FS/FT. SUNCORAL AND FUNGIA (EDM)

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Xadieu

Great read right here :P

haha wanna buy a suncoral frag im about to make a bunch from random colors

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by reefwars

haha wanna buy a suncoral frag im about to make a bunch from random colors

Haha. Now that's a hijack if I ever saw one. Lol

Yes I use the juice to excite them. And I'll try this every other day. Should each head head eat or does one feed the other like lps

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Titus99

Haha. Now that's a hijack if I ever saw one. Lol

Yes I use the juice to excite them. And I'll try this every other day. Should each head head eat or does one feed the other like lps

every head does need to eat but not at the sale times , basically by feeding every day you allow the heads that dont get fed to feed the next day or day after , so say if i feed every three days then the heads that dont eat dont eat again untill 3 days later , suncorals can go a long time without food but if too long go into hibernation ....this is when the process starts over.


its easier to just not miss a feeding then to try to recover feeding forget.


suncorals also base their growth off of feedings , so if you want lots of growth or even for them to drop clones lots of food is the key.


overall suncorals and dendros are the easier of the nps corals but do require some consistency.


try hand feeding a dendro colonie pellets for 3 mths straight for hours on end lol gets frustrating but the reward is great and the beauty cant be beat

[chevyjaxon]

had a sun coral once, those things are pigs seems mine just ate, and ate don't think it was ever full!

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by chevyjaxon

had a sun coral once, those things are pigs seems mine just ate, and ate don't think it was ever full!

of course they will....they are not photosynthetic so will grab as much of a meal as they can , but be carefull you can overfeed which can lead to other huge problems including death of the coral

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by reefwars

haha wanna buy a suncoral frag im about to make a bunch from random colors

At the risk of hijacking this thread even further, wanted to ask you the best way to frag a Sun Coral. Do you just use a cutter snip, or a scalpel or what? Not sure how hard the skeleton is, and don't want to kill it or make a mess.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

At the risk of hijacking this thread even further, wanted to ask you the best way to frag a Sun Coral. Do you just use a cutter snip, or a scalpel or what? Not sure how hard the skeleton is, and don't want to kill it or make a mess.

depends on the type if its branching i just use frag cutters if its the matting type then i use a diamond blade on a angle grinder cutting from the bottom i make a slice from east to west about 1/2" or so deep depending on how thick it is.

i then use a flat top screwdriver and place it into the grove i cut, i then twist the flattop leaving me with 2 halves, if i need to make multiple frags then i make a grid of lines with my grinder then use the screwdriver to break multiple pieces.

the idea of cutting from the bottom to the top is to not damage the flesh with the hot blade so basically like scoring a line but its deep and breaking it.

any attached flesh can be cut cleanly with a new razorblade.

i take the same approach with zoos as well

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by reefwars

depends on the type if its branching i just use frag cutters if its the matting type then i use a diamond blade on a angle grinder cutting from the bottom i make a slice from east to west about 1/2" or so deep depending on how thick it is.

i then use a flat top screwdriver and place it into the grove i cut, i then twist the flattop leaving me with 2 halves, if i need to make multiple frags then i make a grid of lines with my grinder then use the screwdriver to break multiple pieces.

the idea of cutting from the bottom to the top is to not damage the flesh with the hot blade so basically like scoring a line but its deep and breaking it.

any attached flesh can be cut cleanly with a new razorblade.

i take the same approach with zoos as well

Thanks. Sounds like the skeleton is not too hard/thick then if you can use a cutter. I've had a to use a chisel and hammer on my bubble coral to break it apart. This should be a lot easier. And sawing a groove on the bottom makes sense, too, if necessary.