My Sun Coral Opened!

[livebait]

bro gothia,check this out>target feeding

[gothia]

hi livebait..

i tried this method also leh..but never work very well (did open abit lah but not like william one lor) ...

my sun coral very hard to please...but i will be patient...

[livebait]

melevsreef

good read with nice sun pics

[RockLobster]

Haha ... cute.

Yup, Cyclopeeze is a good start to get them interested in food. I also give them some variety such as Henry's Food, frozen brine shimps, etc.

Almost every night.

I'm sure you'll be able to achieve it.

The way to encourage Sun Corals to thrive is to feed them -- target feeding is the best.

Let me know if you have anymore queries and I'll do my best to help.

Good luck.

Thanks.. I so glad that there's some many bros out there offering their advice and even shared some websites with us.

Thanks!

Will continue to post more pics when there are improvements

At the same time, keep those posts coming in !

[gothia]

melevsreef

good read with nice sun pics

sorry livebait..

i very loh soh..but i saw this website before...

but my big Qn is that....if i hold some mysis on my fingers..before it reaches the sun coral..either kana blown away by power head or snatch by fishes..dun know how this guy achieve in feeding in this manner...SIGHzzzz...

problem..problem...

[williammuk]

It is tough when the Sun Coral is deep in the tank which makes it

difficult for you to target feed properly. I feel that this is especially

important in the early stages when the coral may be weak or stressed.

My suggestion ... put it in the sump where you have more control over

the feeding (without having to worry about shrimps/fishies stealing

the food).

Do the feeding routine every night at around the same time. No need

to be lights off. For example, at 8pm every night, squirt a little bit of

Cyclopeeze all around the Sun Coral. Then wait for a few minutes.

If if opens a little more, then squirt more. If not, then wait another

night and try again.

I did the above for a week+ initially. After that, it becomes routine

and the Sun Coral will open at that time waiting for food.

Then you can progress to bigger pieces of food eg. brine/mysid shrimps.

Try it and let us know the results.

If you need further help, maybe I can open my sump as

"Sun Coral Training School" for you guys.

Hmmm ... wonder what kind of fees can I charge for it ...

[hotlemond]

I dun use a sump that house my sun coral. what I do was use a cut up mineral water bottle, cover it and spray cyclopeeze to it. they seems be doing well under this methods but poor me... my hands gets wet everynight. I dun really like it and neither do the fishes.

any bros, any better suggestion?

[RockLobster]

New pic to share. I added two new sun corals to my tank.

The sun coral on top doesn't seem to be doing well, somehow looks like the 'feelers' are tearing from the main body

Although when I first bought them that piece was the first to show potential of opening....

Now hope and pray it doesn't die on me....

The one on the left is my first sun coral, somehow it seems to open for the whole day, extending itself when I add food to the water.

Have a nice day everyone

[FuEl]

A piece which I had... Blinding lights, relatively slow flow. But it still opened.

[Tigger]

New pic to share. I added two new sun corals to my tank.

The sun coral on top doesn't seem to be doing well, somehow looks like the 'feelers' are tearing from the main body

Although when I first bought them that piece was the first to show potential of opening....

Now hope and pray it doesn't die on me....

The one on the left is my first sun coral, somehow it seems to open for the whole day, extending itself when I add food to the water.

Have a nice day everyone

the top two pcs seems to be gone case liao.

[ReDDeviLs]

why gone case? mine is worst and i still maange to nurse it back to health,no worries

[RockLobster]

the top two pcs seems to be gone case liao.

RedDevil is right

The top two piece have improved alot.. wait till I show you the pic

wait...wait...

[barnacle]

1st few days in my tank

not open yet

[barnacle]

pics taken 5 mins ago

[barnacle]

here the pics

[barnacle]

[roadster]

Bery nice sun corals.

Can advise what to look out for when choosing sun corals ?

I know it ranges from $5 (as in above post ) to tens of dollars, what is the approx for 1 with about 20 mouths, probably 3 inches in diameter ?

[RockLobster]

Updates of my sun corals

[RockLobster]

Closeup

[RockLobster]

Extreme closeup

[williammuk]

Extreme closeup

Great job on the close-up!

Love it!

[flamey]

great close up shot bro!

my cam can neva take dat kinda shot..

[RockLobster]

Thanks for the encouragement!

[gothia]

well done mann!!

i think you really take hell a long time to make them open up like sun flower..

anyway they are gorgeous..

[koniyakutz]

Here is how it looked when I got it on saturday.

It opened today when I fed it mysis shrimp and cyclopeeze.