dying coral

[waymack97]

i am wondering if a dying sun coral will foul up my tank.
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Stress Forum

 

[Anonymous]

Your 2 gallon nano or your 4000 gallon?

 

[waymack97]

whoops sorry 55 gallon, with a 20 gallon fuge and 15 gallon sump.
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[Anonymous]

I wouldn't think so. So long as it is dying slowly anyways.

Louey

 

[waymack97]

yes very slow, i have no luck with sun corals tried 3 times, i feed them everyday i put them in low light. i even made a bottle to feed them. no luck. water is fine additives are fine. i will do more research and try again later. at least i got some zoos on this last rock. thanks for the quick response.
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Mercedes 300

 

[bleedingthought]

You sure they're eating?

 

[Chubosco]

Mine is growing too fast. It loves thawed shrimp. Getting way too big to enjoy because you have to feed every head. Pain. Like bleedingthought said, they eating?

 

[waymack97]

i feed them brine each and every head, i used a small baster. is there a trick to it?
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Honda Torneo

 

[Chubosco]

Brine has little nutrition value. Feed it anything but brine. I feed mine formula one, thawed white shrimp, and anything else when I'm feeding the tank.

 

[Anonymous]

Brine has little nutrition value. Feed it anything but brine. I feed mine formula one, thawed white shrimp, and anything else when I'm feeding the tank.

They like meaty foods like Chubosco said, anything that is small enough to be "swallowed" by individual polyps. Are you seeing the coral uptake food Waymack? Those can only be fed if the polyps are fully extended.

 

[Anonymous]

Go to your local walmart or store and go to the seafood dept. I buy about 2 dollars worth of shrimp and scallops and blend it into a chunky mush. Then I freeze it and thaw little pieces of it in tank water and feed my tubastrea that. It loves it and is growing. It gets to be huge at night. It was given up for dead when I got it for free.

 

[Anonymous]

Go to your local walmart or store and go to the seafood dept. I buy about 2 dollars worth of shrimp and scallops and blend it into a chunky mush. Then I freeze it and thaw little pieces of it in tank water and feed my tubastrea that. It loves it and is growing. It gets to be huge at night. It was given up for dead when I got it for free.

Thaw it in some Selcon mixed with water before you feed if you really want results. I swear by that stuff for tubastrea sp. feeding, they seem to like the additional nutrition.

 

[Anonymous]

Actually I add it in when I blend it, just forgot to mention it lol. Thanks though.

 

[Anonymous]

Actually I add it in when I blend it, just forgot to mention it lol. Thanks though.

I love that stuff, it's as close to a "miracle additive" as I've ever seen.

 

[waymack97]

what is selcon?
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[Anonymous]

what is selcon?

A food additive that I have found to be just great. I have used it for years in homemade coral food and used it to pre-soak processed food. Basically it's fish fat and vitamin B and C.

Aquarium food booster that features highly unsaturated OMEGA 3 fatty acids, Marine Lipids (200 mg/g), Stabilized Vitamin C (200 mg) and Vitamin B12 Cyanocobalamin (240 mcg). Soak any freeze-dried, frozen food or dried food to give it additional nutritional value or use directly in the tank to benefit filter-feeding invertebrates. Boosts the nutritional value of live brine shrimp. American Marine Selcon does not alter water chemistry and it does not contain Yeast, Phosphates or Nitrates. It also helps cure Head and Lateral Line Erosion / Disease. 60mL.

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem. ... uct=AM1511

 

[Chubosco]

Thanks so much for posting that lawdawg. I had never heard of it. I am getting some! You know, some selcon. Kinda sounded like I go without (some) there for a second.

 

[Anonymous]

:lol:

 

[waymack97]

i am down to 4 polyps and they are starting to look better. i have to take them out of the tank to feed them cause my shrimp is always stealing the food. i stopped using a bottle top cause it was a pain in the @#$. is selcon something you can get at a store.
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Mercedes R Class

 

[Anonymous]

Most good LFS carry Selcon, if not ask them to order it.