Anybody keeps non-photosynthetic corals and will talk shop?

[non-photosynt]

Strange thing - I have only twice less light, but my sun come to eat during the day time.
And just like your, do not opens for a long time after closing without being fed.

[JT101]

Originally Posted by non-photosynt

Strange thing - I have only twice less light, but my sun come to eat during the day time.
And just like your, do not opens for a long time after closing without being fed.

I actually did the "daylight training" with my sunny but got lazy and forgot to keep at it, so I guess after a while it decided "hey, I'm not gettin' any food during the daylight, might as well go back to my old ways"

What about black tubastreas? My LFS had a small one recently, didn't get it. Are the polyps actually black, or is that just the skeleton they refer to when describing the color?

[non-photosynt]

I'm more inclined to find the reds, than blacks - these are common in local stores

This is a link to related post: Tubastrea color varieties
HTH

[built4fun1]

See the article in last months Reef Keeping Magazine, Chuck and Amy are members of CSEA Cleveland Saltwater Enthusiasts Association Chucks Tank is awsome unfortunately he is not very computer savy so his posts are counted on one hand. Ericsmacks another member is keeping some now and does post alot. Ask him, he is a good friend of Chucks and probably can tell you a lot. They are both on reef central in the clubs forum.

[vdituri]

Hey JT, I have a couple black suns. When the polyps are fully extended they are more of a maroon color. By far my most favorite.
Are the reds actually red? I've seen shades of orange and pink.

This pic is from a while ago, the skeleton is now almost black.
Alot darker than this pic.

[non-photosynt]

My black sun, another rescue attempt, seems to be T. diaphana:


Was more slow to open, than the orange and pure yellow tubastreas, but now is finally ready to open for a feedings.

I had seen posts and webpages with red and really pink tubastrea (or maybe denrophyllia) - look similar by the shape. Keeper said, that the color didn't disappeared with time, so it wasn't dyed. Never seen them in LFS.

[chum]

Love those sun corals. I have two colonies which have survived over 3 years and are doing great on being target fed about twice weekly. I have to wait until they are extended, usually after feeding a little brine shrimp in the tank, they come alive. Then i turn the current and lights off and feed in absolute darkness or else the tang, clarki, and cleaner shrimp will molest. I use a turkey baster syringe and a flashlight. I wait about 15 minutes, then turn current and lights back on and the fish gobble up the left overs. I got rid of my hermit crabs long ago, as they were too mean to the sunnies.

[Triggerjay]

This is my lace coral:



Jason

[jnohs]

it has been 5 months since i wrote this thread. i have started a much better feeding regime. dt phyto, marine snow, microvert, cyclopezze, mysis, daphnia, oyster eggs.

my tank has matured a lot since then. i purchased an oyster with a carnation coral on it. and to my suprise there was 6 sun polyps on the bottom that have now grown to about 10 or 11. i dont feed them at all they are growing on there own. my gorgonians and sponges are growing very fast now. the biggest thing i realised that was probably the biggest down fall of my nonphoto corals was simply not feeding enough. i feed every day now over the course of 3-4 hours. i put some microvert in almost every time i go near the tank. then when i go get dt's and my home made chilly i put it in a cup with some tank water and dump a little in every couple of minuites. then what i do is on the last little bit i wait untill i have to pee in the middle of the night and then dump it in then. every thing is now growing. thank god.

[funkpolice]

I have a colony of approx. 75 sun corals. I feed them a small amount of cyclopeeze, and one cube of mysis shrimp every day. I feed them at kind of random times, and they are open almost 24 hrs a day. I've been getting lots of new polyps, so I guess I'm feeding them well. Although I've heard otherwise, I think they may have common stomachs, as some polyps I'm not able to reach with the turkey baster have grown significantly. I haven't had the colony very long, about two months, but it looks a whole lot healthier now, than when I bought it. I would love to see a picture or two of your scleronephthya, I'm very interested in keeping one.

bill

[Fauna Marin]

Hi

we keep this animals since some years and have also some breeding success
here are some pictures










greets Claude

[funkpolice]

thats quite a setup you have there. What is the first picture of?
bill

[Planet_Reef]

awesome tank!!!

I was doing some googling and came across your blog too

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