Black branching sun coral

Ooooooo 

I really wanted a black coral and I pretty much freaked out when I saw this. We bought it on a whim and I didnt really do research beforehand, I know, not smart. But I figured it couldnt be much different from feeding my fungia and my duncans. I guess they are extremely sensative compared to the regular sun corals, which are already sensative lol.  Im excited for this too. It should be fun, like a new pet! :)  Im planning on posting updated pictures next week, I've read they take a few days to open up after being moved, and they have to know you will feed them.  YAY! lol

I love my Black (looks deep forest green with all the polyps out) Sun Coral. I acquired it a couple of years ago- for free. However, it did required being brought back from the dead. Non photosynthetic- no light required. Good flow. Keep it out of the sand to avoid irritating the coral tissue. Feeding two-three times a day would be great for the coral, but your tank may not like it. I used to feed mine daily, then three-four times a week. Now, when ever I get around to feeding my fish. Work is extremely busy and I'm lucky to even see the tank anymore! I will try and post a picture when I get home tonight.

I've had a pink branching sun coral for about 8 months now.  I fragged it for one or two people, so it would be interesting to see if their pieces are still alive.  I have four other dendros and a regular sun coral.  I only feed the tank once a day.  I usually feed the larger dendro heads an additional 1-2 times a week.  

Flesh is starting to appear closer to the tips! Im hoping itll open up tomorrow night!

Here is a pic of the one I had. I tried for about 4 weeks to train it like I did my Dendros. It would never come out to eat other than at night. I gave it to some one that has a specific tank for this kind of coral. They are very difficult to keep and if tissue is receding already, you have a big problem. 

OMG so.... about an hour or so ago, i posted the comment above. Well I didnt feel like taking the coral out of the water to feed it. So I took a cube of frozen food (its dinner time anyways so dont judge) held it in my grabber things and held it above the sun coral letting the food touch the tips. I was pretty much just annoying it and it sucked in further. About 30 minutes later, I looked back at the coral and little green fingers were popping out all over the smaller heads and the mouths were appearing and opening on the larger heads. SO EXCITING!!!!!!!!!  Its hard to tell because cell phone pictures are crappy, but hopefully you can see a difference between the 2 pictures. This is awsome!

Do not remove the coral from the water to feed.
An easy trick to feeding is to add a small amount of food directly to the water column. Wait 10 minutes. If the corals polyps still aren't open, lightly spray the coral directly and wait another 10. At that point load a turkey baster with a variety of food and spray the coral. I always feed my sun corals (and any others) during they day. At this point, my Sun Corals and Dendros are open most of the day. Pictures to come later today!

last night a head opened up and was eating, good sign!!

How's this Dave? I took the liberty of editing just a LITTLE cause I was curious about colors. Hope it's cool.