure each head gets food.

 

[julie]

do you use the top of a 2l bottle?