Yellow Polyps

[CHughes]

I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this, but can anyone point me to a good web source for maintaining soft corals? I'm not sure if I am providing an appropriate environment and feeding for the Yellow Polyps I have???

I realize this is a broad question, but as a newbie to salt (about a year so far), I am leary to populate at tank and not provide the right lighting and nutriutional requirements.

Any assistance will be appreciated.

Chris

[g. mcclean]

My first suggestion is to buy or borrow Eric Borneman's book on corals. In it he covers feeding, light requirements etc for most corals we might want to keep. Yellow polyps appears to be a term for many different types of colonial polyps, each having somewhat different requirements. Some live with commensal organisms. Some are photosynthetic. You probably need to know more about the exact kind you have.

[mogurnda]

I don't like answering questions on species I haven't kept, but here goes. Yellow polyps are zoanthids, more closely related to stony than soft corals. They are supposedly easy to keep, and can thrive in a broad range of light intensities. They prefer bright light and moderate to strong currents, though. They do best when fed small bits of meaty food, like brine shrimp, mysis, even flake.
They will sting their neighbors, so be careful who you put them next to.
That's what I've read, anyway.

g's right about Borneman's book. If you plan on continuing to keep corals, it's a very wise investment.

[VoodooChild]

I've had a colony now for 3 months or so and I think they're awsome. I've got them running under a 96 w quad bulb (10000K) and they seem to being doing great. I used to feed them but was informed that they can rely on the photosynthetic algae for nutrition and that in turn will just make them brighter. I've haven't fed them now since probably the first two weeks that I got them and they've gotten bigger and slooooowly are starting to spread. Very much the centerpiece of my softie tank.