Suncoral

[marinereef]

Hi.....

I have just bought a suncoral for abt 3 days......but it doesnt open.

Why ???

Pls help

Thanks

[sherman]

Did you feed it with prawn?

Regards

[CooL_anakin]

In my experience, they need something which smells nice to them to make them open. Like prawn. They do not respond much to light intensities and need regular feeding. Food like brineshrimp can be fed to them.

I used to put half bad prawn infront of the power head and they'll open readily. Then feed brineshrimps to them when they've extended their polyps. They need moderate current. Try placing them in such places where there is water movement.

[Fireclown]

You might want to try feeding cyclops. They have this strong fishy smell. My fishes and seafan loves it.

[euphoria]

You might want to try feeding cyclops. They have this strong fishy smell. My fishes and seafan loves it.

i agree! only when i dump in cyclops , can i see all my black sun polyps open. usually only 2 or 3 buds...

[flubberina13]

i agree! only when i dump in cyclops , can i see all my black sun polyps open. usually only 2 or 3 buds...

BLACK SUN POLYPS???

Not again...otherwise, I may have to put your tank's pics beside mine...

[marinereef]

Thanks all bros here for the advise.

I will try it tomorrow....will keep u guys undate.

[jason]

Give the sun some current..... and it will open up..... suncoral requires lots of feeding.

[Tigger]

Give it some time. My suncoral after a month start eating like pig

[euphoria]

BLACK SUN POLYPS???

Not again...otherwise, I may have to put your tank's pics beside mine...

ha ha...it the polyps of Black Sun Coral...its actually a little greenish in colour. no pics though

after cyclops, it opens up much more. thanks to all the info here

and its funny, they seemed to hate the lights, rather than simply not needing them. the polyps open immediately after the lights off