Are these Dendros or Sun Polyps?

[kenske]

Guys/Gals, can u tell what these are?

 

[crox99]

They look like sun polyps to me!!

 

[drperetz]

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I go for sun polyps

 

[noodleman]

going to have to say they too small to tell

nice carnation in the back BTW

 

[kenske]

Thanks Guys. I was hoping they are Dendros, I can't tell the difference.

Noodleman, good eye Just picked it up today.

 

[crox99]

The carnation looks very nice.

 

[noodleman]

if you keep that carnation alive, PM me your secret cause i've always wanted one too

 

[MO~IDOL]

yeah i would like to know the secret too.:biggrinpa

 

[nanoreefer22]

I think its a hand with a rock in it Nice coral whatever it turns out to be

 

[Awibrandy]

I vote sunpolyps! See below; 1st pic Dendro, other pics sunpolyps open & closed.
Feed them daily with a turkey baster or SeaSquirt.

 

[kenske]

Noodleman & Moidol: If i knew any secrets, you can count on me not disclosing it. If i did it will no longer be a secret....lol...j/k

Awibrandy: Thank you very much for taking your time to explain and post pics of your Dendro and Sun Coral.


I have another question for you Suncoral Keepers out there. I was doing some "googling " for care of these corals. Few articals mentioned that it is necessary to deliver food to each individual polyp. What do you guys think?

 

[crox99]

Yes. Each polyp should be individually fed.

 

[Awibrandy]

Ask me again in a few months. So far my suncorals appear to be doing well with my method of feeding which I do with the squirt. I have been feeding cyclopeeze by squirting as slowly as possible around,under & behind the rock they are on a couple of times within a few minutes allowing for all the polyps to open. When I tried to feed each individual polyp they closed up. By the way I feed them alot of cyclopeeze because the fish steal quite a bit. Yes, I feed the fish first, and they still go after the cyclopeeze. My fish are extremely greedy.lol

 

[kenske]

Crox & Awibrandy, thanks for the info. I will do my best to see that all polyps get some food.

I like to feed cyclopeez also because of the same reasons Awibrand mentioned. I also mix in Kent's Phyto, micro-vert, and coral-accel. I feed this concoction to my micros and acans as well.

BTW, what do you guys think of this (i ordered it and should be getting it next week):
It was described as mini dendros that encrusts rather than branch.
http://cherrycorals.com/view_product.php?product=6

 

[Awibrandy]

Crox & Awibrandy, thanks for the info. I will do my best to see that all polyps get some food.

I like to feed cyclopeez also because of the same reasons Awibrand mentioned. I also mix in Kent's Phyto, micro-vert, and coral-accel. I feed this concoction to my micros and acans as well.

BTW, what do you guys think of this (i ordered it and should be getting it next week):
It was described as mini dendros that encrusts rather than branch.
http://cherrycorals.com/view_product.php?product=6

I like them alot!

 

[qckwzrd]

For my suncorals if the tissue is connected I don't feed all the heads. They seem to transfer food between tissue. If they aren't connected I feed each head (as much as I can) I feed mysis, cyclops, chopped shrimp and flakes. Sometimes black worms. Nice looking Balano, wish they had more.

 

[bigbris1]

I feed mine with a turkey baster & try to get some food to each head. When I get down to the bottom of the mysis slurry, I spray the babies (they can catch stuff with their tentacles like frogs can with their toungues ) I try to feed larger meaty items so as not to pollute the tank too much by overfeeding just to make sure they get some.

 

[kenske]

Guys i just realized the the "glove" shaped substrate that the polyps are growing on is a LIVE bi-halve of some sort, oyster?. I took some more pics to share.

Top-Down:

 

[crox99]

They look happy. Good job. Did you try feeding them?

 

[kenske]

Thanks Crox. They opened up and were fed since day one of being in my tank.