My happy little Sun Polyps!!

[BlueDolphin]

hello all!

i just wanted to post a quick message saying how exciting i am about my sun polyps. i just got them and some green mushrooms yesterday. i drip acclimated them last night and they have been closed ever since. however, when i went to feed my fish tonight, i used a pipette to squirt some of the food directly on the polyps. within a few seconds they started extending their tentacles!

i tried to feed each little polyp, but after i was finished i noticed a few, tiny little polyps near the underside. i'm going to have to try to get those little guys next time!

 

[dorian965]

nice!

 

[An t-iasg]

They do look happy!

 

[Wood_Dog]

very nice

 

[vsnsofadrgn]

those are very pretty!!

 

[roka64]

Beautiful.

 

[melosu58]

A very nice specimen

 

[ntswift]

They look good!

 

[BlueDolphin]

thanks to everyone for their enthusiastic replies. the little polyps have been doing well - i've been feeding them the same frozen foods as i give my fish (spirulina, formula one/two, vhp) every other day. is there anything additional they should be receiving?

 

[BlueDolphin]

quick question for you guys -
i have had my sun polyps since aug. 28 now, and they have been extending their tentacles at night and i have been feeding them every other day. however in the past week i have noticed some recession on a couple of the polyps. the only problem with the chemistry has been high nitrates (above 20), which i have been trying to get under control with regular water changes. could anything else be causing the polyps to receed?

also, i was wondering if the foods i am feeding the polyps are not nutritional enough for them. i do not have any micro-plankton, so i have been feeding them the frozen foods i give my fish. any ideas?

tia.

 

[melosu58]

Do you target feed them with turkey baster. If so mysis , brine or cyclpeze will work. I only feed mine once or twice a week. Here is a pic of mine I took this morning.

Even though ideally 0 is the best 20 on nitrates is not the end of the world. If you are at 20 and then doing PWC it should be well below what it`s supposed to be. Do you have a wet dry or emporer bio wheel?

 

[BlueDolphin]

i do target feed them with a pipette. i have been feeding them every other day the same frozen cubes as i feed my fish. today i went to the lfs and bought some zooplankton.

i don't have a biowheel. just the liverock for biological filtration and i have one of those filter socks in the sump. i also have a protein skimmer.

one more question i forgot to ask. i read that they prefer low lighting. i have them sitting on the bottom of my tank, but i run two 50/50 power compacts (total 260 watts). is this too much light for them?

 

[melosu58]

They are low light corals and I have mine under some LR. Try to shade it some under some LR or coral.

 

[BlueDolphin]

ok i will move it to a shady location tonight. do you think that could be a factor in the recession?

 

[melosu58]

I`m not sure but at least you`ll be able to rule that out as the reason. I was going to say make sure it`s laying on the sand but I looked at you pic and it already is.

 

[BlueDolphin]

i just moved it under an overhanging of lr. i also fed it some of the new zooplankton that i bought today. i will keep you posted on it's condition. thanks so much!

 

[melosu58]

Thank you