Progress on my Favorite Corals - Added more pics.
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Topic: Progress on my Favorite Corals - Added more pics.
Posted By: sukie
Subject: Progress on my Favorite Corals - Added more pics.
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 1:01am
So what's my favorite corals??? Suncorals!! I  them!!! There's a good bud on the forum who gave me a colony because they need the extra T.L.C - so I thought I would post pics of their progress. . . 10/29/06 - pretty sad huh?   12/3/06 - Ah. . .looking a bit better! I think at this point they were trained. I will have to say training them was the hardest part, but once you got them there - it's all down hill ya know!  1/1/07 - Wha? Do I see babies??  Today:  Up-close of the offspring:  Sorry for the crappy pics. . . but you kind of get the idea.  I think I've doubled the heads on this colony. I'm super impressed and patted myself on the back   ------------- http://sukie.mt-wudan.com/ - My Blog |
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Posted By: ReefBones
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 1:45am
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Awesome Sukie!!!!! ------------- 140 gallon Reef 65 gallon Reef 55 gallon Aggressive www.thesalttank.com 801-865-6074 "encourage other divers and sea enthusiasts to take nothing but pictures and leave nothing but bubbles" |
Posted By: tileman
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 7:02am
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Great job Amy, Next thing you know they will spread throughout your tank. ------------- 335G Reef TOTM. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2015/2/aquarium ReefKeepers TOTM Feb. 2012 http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index....k-of-the-month & |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 8:50am
Good job  -------------  |
Posted By: sukie
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 9:35am
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Thanks guys!! I noticed more babies on the back of the colony last night after snapping the shots. You wanna know what's funny?? The hubby knows the V-day is coming up (& if you're a man. . this is a friendly reminder to get something for your special someone or else. . .  ) and he said that my gift would be another colony maybe the black ones!! Ooo I'm excited!!!------------- http://sukie.mt-wudan.com/ - My Blog |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 10:18am
Ok. So now black flowers are in for Valentine's Day?  ------------- |
Posted By: sukie
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 11:00am
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------------- http://sukie.mt-wudan.com/ - My Blog |
Posted By: chris.rogers
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 1:53pm
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Amy, what lights do you have them growing under?
------------- Ils sont fous, ces Romains! |
Posted By: sukie
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 1:59pm
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PCs. . .but they're not photosynthesis.
------------- http://sukie.mt-wudan.com/ - My Blog |
Posted By: Gahlenfr
Date Posted: February 08 2007 at 2:13pm
| Great job Amie, they look very healthy! |
Posted By: Pinner Reef
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 6:19am
See all it takes is the love of a good woman. Nice job! I've considered these a couple of times however am a bit trepidatious about my abilities in keeping them.
-pinner ------------- In SLC Near Downtown |
Posted By: Chuck Elliott
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 8:58pm
| e-mail me when they're ready to frag!! |
Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 1:48pm
| Fantastic job Amie. Unfortunately mine have gone the opposite direction although I have been able to keep some of them alive for over 3 years now. |
Posted By: eldiente
Date Posted: March 05 2007 at 12:49am
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When you say "train them" I'm assuming you mean feading right. Can you elaborate on how you did that. thanks, they look great by the way, you give the rest of us hope! ------------- Brian Twin Falls, Idaho 210 Gallon Glass reef |
Posted By: sukie
Date Posted: March 05 2007 at 9:23am
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Well I have a 27gal nano and I think these corals are perfect nano tank corals. But when I got them. . I had to turn off all my water movement devices and lay the mysis on them. making sure all the heads got food. If the heads are connected by tissue then you just have to worry about feeding the main head. (are you confused?) But I did this for bout a month, every night around the same time. The corals got to the point where they just opened up every night once the pcs turned off. Once they got to that stage, I left the pumps on and I could shoot the mysis/brine mixture to the heads and they got caught the food. But I think what really started them to grow more is krill. Yup they eat krill! When I had my fungia I would feed them krill so why not the sun corals. . . I think when I feed them the krill I could go longer between feedings. The suncorals are at a point where they know when food gets shot in the tank and they begin opening up. But my black sun corals in the process of training. . . . just begin opening at night. . . . hopefully in a month or two I can post progress shots of them. Okay boring rant over. . . ------------- http://sukie.mt-wudan.com/ - My Blog |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: March 05 2007 at 9:44am
Not boring at all. It sounds like the beginings of a good SeaStar article to me. ------------- |
Posted By: Kevin
Date Posted: March 05 2007 at 10:11am
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So just curious. Do you feed at the EXACT same time each day? Or does it need to be within a window -- namely -- feed within an hour or two of a certain time?
I have always wanted a sun coral but have feared that I wouldn't be disiplined enough for them. I have no problem spot feeding them, my problem is spot feeding them at an exact time each day. When I feed it is somewhere between 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm and I don't know if that is as exact as they would need. |
Posted By: Suzy
Date Posted: March 05 2007 at 10:18am
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I feed mine at random times, and they open up very quickly when they "smell" food.
