Azedenkae Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 After three months without corals, I am so happy to have them again!I decided that it was time to get corals about two weeks ago after my aquarium has cycled, so yesterday after coming to work (I work at an aquarium store) for a meeting, I came out with six corals. :3Three Hammers, an Elegance.And a Sinuous Bubble Coral.The Bubble Coral will get a setup all to its own once... I set it up lol. Whenever that is. Also got a Sunflower Coral (Tubastrea sp.) that I tossed in the sump to see what happens. Link to comment
Fluffeh Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 that looks like a big hammer colony! Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 It does eh! XD The colors of the mint and green are different enough in real life, but in the photo it looks similar. I'm hoping to get a 'fluoro-toxic' and a brown one as well, to give it variety. :3 Link to comment
basser1 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Congrats... Lookin' good! Keep us updated as they grow!! Link to comment
Thomas898 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 That hammer colony is awesome!! Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Thanks! And yeah, really loving the colony. Hammers are amongst my favourite corals. Link to comment
LebaneseDlight Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 What's not to love about hammers? I bet you love torches and frogspawn too The hammer to the right seems a little receded, but should bounce back nicely in a protected spot. If your powerhead is to the right of the tank, I'd move that hammer to the other side to shelter it from the flow. Just my $.02. And, I don't mean to harp, but a blue tang in a 9 gallon tank is heartbreaking Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 What's not to love about hammers? I bet you love torches and frogspawn too The hammer to the right seems a little receded, but should bounce back nicely in a protected spot. If your powerhead is to the right of the tank, I'd move that hammer to the other side to shelter it from the flow. Just my $.02. And, I don't mean to harp, but a blue tang in a 9 gallon tank is heartbreaking Oh yeah temporary resident, the Regal Tang is. Don't worry it's getting moved. And yeah, I love torches and frogspawns too! The hammers (all of them actually) were doing pretty badly at the store, we had a loose chiller on earlier in the week that resulted in temps rising above 30. >< So the hammers are bouncing back - the two greenish ones better than the yellow, but I am keeping an eye out on it. There's no powerhead in there, only the return to the left. Though the water does get pushed to the front right area first (and then bounces downwards and backwards against the corals. The yellow one was the most receded of all three since the store, but do you think that could be having an effect anyways? Since the others seems to be doing pretty well? Link to comment
LebaneseDlight Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hard to say, likely just not bouncing back as fast because it was the most receded from the store. But if the other side has lower flow, I don't see the harm in switching it so it's more protected. But I can't imagine the return would be too generating too much flow. Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hard to say, likely just not bouncing back as fast because it was the most receded from the store. But if the other side has lower flow, I don't see the harm in switching it so it's more protected. But I can't imagine the return would be too generating too much flow. Yeah I guess that's why it's hard to say eh. :/ Not sure if either or both or neither is playing a part. I'll just have to keep an eye on it. Anyone know much about sunflower corals? I haven't really see much from it, kinda wondering if my 'experiment' is doomed to fail from the start. XD Link to comment
LebaneseDlight Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Sun corals are nonphotosynthetic, as you know, keeping it in your sump. You have to entice it to open for you. It usually does so at night, but you might have to squirt some food(i.e., mysis shrimp with along with the water you thawed it in works well for this) with the pumps off and let it sit there for a while, but it shouldn't be too hard. Once it's trained, it'll open up for you at your normal feeding time. Here's an article that you might find informative http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2011/12/corals Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Sun corals are nonphotosynthetic, as you know, keeping it in your sump. You have to entice it to open for you. It usually does so at night, but you might have to squirt some food(i.e., mysis shrimp with along with the water you thawed it in works well for this) with the pumps off and let it sit there for a while, but it shouldn't be too hard. Once it's trained, it'll open up for you at your normal feeding time. Here's an article that you might find informative http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2011/12/corals Oh wow, thanks for that! Very cool. Had a read through, will read it more carefully. Gonna go sprinkle some food on it now and see what happens. Then brine shrimp when I get some. Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Also got a Sunflower Coral (Tubastrea sp.) that I tossed in the sump to see what happens. yeah, as mentioned these aren't quite corals that you can just "toss in the sump" (and keep alive). put it in the DT, in an area that's most accessible to you, and preferably with high flow. feed it at least every other day Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 yeah, as mentioned these aren't quite corals that you can just "toss in the sump" (and keep alive). put it in the DT, in an area that's most accessible to you, and preferably with high flow. feed it at least every other day Wait wut? Now I am confused. Why can't they go in sumps again? Link to comment
ndrobey Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 The sun coral would be awesome in the display tank. You just need to put it in an accessible place so you can feed it. Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Wait wut? Now I am confused. Why can't they go in sumps again? To clarify, it's ok to go in either the sump or DT, as long as it gets frequent feedings. People often forget about things that are in the sump, which is why I recommended putting it in the DT Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Ah kay. It'll be fine in my sump then. The purpose of it is to catch drifting food that flows into the sump anyways. Or so I am trying to see if that will work anyways. Link to comment
hypostatic Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Ah kay. It'll be fine in my sump then. The purpose of it is to catch drifting food that flows into the sump anyways. Or so I am trying to see if that will work anyways. What I'm trying to say is that this coral needs direct feeding. It wont be fed by random food that makes it's way into the sump Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 What I'm trying to say is that this coral needs direct feeding. It wont be fed by random food that makes it's way into the sump What's the difference? [EDIT] Just to clarify, I understand they need to actually feed on food, but is there a difference between feeding the corals directly and having the food get there anyways? Just different mechanisms of the food reaching the coral is what I can see... but still food reaching the coral nonetheless. Link to comment
hypostatic Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 What's the difference? between certain direct feeding, and uncertain potential feeding? Basically the amount and the frequency. That sun looks kinda starved as it is. It won't do anything to clean your tank of stray food. I have a sun coral. It needs direct feeding. It doesn't really catch stray food. Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 Oops, guess you answered just as I was editing it. The amount would be less, but the frequency would be higher though, wouldn't it? The position it is in is where everything flows through first when entering the sump, before any sort of filtration. Link to comment
hypostatic Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 You can try... but I'm really not expecting success. Like I mentioned, the coral already looks kinda underfed -- if you look at it, you can see that the polyps are concave, indicating that it's not getting enough food. Are you seeing it eating and the polyps extending? Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 You can try... but I'm really not expecting success. Like I mentioned, the coral already looks kinda underfed -- if you look at it, you can see that the polyps are concave, indicating that it's not getting enough food. Are you seeing it eating and the polyps extending? Well, not yet. I've only just gotten it on Thursday, that was the pic of it from the same day when I got home. I'm waiting for my brine shrimp to arrive to feed it. I've been trying NLS, though haven't manage to do it at night (when it is supposed to open up). Will keep an eye on it, the one bright side is it does look less concaved than the first day. Link to comment
hypostatic Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Have you seen the polyps extending at all? Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 No, no polyp extension yet. Hm... maybe I should move it to the display and get it going first, before relegating it back to the sump once I know it is healthy. All the other corals are healthy (even on the first day), so this one should be extending too, right? Link to comment
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