September Coral of the Month: Tubastrea - Page 4

Boomer · 09-06-2007, 12:33 PM

No vd that should not be an issue. But I would not try to up them in the brightest spot in the tank

Under the right conditions and care these corals can grow at the same rates as sps or even faster

Dentoid · 09-06-2007, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bluespotjawfish

Scott, your new blackie looks great! I want eyelashes like that. Do they have to use mascara?

LOL! Yea, these are Suns dressed up for Halloween!

Frankie · 09-06-2007, 02:38 PM

I keep mine high up in the reef but the light they get is filtered through a thin walled Monti cap. Also the current rushes around them. I use the Suns to help shape the Monti by directing the flow with them under it.

GeeWizzItsMe · 09-08-2007, 08:35 PM

The beautiful open sun coral that was at my favorite LFS was taken! They diddn't have any other ones! Guess I will have to wait a few more weeks...

aquaman3680 · 09-08-2007, 11:39 PM

I must confess that I purchased one because of this thread! I must say they are beautiful! Mine has yet to fully open up because it was more of a rescue mission than anything. But he is eating and becoming more open every day! For now i am feeding it every day with the taking out of tank and placing in a container method! Seems to be working pretty good!

Matt

GeeWizzItsMe · 09-08-2007, 11:41 PM

Cool Matt! I am also inspired to buy one because if this thread! If you read my last post it says I actually tried to buy one today! Pics of yours please and good luck!

Frankie · 09-09-2007, 09:53 AM

I am bumping this thread because i have learned so much from it about a coral I love to keep. Maybe we can share pictures of them also. I will try try to get some new good pictures tonight just after lights out.

Anselth · 09-09-2007, 09:59 AM

I'm seriously considering getting one of these corals thanks to this thread. Lots of good information from everyone. I look forward to future COTM threads.

forestal · 09-09-2007, 10:50 AM

great thread with awesome pics and info... I have a yellow, growing well, and am looking to get a second one so they will maybe breed... i have seen others with this happen...

? for those of you with experience... I tried my hand at a black sun coral that was in the lfs looking poorly, got it to come out after a couple weeks and weakly feed but it ended up dying... i am thinking it was just too stressed by the time i got it... harder to care for? or just bad luck on my part

Dentoid · 09-09-2007, 01:06 PM

Borneman wrote in his Coral book that the blacks are "...a poor prospect for most aquarists." That doesn't mean that it can't be done though. The one I got is very healthy and doing well. I've only had it a little over a week though!

VDituri has one too. How long have you had it Victor?

forestal · 09-09-2007, 02:10 PM

mine lasted 6 months but slowly faded, but it looked bad when i first got it

vdituri · 09-10-2007, 02:44 PM

I've had mine for about 8 months now and seems to be doing great.
has added a couple of new polyps. It was in superb condition when I got it.
It makes a big difference.
The yellow I bought was in ill health when I got it, but I was less educated then. I'm trying to bring it back and it seems to be responding slowly.
I take it out and put in a bowl so I can concentrate the food for just it and I let it feed for about 15-20 mins swirling the food around every once in a while. I'm going to try the 2 liter plastic bottle cover idea so I don't keep taking it in and out of the tank. But it is on the road to recovery.

hma · 09-10-2007, 05:09 PM

My Tubastrea faulkneri! Their polyps are during the day open. I trained very slowly with it, feed it with Artemia and Mysis.

cheeks69 · 09-10-2007, 06:19 PM

Wow it looks spectacular Heinz !
How do you target feed them, with a turkey baster or by hand ?
Anyone feeding theirs with cyclop-eeze or is it too small ?

caitrina · 09-10-2007, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by cheeks69

Wow it looks spectacular Heinz !
How do you target feed them, with a turkey baster or by hand ?
Anyone feeding theirs with cyclop-eeze or is it too small ?

Mine gets a little bit of everything...I mostly target feed wtih mysis and other times I will target feed with live brine...when I feed with cyclop-eeze I see pieces of it on its polyps..as far as feeding them with just this I don't think I would because it is so small and I think would leave them hungry. So far mine have eaten everything I have introduced to them, including small pellet foods that have fallen on their polyps and other things that were blown onto them by the flow of water. I have done a mixture of cyclopz and mysis which I target fed, in fact I pretty much mix up lots of things and give them.

09-06-2007, 12:33 PM	#46 (permalink)
Boomer Reef Sanctuary's Mr. Wizard Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Duluth, Minnesota Posts: 2,020 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: September Coral of the Month: Tubastrea No vd that should not be an issue. But I would not try to up them in the brightest spot in the tank Under the right conditions and care these corals can grow at the same rates as sps or even faster __________________ Boomer Want to Talk Chemistry ! The Reef Chemistry Forum Want to See More ! The Coral Realm If you See Me Running You Better Catch-Up An explosion can be defined as a loud noise, accompanied by the sudden going away of things, from a place where they use to be.

