[tripple6terror]

i recently got a sun polyp coral and ive been having a problem. the coral has been growing new cups , the problem is that the coral seems to be shrinking ??? growing and shrinking at the same time [?] i dunno what the deal is.. all water params are good ....ive been checking daily...and also have been feeding anytime ive seen the cups open ....any insight would be great,,,,included a pic
thanks
t

 

[tripple6terror]

maybe i dident include a pic sorry..... ill try agin

 

[jmurjr]

You really need to spot feed this coral to keep it from shrinking. This is best done at night with the lights out. I use a large cup and actually turn it over on it with my coral food in it.

 

[goldenJ]

I spot feed with whatever I feed the fish that day. Polyps are really fat. I have it in a swirling current and that seemed to make a difference.

 

[shermlock]

I have seen people take their sun corals out and put them in a bucket to feed them huge amounts of food.
Scott

 

[hjmtv]

By sun polyp coral do you mean a gonipora? If so, search gonipora on this site and you'll find lots of discussion. Good luck.

 

[shermlock]

Oh if it is a goni than disregard my post. I thought it was a question about Tubastrea coccina, aurea, faulkerni, micrantha. Sorry if I made a mistake.
Scott

 

[hjmtv]

I wasn't sure and your post made me think of a goni. I remember someone calling it a sun polyp. If he talking about Tubastrea aurea then ignore my post and follow shermlock.

 

[tripple6terror]

the coral was sold as sun polyp coral its bright orange with yellow tentical that mostly come out at night.the polys look like cups when its colsed....ive herd of people calling it orange cup coral too.i ve been taking it out to feed it everyother night,,i put it in a bucket of water from the tank and let some reef mix frozen cubes melt in the water ..about the time the cubes melt normally the cups or polys open and i feed each one with a 5ml srygine....so i dunno what im doing wrong....i dont think i have good enough filtration to spot feed him in the tank without causing problems.....so if anyone wants a sun polyp id be will to trade for a small frag of zos and if that dosent pan ill settle for it to have a good home with the olny charge being a trip to dearborn to come pick it upif anyone is intrested let me know ....im gonna post in the trade selling forum too . thanks everyone for the info ...but im gonna find it a home becuase it too pretty to go to waste
thanks t

 

[shermlock]

There is a great series of threads on RC that deals with Sun Corals and it details the problems that people have faced. There is one lady who has brought these corals back from near death. You might want to look there before you get rid of this coral.
Scott