ceastman Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 so the tissue on my sun coral seems to be receding - is it not getting enough food? or something else? I have it about 3 inches off the bottom of the sand bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy V Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Looks like critter was picking at it or possibly stung by another coral. Also, sometimes during shipping it can look like that. Anything like that happen u think? Sent from iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceastman Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 hmmm maybe my coral beauty.... I have had the sun coral for a little over 3 weeks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 How often do you feed it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Sun corals are know to be very temperamental. They are NPS. (Non-photosynthetic). They need to be fed. Generally at lights out or when the polyps are out. If it wasn't a tank raised piece the chances of a sun coral surviving are not great. To feed it most people put a Tupperware over them with a couple small holes in it and turkey baste appropriate sized food into the Tupperware. They will leave it covered for an hour or so and make sure that food stays suspended where the sun coral can grab it. They like to pretty much be in the shade with very very light flow. Not to be a Debbie downer but usually when they look like that (showing skeleton) they are checking out and the chances of getting them turned around is slim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo'sMyName Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I have a black sun coral that got zapped by a trumpet coral's sweeper/feeder tentacles and had similar damage after the damaged flesh was blown away. Getting it away from whatever is damaging it (be it fish or other coral) is a must. Target feeding and good water quality will get it back right. I think feeding was the key for it's turn around. I fed it 1 mysis/brine/etc per head every day. It actually recovered quicker than I thought it would and finally started sprouting new heads from the continual daily feedings after having it do nothing for over 2 years. Mine is actually on a frag rack upper/mid tank so it doesn't seem to mind the light (only place I could put it without it getting zapped by something else). It is also really close to a return line from the sump so it doesn't seem to mind flow either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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