SW: Sun coral

[Catpicklesdog]

After doing a bit of rearranging in my sump today I stirred up quite a bit of sand as you can see from the cloudy tank!!!



But a certain sun coral thoroughly enjoyed it, opening up early to grab any bits!!!!

 

[Octavarium]

I love that coral, I can't find any around here from fellow reefers of LFS

 

[got2envy]

That is a great pic!

 

[Grins]

The ones I see in the stores here are typically just a few heads and they are never gorgeous like yours.

 

[Sploke]

How much work do these things actually take? I've seen a few frags lately with maybe 8-10 heads on them...and I really like them.

 

[Ace25]

Is that were they stay all the time? I thought sun corals didn't like being in the light (I know, sounds strange considering the name). If that is where it has been and looks that good obviously your caring for it right.

 

[Grins]

From what I understand they just don't need the light. They can take it, but don't need it due to not being photosynethic.

 

[Bnoble]

Sweet!

 

[Catpicklesdog]

General consensus used to be that they should be kept out of the light. During my research though, I noticed a few places stating it wasn't necessary. Like Grins said, they don't need the light to survive. Before I re-scaped it was in a slight cave and used to open up when lights went off. Since I've moved it here it opens up morning and night and sometimes during the day. So I'll let the pictures be the judge!!! (Oh and the fact I have baby ones popping up all over the tank!!!)

With regards to care, they're not that hard. You just have to target feed them every couple of days. I feed them with a mixture of mysis, krill and finely chopped mussel and try and put a piece in as many heads as possible.

 

[Grins]

CPD, do you use a dome over them when feeding?