Tube Coral

[Joe Fish]

Does anyone have any experience with this guy?

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=517

 

[KahluaZzZ]

not easy...quite painful...gotta feed each guy individualy..
non-photosynthetic, so it needs care. Delicate one that you should avoid.
Die quite quickly if the feeding is inadequate/ not done daily

 

[Lorna]

Sun coral......yes needs to be fed by hand daily. Lots of work but look great.....

 

[Joe Fish]

Ok, thanks. I'm not ready for this guy. I was looking at it because it wasn't photosynthetic. I was just curious if you feed the water column enough and had a good amount of flow that it would suffice. Would you have to feed it everyday? I read that every 3 would be fine or is that just a benchmark?

 

[Brack-Man]

They are not that bad to care for, I've had mine for 6 months or so, seems longer than that though . I feed mine every coupple of days a combo of mysis shrimp and cyclopeeze. worst part about it is having to turn the pumps off and reach down into the tank to feed it.

BTW: See my avatar

 

[Joe Fish]

Definitely a nice looking coral. I think i'm going to pass on it though. Still trying to nurse my xenia back to health. Poor thing took a turn for the worse yesterday. I'm trying to find a decent low light button or LPS to add.

 

[Limi310]

Yeah I agree that it isn't that bad. Pretty easy to take care of actually as long as you feed it. Although it can be a pain because your fish learn they can steal food from it. Not a problem for me at the moment since my only fish is in QT.
Just for future reference in case you get one - Lots of good info about them here: Melevsreef.com - Suncoral

I was looking at it because it wasn't photosynthetic. I was just curious if you feed the water column enough and had a good amount of flow that it would suffice. Would you have to feed it everyday? I read that every 3 would be fine or is that just a benchmark?

No - you would actually have to use a syringe type feeder and squirt the food into the cups. Your nutrients would be out of control if you had to squirt enough into the water colum for it to eat. They are piggies and can eat a whole cube of food or more at a time. I feed mine every 2-3 days.

 

[Joe Fish]

Thanks for that link. According to the info on that site it wouldn't be all that hard to care for. I would just need a long syringe to feed it 2 to 3 times a week. I'm still considering it.