Sun coral difficulty

[Redbird5]

Other thanthe attention to detail in regards to feeding them several times a week, are they that difficult?

 

[UnnamedReef]

Nope. In my experience dendros and sun coral are relatively tolerant of alk, calc, and mag. I have them in varying flow levels and as long as they're fed (and not overfed) then they do fine.

One thing to watch is they don't like strong light. As long as they're somewhere low in the tank they'll open most of the time. Under an outcropping is preferred so they're open all day

 

[Redbird5]

Nope. In my experience dendros and sun coral are relatively tolerant of alk, calc, and mag. I have them in varying flow levels and as long as they're fed (and not overfed) then they do fine.

One thing to watch is they don't like strong light. As long as they're somewhere low in the tank they'll open most of the time. Under an outcropping is preferred so they're open all day

Are they expensive? I know my LFS has had a piece of sun coral. My DKH, Calc and MG are stable. I'm looking for interesting coral to add to my tank. From what I understand they eat mysis and other meaty foods right? Do they eat coral food as well?

 

[Staghorn]

I have some and they will pretty much eat anything, I have them under overhangs and they look good. One strategy I use is when I feed the fish I will use a turkey baster and blast the food in the direction of the tubastreas, that way they get some food and the fish are busy picking all the other stuff floating around, so they don’t really mess with the Coral.

 

[UnnamedReef]

The above is good advice. They'll eat anything from meaty foods to plankton. Basting it right at them helps. And no, they're generally not expensive.

 

[CHSUB]

I feed 1/2 cube daily…they eat a lot and require “good” tank parameters.

 

[Kasrift]

I think some types are more sensitive. I've tried black sun coral twice and they are much more sensitive. Fathead dendros are cake. I put one in the overflow and it just catches stuff and does fine.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Following this, because I have always wanted some

 

[BryanM]

Maybe I should get one and force me to be better about feeding since they are non photosynthetic.