sun coral help

[joe2414]

so i was cleaning off my rocks and blew some water toward my suncoral and some of the heads disinigrated i have been feeding it alot is there anything i can do to save this coral?

[TriggerFreak]

well, they, need food so your doing a good job on that!!

[mattb]

No, you're not doing a good job, they are dying. You are not feeding enough, or the polyps are not receiving the food. You will known when you are feeding enough when you see new polyp growth.

[joe2414]

i have been feeding them atleast everyother day and all of them that have ever opened get fed every time i feed them with a eye dropper im wondering if these were some of the ones that havnt opened

[Screwtape]

What are you feeding?

[curlyq]

also, are you sure it was the tissue that blew off, or maybe just some detrius that accumulated in/around the polyps? (just a hopeful thought)

[joe2414]

i have been feeding misid and brine shrimp and yes in sure it was tisue that blew off there was tissue there and there is not any there now

[jjwhiteboy]

joe bring me a water sample today!

[Screwtape]

i have been feeding misid and brine shrimp and yes in sure it was tisue that blew off there was tissue there and there is not any there now

I believe brine shrimp are generally considered less nutritious than most other foods, unless they are somehow gut-loaded. You could try only feeding mysis soaked with selcon to make sure they're getting enough nutrition from the food.

[Rachelle V]

I have the best luck with the enriched brine shrimp and I've had mine for a year and a half. I target feed each polyp with a transfer pipet. Not all of my polyps are large enough to eat mysis shrimp. I'll probably get a designated food processor for fish food so I can feed it more of a variety. Just my experience.

[yslexdia]

I feed a mixture of live baby brine and adult frozen brine along with some plankton preperations.

Also you need to hit every polyp head.