Feeding Sun Coral

[jess]

I just got a Sun Coral on Friday night. The person at the Store told me that and easy why to feed it and this is how he feed them in the store: I pick the Coral up in a container (filled with my tank water of course) and I squirt the Brine Shrimp in the container, constently moving the water around be it does not fall to the bottom. THis works great but when I do it not all of the polyups want to open and I have to feed all the them? Do I just have to wait until THENY want to open?

 

[purple tang]

I wait till the tank lights are out and all polyps are open. I use a baster(used only for the aquarium) and squirt brine shrimp at each of the polyps.

 

[mlm]

I see these things while scuba diving all the time attached to rig legs in the Gulf of Mexico. It weird that they only open at night in the tank b/c they are open when I see them during the day. I think that it might have somthing to do with the high nutrient outflow from the Misssippi River. I know that they do not need light so they wood be good in an aquarium with low light, but they will tolarate higher light levels.

 

[mlm]

wood = would

 

[mlm]

My diving parter has one that we collected from the Gulf Of Mexico and it did not fully open for a couple of weeks so you may just have to give it some time.

 

[burnnspy]

Mine are open for most of the day.
BurnNSpy

 

[ebeckels]

mine are half and half....sometimes open during the day and most of the time at night. I squirt some food in with a fish only baster every once in a while too, as they eat phytoplankton every day.
-Eric

 

[wamp]

I have found the best way to feed them is with an eel feeding tube. I just put the end near the polyps and drop a cube of frozen shrimp down it. As it dissolves it sinks down and the polyps open as soon as the first one gets near it.. this way I do not touch my water or the polyps.. By the way mine seem to always be open..

 

[jess]

Eel feeding tube? how much do they cost? Sounds like a good idea

 

[jonthefb]

This may be totlly off the subjects, but mlm, how in th eheck were you able to collect specimens off of the coast of mexico. While i was in cancun on the beach, a huge specimen of green algae washed ashore and i wanted to bring it back to the us with me but, fear of the customs people worked as a deterrant. HOw did you do this?

 

[blueberryboomer]

I wait til I turn the white lights out to feed ours, the ones that are not out when the white lights are on come out shortly after and then I feed them brine from a medicine dropper. Works Great...Lisa

 

[mlm]

I collect them off the coast of Louisiana IN the Gulf of Mxico.

 

[wamp]

You can get an eel feeser from your LFS.. if they do not have one you can order one.. It works great

 

[predator]

I useally take my'n out and puut it in a cup.Take it in the dark for a little while and then feed them.My'n are rarely out during the day so for me it's the best way.Plus I tend to over feed my tank anyway so it helps me keep my amonia/nitrates down

 

[wrigley11]

I feed mine brine or something else 3-4 time a week... I use bioplankton in the tank also so I really don't even have to feed.