Have I been "had" by the LFS?
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that's part of the problem with some LFS's. Sometimes they don't know as much as they want you to THINK they know. He probably thought that because this species lives in darkened areas it avoids light all together. That's not the case. It just merely thrives where other corals can't. Adaption baby
Allen
JT101
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that's part of the problem with some LFS's. Sometimes they don't know as much as they want you to THINK they know. He probably thought that because this species lives in darkened areas it avoids light all together. That's not the case. It just merely thrives where other corals can't. Adaption baby
Allen
I hear ya! Either way, I'm just really glad that it finally opened up and seems healthy.
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GeeWizzItsMe
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Ship that baby to me lol! Good luck, and I hope you get it!
JT101
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Thanks again to all for the good cheer :snshne: !
My sunny is doing fine. So far it stays closed most of the day but opens up when the daylights go out and the actinics remain on. At this point it is only about halfway open. Last couple of nights I have been feeding it with a little invention I put together. It consists of a clear plastic cup that I drilled-out the bottom of and glued in a 1/2" clear plastic tube sticking out of the bottom and long enough to reach up beyond the surface of the water. What I do is place the open end of the cup over the sunny which essentially traps it. Then I drip in some defrosted Cyclop-Eez into the open end of the tube sticking out. The Cyclop-Eez, being heavier than water, rapidly drift downwards to the "trapped" sunny. In this fashion I can feed it without my other fish stealing all its food (which has happened a few times). When the sunny closes on food and it looks like it's done eating I just lift up the contraption.
However, I notice that the coral doesn't really open way up until about 20 minutes AFTER I feed it. It's almost like it's saying, "Hey, I really liked that, can I have some more please?" I have not fed it afterwards being concerned about overfeeding it. What should I do? Feed it again anyway?
Thanks
John
My sunny is doing fine. So far it stays closed most of the day but opens up when the daylights go out and the actinics remain on. At this point it is only about halfway open. Last couple of nights I have been feeding it with a little invention I put together. It consists of a clear plastic cup that I drilled-out the bottom of and glued in a 1/2" clear plastic tube sticking out of the bottom and long enough to reach up beyond the surface of the water. What I do is place the open end of the cup over the sunny which essentially traps it. Then I drip in some defrosted Cyclop-Eez into the open end of the tube sticking out. The Cyclop-Eez, being heavier than water, rapidly drift downwards to the "trapped" sunny. In this fashion I can feed it without my other fish stealing all its food (which has happened a few times). When the sunny closes on food and it looks like it's done eating I just lift up the contraption.
However, I notice that the coral doesn't really open way up until about 20 minutes AFTER I feed it. It's almost like it's saying, "Hey, I really liked that, can I have some more please?" I have not fed it afterwards being concerned about overfeeding it. What should I do? Feed it again anyway?
Thanks
John
JT101
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Sweet sun man! Glad it opened up for you. I wish you would sell it. I am looking for more to complete my corner.
!Sorry bud, this sunny is MINE :snshne: !
In fact, the same LFS guy just got in several more - guess where I'm going after work today :smirk: ?
framerguy
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They love seconds! I feed mine everyday, if he's not hungry he wouldn't eat. They don't photosynthesise and rely on you for their food. Try using DT also, mine loves it. I mix DT, a small chunk of oyster egg and either cyclopeeze or mysis and make a banquet smorgasboard mush. My GSP and Goniopora goes crazy for it too.