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08-23-2003, 09:34 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
Posts: 5,815
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Sun Coral
I am truely amazed how beautiful this coral is! I have never seen a coral that can eat as much as this one does! 
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08-23-2003, 10:44 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: thousand oaks, ca
Posts: 369
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 Johnny, that needs extra sunglasses. VERY cool. 
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08-24-2003, 12:33 AM
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Birthday tracker
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Spartanburg, SC USA
Posts: 14,633
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Ohhh, Johnny! That's a real beauty!
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08-24-2003, 07:24 AM
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Good boy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Marietta, GA, USA
Posts: 7,889
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Nice picture Johnny.
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08-24-2003, 10:44 AM
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Crazed Fish Whisperer
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Kansas City, MO
Posts: 2,578
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What are you feeding yours? Mine doesn't seem to want to eat.
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08-24-2003, 10:50 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
Posts: 5,815
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Hi Jeremey!
When I first got this coral it would not open to eat and then I found out if you use a turkey baster and kind of let some juices from what ever food your using(I use frozen mysis shrimp and home made mush) flow over the polyp then they will start to open up!
I found out the more you feed them the more they will open up and are really pigs too! They are more apt to produce buds if fed more frequently which is what I am hoping for! HTH  |
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08-24-2003, 10:54 AM
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Sumpless and Proud
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Rochester, MN
Posts: 1,296
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BEAUTY!!!
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08-24-2003, 10:59 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
Posts: 5,815
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Thanks for the compliments everyone! I love the color this coral brings to the tank! |
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08-24-2003, 02:47 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Alabama
Posts: 42
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That's a true beauty. Is this a daytime photo or night? Mine only opens at night and doesn't seem to care to much about eating either.
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08-24-2003, 02:50 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
Posts: 5,815
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This shot was taken during the day but it opens whenever it feels like it! Like I said if you feed it heavily it opens more often!! |
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08-24-2003, 03:57 PM
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Crazed Fish Whisperer
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Kansas City, MO
Posts: 2,578
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Mine doesn't have any problems in opening..it will stand tall and proud, and I do use the baster. But when the food catches on it's tenticles... nothing...it doesn't close up anymore around the food. It just sits there. When I come back later, the food is still in the cup. I even used tweezers and zooplankton and hand delievered food to each polyp and nothing. 
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08-24-2003, 09:11 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: lykens pa
Posts: 559
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Mine ate like a pig while it stayed alive. I used a mush and baster also and fed it every other day. yours looks realy nice and I hope you have good luck with it.
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08-26-2003, 07:31 PM
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Ghost of reefers past
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
Posts: 25,140
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Johnny, does that have a soft anemone like base on it or is it a hard skeleton under the skin, I take it, it's a frag?
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08-26-2003, 07:46 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
Posts: 5,815
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Doug it actually was on this piece of LR which came with an orange sponge and that was the main reason I purchased the LR.
It has a hard base with the skin over it! I believe it is Tubastrea aurea(golden cup coral). It demands heavy feeding and adequate water motion.
And no it is not a frag! |
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08-26-2003, 08:11 PM
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Ghost of reefers past
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
Posts: 25,140
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Kewl, a baby tubestrea on a rock, hope you paid rock price for it 
Just wanted to confirm, not that i doubt but that pics definatly headed to the archives
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