2 ID (pics)

[luckylittleman]

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n149/luckylittleman/IMG_0451.jpg


Please identify both of these.

[bertoni]

The pictures are a bit blurry, but I'd guess Xenia or Anthelia for the top coral, and sun coral (Tubastraea) for the bottom. The Tubastraea will need target feeding, most likely.

[luckylittleman]

Sorry about the blurry pics. Tubastraea what kind of lighting? They also don't open up very long. do you think I am doing something wrong?

[imtheonlylp]

i have a small polyp rock that looks like the bottom one too...target feeding? do you mean like w/a turkey baster?

[Jim_Leyland]

yea that's how u target feed.. turkey baster, top one looks like my Pulsing Xenia

[gman19]

The LFS says the Tubastraea, or Sun polyps, are night feeders, and are not light dependant and should be placed within the rock structure. I cannot speak from experience as I have never tried to keep this one.

I have read of folks being able to coax them open by target feeding during the day though.

[bertoni]

http://www.melevsreef.com/suncoral.html

That page might help.

[reef9022]

top coral is xenia and they are very hardy and will grow very fast if in good conditions. they dont need to be fed but will grow faster in strong light and good water flow.

bottom is sun coral. and yes it only extends it polyps when it wants food. like he said take a turkey baster and lightly squirt phytoplankton or zooplankton into the polyps.

with a lot of corals if there polyps are not extended and you want to feed. then just squirt a little food next to them and in a few minutes they should extend their polyps and want to feed.

[luckylittleman]

I got the sun polyps at my LFS for $9.99. So i shouldn't put this right out in the light?

[bertoni]

It can be put in the light or the dark, either way, although if it starts getting overgrown with algae, I'd put it into the dark.

[theatrus]

Sun Corals are not photosynthetic at all (assuming its a sun coral). They need to be fed, and make sure each polyp gets food.