09-06-2007, 02:38 PM	#48 (permalink)
Frankie Angel Girl's Daddy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The End Of The World Posts: 6,816 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: September Coral of the Month: Tubastrea I keep mine high up in the reef but the light they get is filtered through a thin walled Monti cap. Also the current rushes around them. I use the Suns to help shape the Monti by directing the flow with them under it. __________________ Visit my aquarium -->Frankie's 120 gal Experiment Bruce: Today's meeting is Step 5: Bring a fish friend. Everyone brought a fish friend? DIY=DO IT YOURSELF! If we ignore the environment maybe it will go away....

09-08-2007, 08:35 PM	#49 (permalink)
GeeWizzItsMe See Golden Compass Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville Posts: 1,857 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: September Coral of the Month: Tubastrea The beautiful open sun coral that was at my favorite LFS was taken! They diddn't have any other ones! Guess I will have to wait a few more weeks... __________________ VP of Dork Club http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-new-tank.html

09-08-2007, 11:39 PM	#50 (permalink)
aquaman3680 Golden Moray Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 2,122 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: September Coral of the Month: Tubastrea I must confess that I purchased one because of this thread! I must say they are beautiful! Mine has yet to fully open up because it was more of a rescue mission than anything. But he is eating and becoming more open every day! For now i am feeding it every day with the taking out of tank and placing in a container method! Seems to be working pretty good! Matt __________________ Check it out! The 90 gallon Road Trip

09-08-2007, 11:41 PM	#51 (permalink)
GeeWizzItsMe See Golden Compass Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville Posts: 1,857 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: September Coral of the Month: Tubastrea Cool Matt! I am also inspired to buy one because if this thread! If you read my last post it says I actually tried to buy one today! Pics of yours please and good luck! __________________ VP of Dork Club http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-new-tank.html

09-09-2007, 09:53 AM	#52 (permalink)
Frankie Angel Girl's Daddy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The End Of The World Posts: 6,816 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: September Coral of the Month: Tubastrea I am bumping this thread because i have learned so much from it about a coral I love to keep. Maybe we can share pictures of them also. I will try try to get some new good pictures tonight just after lights out. __________________ Visit my aquarium -->Frankie's 120 gal Experiment Bruce: Today's meeting is Step 5: Bring a fish friend. Everyone brought a fish friend? DIY=DO IT YOURSELF! If we ignore the environment maybe it will go away....

09-09-2007, 09:59 AM	#53 (permalink)
Anselth Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 901 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: September Coral of the Month: Tubastrea I'm seriously considering getting one of these corals thanks to this thread. Lots of good information from everyone. I look forward to future COTM threads. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

09-09-2007, 10:50 AM	#54 (permalink)
forestal Torch coral Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vernon, CT Posts: 582 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: September Coral of the Month: Tubastrea great thread with awesome pics and info... I have a yellow, growing well, and am looking to get a second one so they will maybe breed... i have seen others with this happen... ? for those of you with experience... I tried my hand at a black sun coral that was in the lfs looking poorly, got it to come out after a couple weeks and weakly feed but it ended up dying... i am thinking it was just too stressed by the time i got it... harder to care for? or just bad luck on my part __________________ Peace, Dan

09-09-2007, 01:06 PM	#55 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 10,239 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: September Coral of the Month: Tubastrea Borneman wrote in his Coral book that the blacks are "...a poor prospect for most aquarists." That doesn't mean that it can't be done though. The one I got is very healthy and doing well. I've only had it a little over a week though! VDituri has one too. How long have you had it Victor? __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

09-09-2007, 02:10 PM	#56 (permalink)
forestal Torch coral Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vernon, CT Posts: 582 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: September Coral of the Month: Tubastrea mine lasted 6 months but slowly faded, but it looked bad when i first got it __________________ Peace, Dan

09-10-2007, 02:44 PM	#57 (permalink)
vdituri Excellent Guesser :D Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento California Posts: 5,641 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: September Coral of the Month: Tubastrea I've had mine for about 8 months now and seems to be doing great. has added a couple of new polyps. It was in superb condition when I got it. It makes a big difference. The yellow I bought was in ill health when I got it, but I was less educated then. I'm trying to bring it back and it seems to be responding slowly. I take it out and put in a bowl so I can concentrate the food for just it and I let it feed for about 15-20 mins swirling the food around every once in a while. I'm going to try the 2 liter plastic bottle cover idea so I don't keep taking it in and out of the tank. But it is on the road to recovery. __________________ Victor ----- People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

09-10-2007, 05:09 PM	#58 (permalink)
hma Acropora Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,896 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: September Coral of the Month: Tubastrea My Tubastrea faulkneri! Their polyps are during the day open. I trained very slowly with it, feed it with Artemia and Mysis. __________________ Heinz Luck is a good health and a bad memory (Albert Schweitzer) Balling Method : Balling +Plus Video : Centropyge potteri Tools : Balling Calculator My Chronicle and ReefDreams HM-Aquarium Photo Calendar 2008 "IF SHARKS DIE, THE SEA DIES"

09-10-2007, 06:19 PM	#59 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 6,584 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: September Coral of the Month: Tubastrea Wow it looks spectacular Heinz ! How do you target feed them, with a turkey baster or by hand ? Anyone feeding theirs with cyclop-eeze or is it too small ? __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

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