[c-c]

Thanks Jim,
Actually, the tang makes the picture nicer, but he was being bad when i took this...

After about two days of him picking at the orange cups to steal the food, I learned that I would have to feed the coral after the lights went out, with a flashlight...
to discourage him from bothering the coral.

A little more awkward to feed with a flashlight in one hand and a turkey baster in the other, but one of those crazy things we do for the love of nurturing our captive critters.

[c-c]

Another site on the sun coral...orange cup corals

http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/z.../Tcoccinea.htm

"Sunny" enjoys it on the bottom with good water flow...and food target fed with baster as stated in web site.

[ElizabethPou]

My favorite is Montipora capricornis. This is the quintessential reef coral with its wood mushroom like layering and graceful form. Also, it is a very easy and fast growing coral.

[jimw369]

I like a lot of them but the Hammer is one of my favorites. If I can find the right one I might try and add a Branching Hammer some day. So many corals, so little room.

[jimw369]

Yes, I like the sun coral also. I have mine in a cave and sometimes it comes out in the eve before dark. Heres a pic of a camelback shrimp next to it at night.

Originally Posted by c-c

My favorite is the yellow sun coral (Tubastraea aurea) the same coral as seen on the home page of reefbuilders with the yellow polyps that look like a bunch of flowers. I have a 65 gallon tank which is 24 inches deep, so it likes the dim lighting on the bottom. It is a very hardy eater with a turkey baster. I usually feed it at night so the tang doesn't steel all the food.

[jimw369]

Yes, I like the sun coral also. I have mine in a cave and sometimes it comes out in the eve before dark. Heres a pic of a camelback shrimp next to it at night.

Originally Posted by c-c

My favorite is the yellow sun coral (Tubastraea aurea) the same coral as seen on the home page of reefbuilders with the yellow polyps that look like a bunch of flowers. I have a 65 gallon tank which is 24 inches deep, so it likes the dim lighting on the bottom. It is a very hardy eater with a turkey baster. I usually feed it at night so the tang doesn't steel all the food.

[c-c]

Chuck rayburn,
If you do pick up some sun coral... be careful to not give it much light... It likes to be away from light, I guess the orange cups look like sun, so that may be why "sun coral" is the "nick name" I saw one in a huge lfs warehouse, deteriorate within one week from 8 tubes to 2 because they burned it out in bright light.

Jim,
SUPER PIC!
Do you have any problem with your shrimp stealing food from the polyps after you target feed?

[jimw369]

I havent had any problems...yet. 3 peppermint, 2 camels and 1 cleaner. I target feed only once a week with a home made blend of everything. The rest of the week I am dosing with zooplankton which it seems to like, Marine snow and Phytoplankton.
I feed it with my pumps off so I shoot the zooplex all over it and let it sit for a few minutes. Seems to like it. If only these things could talk.

[chuck rayburn]

i am joining the i love frogspawn fan club. i9 love it it opens all the time,it waves in the current, it is colorful. oh, and its a good thriving coral. nothing makes me feel worse than when a tank inhabitant dies. long live frogspawn!

[Roady]

I recently purchased a gree/purple torch...beautiful coral

[FINDING_NEMO]

my brain


and my yellow frogspawn

[ejwsr]

There are three LPS that I am fond of:
Frogspawn
micromussa
blastomussa merleti,

Of those three I have a hard time deciding which one is my favorite.

[dinor2]

Mine is frogspawn. Mine seems to like low/gentle pulsing flow at the bottom of my tank and the spot I found for it pushes it away from my other corals so, shouldn't go stinging anything. Under the T5's they grow FAST!

[Roady]

Love me some Hammers