Black sun coral question

[monza]

Black or orange IMO, long term they are very hard to keep. Even with strict regular feeding regiments they challenge the best reef keepers. Some have success but let me ask this, how many people her have keep them thriving for beyond two years?

[craigwmiller]

Originally Posted by monza

Black or orange IMO, long term they are very hard to keep. Even with strict regular feeding regiments they challenge the best reef keepers. Some have success but let me ask this, how many people her have keep them thriving for beyond two years?

Very good question! I failed. I kept an orange one (about 40 polyps) alive for about 14 months. I still have it (in the sump) because there is now a huge sponge on the bottom, but other than that............

I fed it, it ate, and ate, and ate, and ate, and then it lost interest in eating. It took about 4 months for it to fully die off, one polyp at a time would slowly peel back over a few days or a week, some would eat, others not, different foods, it just wasn't interested.