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JT101 · 11-26-2007, 11:09 AM

I have been the proud owner of a beautiful sun coral for about 5 months. I have luckily been able to train it to open in the daylight. With this “under my belt” I was at a LFS the other day and noticed that the owner had a large sun coral in his coral tank. It's the size of a baseball. The bad news is, the coral looks pretty sick. Most of the “tubers” are not orange, but a light greenish-gray, and some of the insides of the tubers are almost hollow. Still, there are many others that are fairly healthy. The GOOD news is, the owner said he would give it to me for free if I bought a couple of other corals.

Is this too much of a risk?

How can you tell when a sun coral is “too far gone”?

Will I possibly damage/poison my tank if I take a shot at getting this coral?

If I DO, what’s the best way to “nurse” it back to health?

Thanks
John

11-26-2007, 11:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
JT101 Neon dottyback Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hicksville NY Posts: 622 View Gallery Karma Komment	Nursing a sick sun coral back to health I have been the proud owner of a beautiful sun coral for about 5 months. I have luckily been able to train it to open in the daylight. With this “under my belt” I was at a LFS the other day and noticed that the owner had a large sun coral in his coral tank. It's the size of a baseball. The bad news is, the coral looks pretty sick. Most of the “tubers” are not orange, but a light greenish-gray, and some of the insides of the tubers are almost hollow. Still, there are many others that are fairly healthy. The GOOD news is, the owner said he would give it to me for free if I bought a couple of other corals. Is this too much of a risk? How can you tell when a sun coral is “too far gone”? Will I possibly damage/poison my tank if I take a shot at getting this coral? If I DO, what’s the best way to “nurse” it back to health? Thanks John