collitchboy Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I just got my LR today and have placed it in my tank so I am pretty far off from adding corals. However, I am even further away from being able to upgrade my lighting to sustain photosynthetic corals. Is it worth the "trouble" to feed non-photo corals? I guess I am asking if they are as interesting as the others. And if it is worth it, which do you recommend? Anyway, thanx for any info. Link to comment
screeftennis Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I would wait till you can get the light because the only coral that I can think of off-hand that can survive without light is a Bubble Tip Anemone, and it would lose its color. Just wait. Link to comment
Brian da lion Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Sun polyps and scleronephytha are good choices, but require spot feeding. You would probably be better off just buying some lights. Link to comment
FAC_WNY Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 "...the only coral I can think of off-hand that can survive without light is a Bubble Tip Anemone..." Wow... Yeah..that was my head exploding at that comment. So many things inherently FALSE about that..where to begin. Hmm..first off..let's start by properly classifying the Bubble Tip Anemone (Entacmaeae quadricolor). E. quadricolor is a member of family Actinaria...which is a family of solitary anemones...not corals. Let me repeat that...NOT A CORAL. Second of all..E. quadricolor does harbor photosythetic symbiotes. Therefore, the entire statement that it "doesn't need light" is bogus. Does is also require direct feeding? Yes...but then all cnidarians (corals and anemones) should be fed. To say an E. quadricolor doesn't need light is completely and totally false. Wow... Cheers, Fred Link to comment
Smokin-Reefer Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Fred, you beat me to it! I couldn't beleive what I was reading!!!!! Link to comment
FAC_WNY Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Can't decide if that's better of worse than the seahorse post in the INVERT forum. LOL. If you failed biology or chemisty you shouldn't be allowed to keep a reef. lol Cheers, Fred Link to comment
Smokin-Reefer Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 bajaj, I never took chemistry...maybe thats why my numbers are so skewed? But seriously, Try a small frag of Tubastrea, If you dilligent about feeding, it should fare well. Link to comment
ODOG Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I would not recomend getting ANY coral until you can afford lighting. This isn't a hobby you can get by ont he cheap. How big is the tank...the lighting may not be as expensive as you think. If you can afford a couple of Non-Photosynthetic coral and the proper food then you can afford light. Non-Photsythetic corals are not for beginners IMO. Get some lighting and learn how to take care of some of the easy guys first...zoas, shroom and the like. Buying Sun polyps and scleronephytha is just going to be a waste of money and life. Link to comment
NCNBilly Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Whoa, had to recover from my heart stopping. Fred, that was more gentle than I was going to be. =) Ditto what ODOG said, Non-photo's need a lot of work and patience. Sclero's ain't easy - I had to babysit the thing for almost 6 weeks to target feed it when it decided to open (not very often). Good phyto is expensive too unless you can pick it up locally, but not many LFSs are going to carry live like DTs. Most have Kent, but it is seriously lacking in nutritional content for a non-photo. Link to comment
reefsrule Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I would reccomend an aged aquarium for non-photos because of the plankton production and water stability. Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Damn I'm always late when morons say something like that. Link to comment
SaltyDawg Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 He is talking about an orange ball anemone dummy. Did that happen to cross anyones mind? (Fred) Link to comment
reefsrule Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 I've never heard of that, any links? Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Well salty, if he WERE in fact talking about such creature, maybe he wouldnt have said quite clearly the common name of an organism labeled Entacmaea quadricolor, now would he? Link to comment
SaltyDawg Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Thats not the scientific name of course just a common layman's name for it. I think is is scientificly named: "Corallimorph Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum " ? They are semi small. They will eat anything that drifts into them too, including snails. http://www.kasson.com/LCD/Orangeball.htm http://personalwebs.myriad.net/Kimball/ob1.htm http://www.liquidguru.com/kajhtm/vidPages/...orallimorph.htm BK: Yep your right. I missed the last five words " It may lose its color". Statement retracted! LOL But info and links remain for the original poster. Link to comment
Jade5051 Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Chili is a non-photosynthetic coral but again target feeding is a pain. Link to comment
kirei Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 You could get some feather dusters.... I keep non-photsynthetic corals and yes, they are very difficult to care for. As well as the spot feedings for the sun corals, I do live phytoplankton feedings every few days as well as stir up the sand beds. But yeah, sun corals are def. the "easiest" of all the corals I have. Link to comment
FAC_WNY Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 I'd never heard of Pseudocorynactic caribboreum being called a "bubble tip anemone", the common name is usually "orange ball corallimorph". BTA is a fairly common enough common name that I doubt he would've used it if it wasn't in relation to E. quadricolor. Cheers, Fred Link to comment
NCNBilly Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Can you even buy orange ball anemones? I only got them as hitchhikers.. Link to comment
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