Sun Coral (Tubastrea) - Care and why I am giving mine up

[@sseeaahhaawwkkssrule975]

I have a 3 headed frag so this video gave me an idea of how I can feed them without over feeding my tank. Thank you for this video.

[@bigseanSM]

very time consuming coral, I've had 2 of them and I used the cut down plastic bottle method of feeding, I ended up with way too much excess food in my tank, good video and advice 👍

[@MileHighReefers]

Very cool coral! Its to bad you have to get rid of it. I think its funny that some of the corals that can live in complete darkness are some of the prettiest.

[@InappropriateReefer]

+MileHighReefers Totally, I would love to set up a NPS tank in the future.

[@SyNKevN]

Inappropriate Reefer I have a sun coral, huge discount on a pretty large rock full of these coral. Guy didn't understand the NPS aspect even after I explained it. these guys grow in dark caves where nutrients are dense and flow through in the ocean. I didn't care much for mine at first but the care is not as difficult as you may think. once you feed, it'll open like crazy. even after I put in a couple pellets to feed the fish when I'm being lazy it gets a sense of the food and opens. neat coral.

[@MrMushroomish]

According to tidal gardens, you would probably have fed it too little

[@MrJdmsaico]

I was almost going to buy this coral bit since I've seen your video it helped out a lot and I am staying away from this coral cause ain't nobody got time pho-dat lol

[@MrGerardoMarquez]

Mines is open all day. I just put it under a rock shade so it won’t get to much light.

[@InappropriateReefer]

Lucky!

[@MrGerardoMarquez]

Inappropriate Reefer and I got it for $32 and is big just like this one.

[@sunnycaldreamer]

Mine used to be trained to do that during the day as well. I've got a new colony in my new tank (I've been out of the hobby for about 10 years) and just found out they are attached to a live oyster. Total score since they require a lot of feeding. I never fed my original colony 3 times a day like some of these sites say and they were propagating in my tank. I think I fed them once a day...or even a few times a week.

[@patrickp588]

Duuude great advice from this channel

[@gbj6581]

Thanks for the info. never though of taking em out to feed. mine only open at night so feedeing them is a pain as i have to feed them seperatly : ( ill prob trade mine away as well. urs is an Awsome size.

[@victormartinez1818]

only eat shrimp? thanks for your answer

[@GrueSomeStandard]

how do you get it to open up?

[@tomg5405]

Not all polyps need to eat..

[@RhezaElfuegoTheWizard]

is he saying 75 dollars??

[@NYCityCichlids]

That is one sexy sun coral. Too bad you aren't keeping it.

[@hillaryforpresident5005]

After watching this video I won't be buying Sun Corals.

[@pelphrey]

Beautiful coral, but not for me! haha

[@TheCjclaflin1]

i just got one. does it need to be in constant shade or can it be where it isn't getting direct light on ot

[@InappropriateReefer]

+TheCjclaflin1 Technically it does not need to be in constant shade, but people like to put them in shade to discourage algae growth on the coral 👍

[@TheCjclaflin1]

thanks. mine finally opened tonight for the first time. fed it mysis while open.