Sun Coral problem - UPDATE

[Azilla]

I have mine in like a lil cave i feed it every 2 days and it comes out nightly i have alot of flow on it. When i first got it wouldn't come out then finally i trained it to come out a certain hours after bein fed. But when i first had it i had one that looked like yours and it went away with flow.....

[whaase]

Originally Posted by EmilyB

Mine has always been on the sand.

When I first got it, I did the bucket treatment. Take the coral out in a bucket of tank water and then throw in a bunch of cloudy sludge food....for me this is homemade. Stir it up every now and then and just leave the coral alone for a half hour or so.

I tried that today. It looked like it was going to pop, but it still didn't come out I'll keep trying...

Walter

[whaase]

Here is how it looks now. I've noticed that if I feed the tank a bit of flake food, it starts comming out, then I target feed it and it's happy



Walter

[kuatto]

Glad things are looking better.

[Van down by the river]

Glad to see things are looking up.
Emily B's method works well to induce reluctant Sun Corals.

I've heard of using a vitamin b additive to stimulate feeding response, but I have not tried this myself.

When it is open ensure you feed as many polyps as possible. If you miss some that is okay as they share nutrients throughout the colony as long as the tissue at the base is connected.