Sun Coral

[bareefers]

I just got this 2 weekend's ago. I finally got it to open by putting it in it's own tank. I feed it every 3 days. The tank doesn't have a skimmer.

Let me know if I need to do anything special.

 

[Thales]

Just feed the crap out of it with meaty foods and it will do very well.

 

[Elite]

Very nice piece..

 

[bareefers]

Gorgeous Piece.... always had a little space in my Heart for these Beauts.
Did you get them from Steve?...i picked mine up from him and their doing great!

 

[bareefers]

I got it from 6th. :shock: It was the only place I saw that had it ...

 

[Paladin]

Since your tank doesn't have a skimmer, just be extra consious of the nitrate levels, since you'll need to feed the guy quite often with meaty foods.

 

[bareefers]

I don't have special lighting for it also. I'll do a weekly water change since it's only a 10 gal.

 

[sfsuphysics]

I don't have special lighting for it also.

That's because they're not photosynthetic, you NEED to target feed them (one reason why I traded mine away)

 

[bareefers]

I also have mine in a 10 gallon, but with a 10 gallon Fuge connected and its opening up everynight to feed on whatevers in the tank... That and i occationally feed them mysis shrimp b4 the lights cut out

 

[bareefers]

Yeah, I've been target feeding ... and they sure eat things up quickly!

 

[Thales]

In my experience you really need to keep up on the feedings. If you slip, they start to go downhill pretty quickly.

 

[jimsar]

I'm toying with the idea of a low-light tank in the office with predominantly sun corals. No sump, but heavily skimmed. What do you think?

 

[Raddogz]

That would be cool! I was talking to Steve from Lucky Ocean and he was telling me that one of his customers was moving away from the light-intensive corals and on to dendro's. You don't need special (aka - cop has to 'inquire' about the lights in your house) lights, and they are really colorful.

 

[bareefers]

How much calcium do these take up? I'm not sure how often to add more b-ionic.

 

[jimsar]

You don't need special (aka - cop has to 'inquire' about the lights in your house) lights, and they are really colorful.

Office under negotiation is "utilities paid". Don't want the bldg owner to have a stroke if I put an SPS tank there. I noticed she has a really nice FW tank, though. Maybe I can switch her to reef ...

 

[bookfish]

I think with all the water changing you'll be doing to keep water quality up in a heavily fed 10g, you won't need to supplment any calcium. You can also feed these remotely from the tank (see BOCP1 by Calfo).-Jim