Is Coral Non Photosynthetic

[black molly3]

is this tube coral non photosynthetic
http/www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Di....cfm?pCatId=517

 

[BigC]

http/www.marinedepotlive.com/sun-coral--...olyp-stony.html
Regards
BigC

 

[black molly3]

thank youvery much. however on most sites i have visited it had said they are hard maintenance. is this because you have to spot feed each polyp daily and they are fragike. please tell me

 

[BigC]

It seems a high maintanence coral (in comparison to many other corals) on many fronts just by reading that article.
On position, feeding, waterflow and handling.
Regards
BigC

 

[SkiFletch]

While you don't have to feed every single polyp daily, ask yourself this: 3 years from now will you still want to spot-feed it every day?

 

[black molly3]

well i went my lfs and never got one because they never had any. i spotted a cluster of some sort of polyps what must have broken from the bunch and they were just under the shelf you could hardy see the. so i asked for them. i got them for free. if you dont ask you dont get. here is a pic of them could anyone identify them please

i couldnt make my mind up and i couldnt just leave with something he have me for free so i got a live rock with mushrooms on and polyps for 25 pound.

it has this coral on which at first i thought may be a hammer coral as it had different setions but now it has opened up and looks like another bunch of polyps of some sort. or mabee even the feather dusters. here is the picbefore they started opening up i cant get a good pic of them at the moment.

could anyone try to identify from this description

also i bought a bigger shell for my hermit and he has been wresseling it for the best of 2 hours and it in a stationary possition ontop of the shell now. is this normal here is a pic of him whilst he was fighting (not very good)

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[black molly3]

yay just to let you all know my crab is in his new shell im so happy haha. he was wresseling it for about just under 3 hours haha hes in it now and its massive haha

 

[steelhealr]

Sun corals are a PITA to take care of. SH

 

[L200]

I 100% agree with SH regarding sun corals,they look brilliant but really are hard work!

 

[Mr Miagi]

The article says:

It is one of the few corals that does not contain a symbiotic algae, so it must be fed vitamin-enriched brine shrimp or micro-plankton from an eye dropper directly to each one of its polyps. It will usually only expand its polyps in the evening or when it is hungry.

The symbiotic algae ot mentions is what feeds photosynthetic coral, so the lack of symbiotic algae means the coral cannot utilise them. as said in the article you linked to, it therefore requires hand feeding, which for some aquarists can be a mundane task (thats why I dont have one ), so they arent really for people who arnt keen to get out a coral several times a week and feed its polyps by hand.