Let's do a count on Sun coral owners

[dmm0724]

The other cyclopeeze just floats around the tank, the goby goes after some of it and the rest floats around until settling. I also have a gorgonian that benefits from the feeding. I have a 12 gallon and at first was very concerned about water quality but I haven't had any problems with this feeding method.
To control how much you are feeding you could place a small tuberware bowl over the sun coral and feed under there, that way it doesn't go all over the place and sun coral would eat most of it.

 

[barchtruong]

repelprettyboy>>>congratulations and sorry to hear you got one!!
I hate my Sun Coral now. It only opens when the light goes out. And feeding is like in hell.
I don't know how the covered Sun coral with tuberware or softdrink bottle method works because when I take my Sun coral out of the tank and into a plastic container to feed it, I have to use a BBQ bamboo stick to stir the water slowly so Cyclopez can move around so the polyps can catch it.
If you just cover the coral with the tuberware in the tank and put food in there, water will be still, Cyclopez will either settle to the bottom or floating up. NOPE, I don't see how it works, really.......
If anyone knows how, please share.

 

[jerthunter]

Here is mine, taken a few months ago but it hasn't changed.
Feeding is simple, I put a little bit of food in the tank, cyclopeeze works well, wait until it opens, cover it and spray the food down over the open polyps. Most of the food settles into the open polyps then rest settles into the sand where there are plenty of critter who clean up after the feeding. The cover is mostly to keep my shrimp and crabs from pulling food out of the polyps.

 

[cowfishrule]

yo
i went to coral world in st thomas last week.
they have a reef exhibit- rather, its an observation deck that is 30 feet down in the middle of a reef.
there was a rock by one of the windows that had thousands of sun corals. i am talking thousands. my battery was dying, so i didnt get a good pic.

 

[newtoreef_tank]

I have a sun coral and he has only opened like 3-4 and i've had him 4 like 4 months now how can i get him to open more.

 

[jerthunter]

Originally Posted by NewtoReef_tank
I have a sun coral and he has only opened like 3-4 and i've had him 4 like 4 months now how can i get him to open more.
Feed him directly

 

[05xrunner]

sorry..I sold/traded off the 2 frags I had

 

[newtoreef_tank]

Is cyclopeeze frozen or pellet?

 

[jerthunter]

Originally Posted by NewtoReef_tank
Is cyclopeeze frozen or pellet?
You can get it frozen or freeze dried (which is powdery).

 

[coolguy818]

Sorry I'm late, but I finally got a glimpse of the Sun Coral fully opened. Here are some before and after pics. I think it's happy.

 

[yerboy]

wish i had some pics of it open but it only comes out when my lights go off.. First few months i had it it was in a small tank at my office and my lights came on the time i came to work and went off when i got off work so i never seen it open up.. I have since brought it home and now i get to see it open up every night.

 

[brandon7491]

hey here is a pic of my sun coral its been the easyest thing to feed that is an animal ever! everyone is like its too hard and such a pain in the rear but it really isnt sry for my pic ill post a new one in a sec

 

[viper_930]

I've posted my pics in the fish photo forum if you haven't checked it out yet.
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=271968

 

[happy5446]

I heard the easiest way to feed them is to put a little cyclopeze in a cup and place it over them. That way it's contained, they eat it only and its not waste floating in your tank. Just a thought. I don't have one myseld, so I've never tried it, but thats what I heard.

 

[patandlace]

Here's mine. I feed it cyclopeeze every few days.

 

[juggalojim]

mine open up everynight about 9:30-10:00 by themselfs, that's when we "trained" em to open and they are open for about 12hrs. when i get up in the am. around 9ish they are still open.. i feed em mysis everyother day

 

[newtoreef_tank]

This is all i can get my sun coral to open

 

[jerthunter]

Well it looks like it is pretty far gone but it may pull through. Keep offering it cyclopeeze, you may even consider taking it out in a small bucket of tank water and feeding it with the cyclopeeze there to see if it will open up more.

 

[theappe3]

You can add me to the list of owners. I just got my suncoral this past weekend.

 

[newtoreef_tank]

i got my sun to open up all the way for the frist time today!