Sun coral growth

["Umm fish?"]

Wow! Very cool. Makes me think I need to feed mine more. I just went to my local aquarium yesterday and I noticed that they have a tubastrea that I've never seen before. It's much more red than orange. So, now I'm on a quest to see if I can find one.

 

[redrooster]

I saw a small piece of that red/orange tubestra 2 weeks ago. It was like 5 polyps and they wanted like $100 for it. They claimed it is some rare variation. I forget where they say it originated from. I certainly wouldn't pay anywhere near that. If you can get a decent price on a piece it would be nice though. I think a lot of reefers in there quest for water quality forget that species health/grow is also very dependant on a steady/diversified diet.

 

[Beckmola24]

Very cool. I would be excited over that I hope they grow well for ya. Keep us posted on their status. My single polyp is still just that... a single polyp I'm trying though. I keep it fed.

 

[redrooster]

I am very excited to say the least. I fragged a small piece of cabbage leather off a large colony. I also fragged a very large puple lobo brain into 4 pieces a week ago and all fragmenst are doing great. So overall it has been a banner week for my tank. Now I just need to sell some of these pieces so that I have some more room! Hopefully by spring I will have a house and will have room for some more tanks. Right now I live in a condo and the 75 is all I have room for. Do you know if Tubestra in considered LPS??

 

[Anthony Calfo]

Do you know if Tubastrea in considered LPS

it is indeed my friend... a very hungry (daily) LPS coral

 

["Umm fish?"]

Hey Beckmola! How's the tubastrea doing?