Troublesome Sunnies!
Sun corals are a pain in the ass though they can be really pretty. That's quite true for all things pretty ain't it? ie. troublesome girlfriend. Feeding was sucha hassle. The Sailfin tang's gotten alot braver and everytime i deliver food to an individual sun coral polyp, it has the guts to actually 'challenge' my pincer and nib food out of it. So what do i feed the sun corals? shrimps cut into tiny shreds. Each polyp is hand fed with food delivered to every mouth. Not all polyps can be fed cos its just too time consuming but i feed as much as I can. Sister got a lomograph camera and there's where i got the inspiration for this picture.
Following the frames from left to right. 3 polyps have extended. Delivered food to 2 polyps. The one higher up swallowed it quickly. All the tentacles have retracted to push the shrimp bit down its 'throat'. the lower polyp is still having trouble ingesting the shrimp bit. The top polyp has opened up for a second helping. Notice that polyps that weren't extended at the start have started extending. The third polyp has decided that its' bro is unable to handle its food portion and so bends over to snatch part of it. Another piece of shrimp is delivered to a polyp that has just extended right at the bottom. The first polyp its extending its body, squeezing its food down its throat. You can see the lump along its body.
Interesting eh? Its hecka troublesome! Anyway I've observed some new growth in the suncorals. new polyps forming but at the same time, a couple of old polyps seem to have just rotted away. I'm wondering why. Perhaps it got choked by sand or something. Sun corals are propoagating but yet 2 polyps have faded away. Is everything good?
Following the frames from left to right. 3 polyps have extended. Delivered food to 2 polyps. The one higher up swallowed it quickly. All the tentacles have retracted to push the shrimp bit down its 'throat'. the lower polyp is still having trouble ingesting the shrimp bit. The top polyp has opened up for a second helping. Notice that polyps that weren't extended at the start have started extending. The third polyp has decided that its' bro is unable to handle its food portion and so bends over to snatch part of it. Another piece of shrimp is delivered to a polyp that has just extended right at the bottom. The first polyp its extending its body, squeezing its food down its throat. You can see the lump along its body.
Interesting eh? Its hecka troublesome! Anyway I've observed some new growth in the suncorals. new polyps forming but at the same time, a couple of old polyps seem to have just rotted away. I'm wondering why. Perhaps it got choked by sand or something. Sun corals are propoagating but yet 2 polyps have faded away. Is everything good?
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