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Reef Goddess · 02-12-2008, 01:42 PM

Frankie those are really nice sun corals!!

I don't really have any non-photosynthetic corals per se, but I do have a lot of tunicates that continue to spring up everywhere and my current flame scallops have been in my tank for 5 months or more. I had a flame scallop in my 180 for over 3 years until an anemone sat on it.

I think it helps a lot to have really established rock or something. I would say a sandbed but we didn't have one in the old tank or the newer tanks. I don't feed phyto, but I do feed lots of different frozen foods pretty frequently. I have had to cut back lately cause our nitrates had crept up to 50 (gasp!) but everything seems to be doing pretty well. I've always had luck keeping christmas worms, etc. Sun coral not so much because you have to be really diligent about feeding them, at least in the beginning. I do think a lot of the filter feeding creatures like good flow and shady spots.

Success with these kinds of corals is about starting with the smaller stuff and working your way up. It takes a lot of trial and error as well. Many people have told me I wouldn't be able to keep certain things that I've ended up having a lot of success in keeping.

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Reef Goddess Star Polyps Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Coral Gables, FL Posts: 169 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anybody keeps non-photosynthetic corals and will talk shop? Frankie those are really nice sun corals!! I don't really have any non-photosynthetic corals per se, but I do have a lot of tunicates that continue to spring up everywhere and my current flame scallops have been in my tank for 5 months or more. I had a flame scallop in my 180 for over 3 years until an anemone sat on it. I think it helps a lot to have really established rock or something. I would say a sandbed but we didn't have one in the old tank or the newer tanks. I don't feed phyto, but I do feed lots of different frozen foods pretty frequently. I have had to cut back lately cause our nitrates had crept up to 50 (gasp!) but everything seems to be doing pretty well. I've always had luck keeping christmas worms, etc. Sun coral not so much because you have to be really diligent about feeding them, at least in the beginning. I do think a lot of the filter feeding creatures like good flow and shady spots. Success with these kinds of corals is about starting with the smaller stuff and working your way up. It takes a lot of trial and error as well. Many people have told me I wouldn't be able to keep certain things that I've ended up having a lot of success in keeping. __________________ REEFGARDENER.NET The only place you ever need to visit!!