Sun Coral Spawning Successfully

[seth the wine guy]

For a couple months I had noticed what looked like baby one headed sun coral polyps appearing all over the tank. I do have a sun coral colony. They would generally disappear one by one but re-appear in different places. I wasn't sure what they were. I thought some type of nuisance anemone or something. But, since the little guys always seem to go away or pop up in out of the way places I didn't really care.

Well, lately I noticed an actual sun coral colony growing on the underside of a shelf rock near my big colony. I knew they would spawn, I just didn't think they would have much success in a reef tank. I now have a hundred or more little sun coral heads growing everywhere on the underside of the rock in my tank. I've even found it growing on the mag floats. They quickly die if they are in the direct light. I was debating whether all this was a good thing but I've decided it's kinda cool. Should be unique at the very least.

I've yet to find any in the sump. Only in the DT. Anyone else with Sun Corals have this happen?
-FWIW I haven't spot fed my colony in months. It's thriving despite all the people that told me it would die if I didn't manually feed it.

 

[frantz]

Cool! I've read about that happening but can only hope for right now. I've let mine go for a week and it was fine. Mine get fed almost daily when I'm home and none of the fish complain about the extra shrimp added. Good luck on your growing family.

 

[grouper therapy]

I've had them do it in both systems.

 

[seth the wine guy]

grouper therapy;790546 wrote: I've had them do it in both systems.

Did you have them in your sump? I'm concerned with them growing in the return drains causing blockage down the road. Seems like a perfect place for them to grow. Plenty of concentrated flow with nutrients.

 

[grouper therapy]

Seth The Wine Guy;790561 wrote: Did you have them in your sump? I'm concerned with them growing in the return drains causing blockage down the road. Seems like a perfect place for them to grow. Plenty of concentrated flow with nutrients.

I never had them in the sump oddly enough. They liked the intake of my closed loop.

 

[seth the wine guy]

grouper therapy;790563 wrote: I never had them in the sump oddly enough. They liked the intake of my closed loop.

That's what has me a bit puzzled. I've not found a single one in the sump. You would think with hundreds in the DT you would see at least one in the sump.

 

[rdnelson]

Seth The Wine Guy;790561 wrote: Did you have them in your sump? I'm concerned with them growing in the return drains causing blockage down the road. Seems like a perfect place for them to grow. Plenty of concentrated flow with nutrients.

While it wouldn't explain the lack of them in the sump, would the amount of flow in the drains prevent them from attaching? Don't know much of anything about them (or most things for that matter) but it seems plausable to me.

 

[ripped tide]

rdnelson99;790604 wrote: While it wouldn't explain the lack of them in the sump, would the amount of flow in the drains prevent them from attaching? Don't know much of anything about them (or most things for that matter) but it seems plausable to me.

That "should" be the case. Smart thinking Rich.

I wonder if the 80w uv had something to do with then not being in the sump.

 

[mustangcaleb]

Seth The Wine Guy;790458 wrote: They quickly die if they are in the direct light.

Ripped Tide;790608 wrote: I wonder if the 80w uv had something to do with then not being in the sump.

makes perfect sense