Sun Coral Catching & Eating Live Brine (tubastrea faulkneri)

[wowfreak0]

Beautyful



[hollabacknow8557]

ummmm question do you have fish in that tank also? or just corals? How do you keep all those brime shrimp if you have fish in the tank as well? Dont they eat most of them or do you have a big load of brime shrimp in the tank?

[won0312]

Man your sun corals are looking really healthy. :)

[badvegan]

At one time we all thought that bristle worms were the devil. Times change however and many people, myself included, keep large and diverse populations of them. I keep seahorses and pipefish with bristleworms and snails as the only clean up crew, they have been going strong for almost three years now with no problems.

[AquaticCastle]

@badvegan It just depends on the type. If you see any giant ones, those are no good. I once had an outbreak of them and had to get rid of them. I did so by getting a lunar wrasse. 

[TheXforcer]

This is one coral you should need to have a class on before purchasing it most die of starvation because some moron thinks it looks "so cool" and doesn't have a clue how to feed it!

[YayHeaven]

@TheXforcer Thanks for commenting. I think with a lot of the corals or the cohabitants for aquariums (freshwater or marine) MOST hobbyists could use a class (or at least go to a forum) to do some research. I am often disturbed at how often animals are purchased without knowing the very basics of how to keep them alive.

[skindeepdc]

Just ordered one of these corals. I'm super excited to add it to my tank! Thanks for the video.

[YayHeaven]

@skindeepdc They are lovely creatures! Hopefully yours will acclimate quickly. It is so rewarding to see them thrive. Best of luck with your new tubby!

[jadeevalley]

i love how mother nature is cruel and amazing all at the same time!! awesome footage!

[chunkylover817]

2:26-2:30 survivor brine shrimp :D

[slateflash]

what's that very active (soft?) coral in the beginning? in the centre

[YayHeaven]

@slateflash The pink one just slightly off center to the right is called pulsing or pumping xenia.

[JobForAColton]

WHAT are the translucent things floating around?

[2handsofgod]

the name of the song?

[2handsofgod]

beautiful

[Map10193808]

on the top right in the first few seconds, a water fairy

[YayHeaven]

@Map10193808 lol yes...

[Map10193808]

@YayHeaven indeed



[PrevalentDisease]

What is that thing moving in the background at 2:46?

[YayHeaven]

@PrevalentDisease Hi, it is a seahorse catching some of the brine shrimp to eat.

[dantheman06111989]

Beautifull sun corals!!!

[YayHeaven]

@dantheman06111989 Thank you!

[michaelmp5]

Pandora has nothing on this.

[MrVwtn]

wow those suncorals look amzing...props man.....are any for sale im very interested

[MrVwtn]

wow those suncorals look amzing...props man

[bbs209]

How much does sun corals cost a head. Can anyone tell me. Thanks

[MrRosentopf]

ha ha ha sea monkeys :)

[saliva911]

i just bought a tubastrea sun coral. nice.

[MissXMarlboro]

Beautiful xenia. Mine are more purple... In fact, 95 percent of the corals in my tank are purple... purple anthelia, purple zooanthids, purple coraline algae, purple anemones, purple macro algae, PURPLEPURPLEPURPLE! Is this because of bad lighting?

[TheCoralman]

@MissXMarlboro iam  using 2 led strips all colours excellent

[M0Etivation]

nice vid waht kind of lights are you using?

[cantalope4nepenthes]

wats the music ???? nice tank

[tehzergboy]

You realize around 1:33 or so in this video, you see two good sized bristle worms under your tubastrea...I'd look out about those man.

[YayHeaven]

Yes, I did realize that. Thanks.

[sharpiesreef]

@YayHeaven and bristle worms are among the best and most efective members of anyone's CuC unless they get too large.

[biowerks]

@tehzergboy There is nothing wrong with bristle worms...

[JoshuaKarno]

@tehzergboy Bristle worms may sting you if you come into contact with them, but in general they are probably one of the best for cleaning the tank. So it's not necessarily a good idea to remove them!

[keyair123]

@tehzergboy

What do bristle worms do?

[UndergroundWeekly]

@tehzergboy Just a quick question! Why should he look out about those? I don't know anything about them, and would like to know!

[YayHeaven]

@UndergroundWeekly the bristle worms are very prolific and can easily get out of control. They are difficult to get rid of if the inhabitants in the tank are not the kind to keep them under control. In small numbers they can be considered beneficial as clean up crew. (again depending on your inhabitants.) They don't necessarily pose a "threat" just by being there.

