Sun Coral / Tube Coral
I have been tossing back and forth whether or not the next coral purchase I make will be tube coral or not. I really like how they look, but the nocturnal aspect, and the feeding needs for sun coral hold me back for now. I was at my friend’s house last week checking out their 125 gallon tank that they started (the have live rock now! now it is just sit and cycle time - new pic of the 125 gallon with live rock here). I also took some pictures of their nano tank.
They feed their tube coral (I actually prefer to call it sun coral… but it just seems to have two names) with a turkey baster. This is a picture I took of when the coral was being fed in the evening. Their cleaner shrimp decided that he needed his fair share of the shrimpy goodies.
I have heard some people say that theirs get enough to eat when they feed the tank. I am not sure that would be the case in our tank, which would mean a lot of hand feeding.
I do need to overcome the beautiful (not really…) algae issues we have before I really explore any new additions to the tank, but sun coral has always been top of mind.
If anyone is reading this, any suggestions - hints or tricks to keeping this beautiful coral alive? Should I get some? Hmmmm…