Sun Coral

[cuteios]

Hi gang,

I would like to ask everyone who has had success with sun corals for suggestions on how to care for my new acquisition. I read that this coral needs to be spot fed to thrive, if so what should I be feed this coral, if it isn't too late. It's not really opening up for me.

[kentpoy23]

The Tubastrea Orange Tube Coral is a large polyp stony coral, and may be referred to as the Orange Cup Coral. Its genus name, Tubastraea, is derived from the Latin words tubus (tube) and astron (star), describing its skeletal structure which is tubular, with stars at the tip of each tube. The center skeleton is round with the tubes branching off in all directions. It is a colonial coral with a peach-orange coloration when open; it is a more delicate color than its relative T. faulkneri which is bright orange. In the wild, it is often found on reef ledges or steep reef slopes.
The Orange Tube Coral can be quite fragile and must be handled with extra care. When placing in the aquarium, it must be picked up by its underside. It should have moderate to high water current combined with low lighting levels. It will also benefit from the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. It is a hardy coral for the reef aquarium, but is classified as moderate because of the special care that it requires.

It is one of the few corals that does not contain a symbiotic algae, so it must be fed vitamin-enriched brine shrimp or micro-plankton from an eye dropper directly to each one of its polyps. It will usually only expand its polyps in the evening or when it is hungry.

you can use phytoplankton as its diet... Kent Marine products like phytoplex and chromaplex you can have 1 for 650php...

[thurrmac]

feedings nya 3 times a week or every other day, diets nya a variety of meaty stuff, clams, shrimp, fish, squid... use turkey baster to spot feed, make sure each polyps is fed... here's a tip, use a seperate tank for feeding para hindi maagawan ng ibang fish and to avoid excess nutrients... make sure din na walang matrap na food sa polyps nila after feeding then you can place it back in your DT... have a good calcium and alk readings ok... btw place them in a shaded area in your DT... good luck

[ryanuy]

I have kept my suncoral for a year before i decided to sell it. It started with maybe 5 heads and ended up with more than 10. Had to sell it because i was converting my tank to all SPS tank and feeding the suncorals would add un-necessary wastes to the tank.

They do not eat phytoplankton. Kent phytoplex is practically useless for that particular coral.

They do however eat what thurrmac recommended and 2-3x a week is good enough to keep them healthy IMO.

[richardhao]

[chewz]

[obet_carlos]

Thurrmac is an rp member..

[totoybagsik]

tao po si thurmac haha

[rolandgelo]

natawa naman ako dito..

[jemzac]

Ahahaha yan ang ice breaker...

Sun coral ko buhay na buhay dumi kasi ng tank ko haha

[SHOKOY]

[thurrmac]

ako ay isang mumu...

[boom_smashers]

Hehe. Nakakatawa ka bro thurmac.