[jm5390]

Oh wow, that's cool.

[taintedeyez]

Not necessary, but you have taken the responsibility of caring for these creatures that were robbed from their original homes. You should strive to provide authentic living conditions for your creature. Recently I have started a 5 gallon refugium with planted chaeto and copepods. Copepods are more nutritionally complete for marine life and they reproduce at a phenomenal rate in a refugium, FREE FOOD, well amost free, minus the pump running and water changes yadda yadda.

[YayHeaven]

Do you have access to frozen foods? The main thing my sun corals would eat is SF BAY REEF PLANKTON. The sun corals also eat mysis. They are carnivorous (meat eaters). As for the elegance coral, I am unsure about food for that one, but for the sun coral, meaty foods are the way to go. Best of luck with your reef tank.

[lgarvey]

Beautiful

question - i'd imagine feeding a them a load of frozen food from a baster would quickly mess up water quality as a lot of it ends up floating around the tank. But live food, such as brine shrimp, will not mess up water parameters because uneaten live brine doesn't then rot. Is this the case?

Do sun corals eat copepods and rotifiers?

[TRUTOKA574]

did all your coral start small and get big cuz i got a 3 month old tank and the coral is small and looks bare. will it grow and fill out my tank

[CoralBananas]

It depends on your water quality, lighting, water flow and feeding.

[aTrueAfrican]

look similar to DendroPhylia(sp) not illegal to sell but illegal to harvest from wild I think really beautiful how about a free frag=)

[mak3myda3]

God, Super jelous :( You hav a ton of em. Theyre super expensive where i live because theyre illegal :(

[charzarg]

why are they illegal?

[mak3myda3]

No idea

[charzarg]

ah thats a shame :[

[LETTHEBEETROCK]

cool

[mak3myda3]

how come you dont feed sprilina loaded brine?(frozen) brine have little to no nutrition!, but never the less, love your sun corals. lol dam LPS... theyre so cool, but dam feeding

[YayHeaven]

Because, as the title says I am feeding them live brine. These are gutloaded and better than frozen. :)

[hornetpalooza]

No art is even close to the beauty of nature.

[YayHeaven]

Sun corals are high maintenance and also drive up overall tank maintenance quite a bit. From the comment page to respond I'm unable to see the music selection but I believe it is credited at the very end of the video.

[charzarg]

thats AMAZING!! :D

I thought sun corals were hard to care for??

also what is this music?? I love it :D

[palmbeauties]

that is so awesome. Beautiful to.

[YayHeaven]

Thank you :)

[crip23walk23]

why dont they eat clown fish?

[zaracki92]

wat kind of song is tht?

[mikee1333]

how u get all those brine i cant find no store that has that much brine

[metroid101]

there is a bristleworm right under your sun coral in the video! did you even notice that?

[YayHeaven]

I did. I actually did a little bit of focusing on it. lol.

[257robts]

i actully had a couple of bristle worms in my tank, thats until my arrow crab ate them all, i miss whatching them come out from the rock and scavange for food.

[Spbeyond]

I have hundreds... They are a good thing unless they are overpopulated and start eating coral..

[musho3210]

do you gut load those shrimp first? selcon and/or live phytoplankton is a good gut loader, makes the shrimp much more nutritious.

[YayHeaven]

I do gut load them. I use Naturose sometimes or Zoecon.

[ataintedfriend]

I have a yellow sun coral, a orange and a black.

They were all doing well, until yesterday we had a power outage everything died in the tank... The coral i dont' know if they're still alive... but I am trying to revive them,

I redecorated the tank as I cleaned everything out. I was wondering if i could put them right under the water fall. It's a moderate to strong water current.Some say they don't like water flow and some say they need strong flow, I am very confused... Yours seem healthy :)

[razor2007b]

Can you post the brand or picture of packaging that came with it. I want hatch this shrimp.

[YayHeaven]

I don't hatch them myself. I buy them already-live and grown out from the local tropical fish store. I don't have any information about what species or brand it is. Sorry. :(

[razor2007b]

Can you post the brand or picture of packaging that came with it. I want hatch this shrimp.

[razor2007b]

hi there,

What species of brine shrimp are you feeding? It is so big?

[YayHeaven]

Sorry, I'm not sure what species the adult brine shrimp are. I buy them from my LFS but I will have to ask next time I go there!