------------- http://www.suzysreef.com - SuzysReef.com http://z4.invisionfree.com/UtahBreeder/index.php?showtopic=11&st=0&#last - Using Macroalgae for Aquascaping |
Posted By: sukie
Date Posted: March 05 2007 at 11:08am
Suzy hit it on the mark. . . I just feed them any time after my lights went off. And she's right, once they get the smell of food they open up. ------------- http://sukie.mt-wudan.com/ - My Blog |
Kevin wrote:Posted By: jpiotrowski
Date Posted: March 05 2007 at 3:35pm
| Sometimes I add just a little bit of food around the colony and they open, though I feed them cyclop-eze and they just seem to gorge themselves. After three rounds of feeding I stop for fear they will explode! |
Posted By: jpiotrowski
Date Posted: March 06 2007 at 8:23am
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I have noticed something with my sun corals and wanted others' opinion. The day after I put them into my tank they extended their polyps to feed for a night or two. Then they kept them retracted and wouldn't extend even with a quick blast of cyclop-eze. The end of last week they extended fully a coule of nights in a row just as the mh's turned off. Now they are back to not opening. This morning I hit them with a quick blast of cyclop-eze and a couple opened.
Any input?
John
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Posted By: sukie
Date Posted: March 06 2007 at 9:43am
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Mine do that now and then . . they're back on track. I wouldn't worry about it.
------------- http://sukie.mt-wudan.com/ - My Blog |
Posted By: Debbles
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 11:22pm
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I just got a colony of suncorals today. They are all closed up right now. Does anyone have suggestions on when I should feed them the first time and any special needs they have. I put it in my 29 gal tank with pc lighting. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Posted By: sukie
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 11:27pm
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Just mysis and krill when they get more open.
------------- http://sukie.mt-wudan.com/ - My Blog |
Posted By: Debbles
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 11:32pm
| Thank you! |
Posted By: sukie
Date Posted: August 31 2007 at 11:50pm
Will they eat it??? YES THEY WILL!!!!!  |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 6:54am
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Wow! They are eating it.
Mike ------------- |
Posted By: Debbles
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 8:29am
I guess I better go get my sun corals some shrimp now. I didn't know they would eat it. ------------- Yes Mikey...I still have fins!!! |
Posted By: GARFVolunteer
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 3:03pm
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Sukie,
That is so cool...
Thanks,
Scott ------------- President Idaho Marine Aquarium Society A fair and biased reef hobbyist "How do you make poor people rich by making rich people poor" Rush Limbaugh on Obama taxes |
Posted By: sivert55
Date Posted: September 07 2007 at 5:35pm
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I had no idea something so small could eat something so big. i bet they can go weeks between feedings with portions like that. ------------- Sold it all. Building a 285 with dedicated fishroom. |
Posted By: Jamison
Date Posted: September 07 2007 at 5:50pm
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That is IMPRESSIVE. Your sun polyps put that Kobayashi guy (Nathan's hot dog eating champion) to shame! ------------- Educate. Inspire. Conserve. http://[email protected] |
Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: September 30 2007 at 3:38pm
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So are "sun polyps" and "sun coral" the same thing?
My wife picked up some "sun polyps" from Aquatica Saturday because she really likes the color (in spite of the feeding issues, etc.)...
They opened up last night (I saw them with the 'moonlights' on) but I figured I'd give them at least another day or 2 (night or 2?) until I try to feed them.
Just want to make sure all the tips posted here for sun "coral" also apply to sun "polyps"
 Thanks! ------------- - My Current Tank: 65g Starfire (sitting empty for 2+ years) - * Marine & Reef tanks since 1977 * |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: September 30 2007 at 3:40pm
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Yes. Sun Polyps it the popular name.
Mike ------------- |
Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: September 30 2007 at 3:43pm
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Thanks Mike - that was fast Shawn also had a "Firecracker Coral" that my wife absolutely LOVED... until she found it it retails for $449.00 Sun polys were only 27 bucks... so you can guess which way we went
 ------------- - My Current Tank: 65g Starfire (sitting empty for 2+ years) - * Marine & Reef tanks since 1977 * |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: September 30 2007 at 3:45pm
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$449.00!!!
Way out of my budget!
Mike ------------- |
Posted By: tileman
Date Posted: September 30 2007 at 5:34pm
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Amy, Soon you'll want some of these. Quite a bit larger than the sun polyps, and they stay open most of the day.
Dendrophyllia
 ------------- 335G Reef TOTM. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2015/2/aquarium ReefKeepers TOTM Feb. 2012 http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index....k-of-the-month & |
Posted By: dkle
Date Posted: September 30 2007 at 6:16pm
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That is just beautiful Brad! One of these days, the price is gonna be low enough!!!! And I will jump on the band wagon!
------------- If you can't bedazzle them with your brilliance, baffle them with your bs! Dinhkim Le - Procrastinator extra-ordinare |
Posted By: Debbles
Date Posted: September 30 2007 at 6:31pm
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What are those called Brad? I forgot. I love them. Sun corals are my favorite corals and those look quite a bit like them. ------------- Yes Mikey...I still have fins!!! |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: September 30 2007 at 6:57pm
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They are called "Dendros" (Dendrophyllia)
Mike ------------- |
Posted By: Debbles
Date Posted: September 30 2007 at 7:04pm
Oh my gosh, I must tired. It says the name right in the post. Thanks Mike!  ------------- Yes Mikey...I still have fins!!! |
Posted By: sukie
Date Posted: October 23 2007 at 10:13am
Way jealous btw of these. I want just one polyp and I would be happy! ------------- http://sukie.mt-wudan.com/ - My Blog |
Posted By: bwinberg
Date Posted: October 23 2007 at 11:04am
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Thats what I always tell my wife. Just one new coral, just one more fish. Just one new light fixture. I promise that will make me happy. You know your an addict just like the rest of us. Just one more will never make you happy.
------------- 24 Gal JBJ Nano Cube |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: October 23 2007 at 11:26am
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It would make me happy for this week.
Mike ------------- |