Sun Coral

SeaBee

Ha Ha Thats Funny!
Today I picked up a beautiful sun coral, nice chunk, over 30 heads I can count. What would this normally cost? I did some work for the guy and he gave it to me!!! WOO HOO!!

On another note, the other night I saw one of my Peppermint shrimps with a belly full of eggs, then a big cloud and the fish went nuts eating these things. Any idea if any will survive? That same shrimp has since molted.

And what would make webs in my tank? They look like spider webs, I clean them and they come back.

Thanks folks.:^:
 
I would guess the Sun Coral would go for as much as $60 but probably more like around $45-$55

I have had many Cleaner Shrimp release babies but in 2+ years never seen one survive.

The web is caused by a tube worm. Don't know the actual name of it but I have had them several times. I usually get sick of cleaning off the webs and just kill them. They are pretty harmless and usually just come as a hitch Hiker..
 
The web is caused by a tube worm. Don't know the actual name of it but I have had them several times. I usually get sick of cleaning off the webs and just kill them. They are pretty harmless and usually just come as a hitch Hiker..

Thanks Tucson, how do I find and kill this thing??

SHHHHH, be vewy, vewy quiet, I'm huntin Tube Worms!
 
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/MolluscPIX/Gastropods/Tube_Snail_KBR.jpg

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rs/images/image009.jpg


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What you have in your tank are simply tube snails. These snails feed on particulate matter catching it with their mucus webbing and then sucking the webbing back in and devouring the food particals they have trapped. They are harmless. There really is no way to eliminate them from your tank that would not also be harmful to any of your other invertebrates. They prefer high current areas, and will infest and clog plumbing, significantly reducing water flow. In severe infestations they can clog and shut down pumps. The only solution in cases like these is physical removal of the animals using whatever method is easiest (a muriatic acid bath works well). Fortunately, some fishes such as Copperband butterfly fishes, seem to eat them, and some hermit crabs will eat them as well. If you can remove the rock they are on this may work but otherwise there isn't a whole lot you can do. It is unlikely that even a large number of tube snails is directly deleterious to any other aquarium life. The mucus they produce may be used as food by many other animals as well as by the producer. Large masses might produce enough mucus to cause some local disruption in water currents or they may foul some other animal, but the mucus is generally very diffuse and most animals can easily remove it. In many reef tanks, some of the most abundant animals are these small snails that often appear to be calcareous tube worms. Similarly well-adapted for reef aquarium life, the smaller species are sometimes prolific to the point of being nuisances. However, in most tanks, they simply remain an example of a small, but highly successful, component of reef biodiversity.
 
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the sun corals will have to be target fed mysis or reef plankton. any type of meaty food, best to try feeding at night, thats when they are more likely to open up for feeding.
 
I fed plnkton last night, after lights out and it opened a little, then I dropped in mysis. It's not really open yet, so will try tonight again. It's red/orange.
 
If you can find the tubes that the vermitied snails live in,you can put a dab of super glue gel over the top of it.That'll take care of the snails.
And still waiting for pics of the sun coral.:D
 
If you can find the tubes that the vermitied snails live in,you can put a dab of super glue gel over the top of it.That'll take care of the snails.
And still waiting for pics of the sun coral.:D

I have used epoxy putty before as well as a thin unfolded paperclip to "stick" him to death! I felt bad afterwards. :(
 
You'll see the webs coming out of them. The tiny tiny ones (usually white housing) are little red or white fan worms. They do not have webs.
 
I have used epoxy putty before as well as a thin unfolded paperclip to "stick" him to death! I felt bad afterwards. :(

Heartless brute :D

I see these little small white like tubes, very small on some rock, is that his house?

Add a little zooplankton and see if the webs come out of the tubes.If you see the webs,start stabbin or gluein :mrgreen:
 
Nice pickup SeaBee.

I've tried getting a piece of sun coral that had 4 heads on it and the LFS wanted $45. So you prob. walked off with a piece worth $90+!!
 
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