jessica47421
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I bought a sun coral from my lfs about 2-3 weeks ago. the problem i have is the yellow things in it has never came out since i got it. does this mean its dead?
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reefreak29
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Originally Posted by jessica47421
I bought a sun coral from my lfs about 2-3 weeks ago. the problem i have is the yellow things in it has never came out since i got it. does this mean its dead?
what are your water perameters.also sun coral polyps come out at night ,the polyps have to be individually fed .also put it in a lower light area
I bought a sun coral from my lfs about 2-3 weeks ago. the problem i have is the yellow things in it has never came out since i got it. does this mean its dead?
what are your water perameters.also sun coral polyps come out at night ,the polyps have to be individually fed .also put it in a lower light area
jessica47421
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yeah i have it under a cave in the shade still it hasnt opened and i have looked at night and it isnt either, i was wondering if it is dead?
reefreak29
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Originally Posted by jessica47421
yeah i have it under a cave in the shade still it hasnt opened and i have looked at night and it isnt either, i was wondering if it is dead?
it might be upset what are your water perameters?
yeah i have it under a cave in the shade still it hasnt opened and i have looked at night and it isnt either, i was wondering if it is dead?
it might be upset what are your water perameters?
wangotango
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Originally Posted by jessica47421
yeah i have it under a cave in the shade still it hasnt opened and i have looked at night and it isnt either, i was wondering if it is dead?
you would see skeleton if it was dead. try putting some cyclopeez or mysis shrimp near it to entice it a little. they need to be fed regularly.
-Justin
yeah i have it under a cave in the shade still it hasnt opened and i have looked at night and it isnt either, i was wondering if it is dead?
you would see skeleton if it was dead. try putting some cyclopeez or mysis shrimp near it to entice it a little. they need to be fed regularly.
-Justin
barchtruong
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Sun coral needs low light, strong flow.
If you have no flow in tank, it won't be happy.
closing up for 3 wks don't do harm to it.
It can say close for an extended period.
You should post a pic of the tank along with the water paremeter so people can help you
If you have no flow in tank, it won't be happy.
closing up for 3 wks don't do harm to it.
It can say close for an extended period.
You should post a pic of the tank along with the water paremeter so people can help you
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lbaskball
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Originally Posted by barchtruong
Sun coral needs low light, strong flow.
If you have no flow in tank, it won't be happy.
closing up for 3 wks don't do harm to it.
It can say close for an extended period.
You should post a pic of the tank along with the water paremeter so people can help you
sun corals do not use photosynthesis, so it really doesnt matter if its low light or not. But I wouldn't keep them under direct light because if algae starts to grow, that will overgrow the coral and kill it. Keep it under shade is best. It needs to have somewhat moderate flow across it and not directly.
keep putting mysis shrimp on its skeleton and let it sit there for 20minutes, and do this everyday or so at the SAME time. Once you do this, eventually after couple of days they will open up at the same time.
Sun coral needs low light, strong flow.
If you have no flow in tank, it won't be happy.
closing up for 3 wks don't do harm to it.
It can say close for an extended period.
You should post a pic of the tank along with the water paremeter so people can help you
sun corals do not use photosynthesis, so it really doesnt matter if its low light or not. But I wouldn't keep them under direct light because if algae starts to grow, that will overgrow the coral and kill it. Keep it under shade is best. It needs to have somewhat moderate flow across it and not directly.
keep putting mysis shrimp on its skeleton and let it sit there for 20minutes, and do this everyday or so at the SAME time. Once you do this, eventually after couple of days they will open up at the same time.
al mc
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I learned a great way to feed these guys from another board member several months ago. It works...cut out the bottle of a plastic milk or soda bottle. Take the cap off and place it over the sun coral. Squirt in some mysis and seal the cap. This keeps the 'food' near their 'mouths'. Leave for 20-30 minutes. When you remove the bottle you will probably note that they are all open. I do this 3x weekly..........
jessica47421
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thanks for all the responses i will try it, and yes i did take it out of the water for less than a sec to put it into my tank. i hope it dont die i payed 65.00 for it
reefforbrains
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You could throw it down a flight of stairs and it wouldnt hurt it. They are just finiky eaters, try cyclops or cyclopeze and it should begin to open up in time. Spot feeding isnt really manditory but they are slow to feed so if NOT spot feeding then make sure they are getting food from the flow for several minutes.
I dont spot feed mine and they open fine. just takes time for them to get adjusted
I dont spot feed mine and they open fine. just takes time for them to get adjusted
jessica47421
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wow i tried the bottle thing and doing it at the same time daily and this works he opens about the same time every day now. thank you everyone for the help it worked!!!!!!!!!!