Help...Dont know how to feed

[casiano80]

Hey just got this sun coral today and I really dont know when and how to feed him :( .

[Louis]

It may not open up tonight but what you'll do is try to "tempt" it to open up by squirting a little frozen food towards it. Eventually you'll get him to open up around the same time every night (or day if you train him properly) Once his polyps are fully extended you can squirt some frozen food at EACH polyp. You should try to feed him at least three times a week or more if possible. If you have any more questions feel free to post.

http://www.surrealinnovations.com/saltwater/tubastrea.jpg
this is what he looks like opened

[casiano80]

thanks alot... what type of shrimp do they enjoy

[oceancube]

i think the best shrimp is prawn from H.E.B caca, :-D , just make sure to feed each one one peice!!!! TOUGH

[casiano80]

hey caca the open alittle bit when i have the acrylic light

[oceancube]

well i think thats the problem caca, they will not open with an acrylic light, i recommend a actinic blue light will work better,never heard of an acrylic light???? how are your clowns doing!!!

[oceancube]

opps forgot to mention, when i had mine they loved vitamin brine shrimp, just put an tube of some sort, like the one used to vaccum water out, if you want swing by tommorrow and ill give it to you, it works great caca, let me know, i might stop by and drop it off, that way i can pick up some b- ionic from ya 8)

[casiano80]

hey caca i could go after football parctice tommorow its up to you also I got the camara to work,.

[oceancube]

weno, valemas que vengas paqua, asta manana!

[Chris]

LOL Josh I was wondering what was going on as well... :o

[casiano80]

hehe.........no we just like to call eachother caca

[casiano80]

yeah it just sounds better when you say caca.... and its funny

[casiano80]

right CACA

[oceancube]

lol, just funny thing that we call each other, wouldn't say feces, but caca!!!!

[Tim Marvin]

20g, sun corals grow on the roofs of caves in the wild. They don't use light and require food to survive. Each head must eat as if it was a separate little anemone. I have found if you squirt some of the liquid from frozen brine shrimp, after it thaws, on them they will usually open up in 5-10 minutes. This will probably work with most foods. Then just spray the brine on each head.

[rocketeer]

I got a Tubastreae at the July Maast Mtg. I cut the top off of a one litre pop bottle and put it over the top of the coral every night just after lights out. I squirted a little mysis shrimp into the chamber with a turkey baster and left it like that for about half an hour.

No action for about 2 weeks. Then it started opening up. After about three weeks it was opening completely. It's doing great. Two new polyps.

I put mine near the top of the tank to make it easier to feed. It won't open with even the room lights on.

I wish my elegance coral was doing so good... :oops:

[casiano80]

good idea.. I made a little cave with my rock and have him under it so no light hits it but it's hard for me to feed him the **** Serpent Starfish always takes he's shrimp away from him....

[casiano80]

here's a pic of the homemade cave...... :-D