Candy Cane Coral Issue

A couple of months ago, I purchased a candy cane at my lfs as one my first corals. The owner told me they didn't require any feeding as they rely on photosynthesis. After doing research, I now know that they do extend sweepers at night to feed. Mine however, never has extended it's tentacles ever. I try spot feeding it Cyclops & letting it flow through the tank as well as mysis but the tankmates start trying to take the food away. Can anyone identify which type of Candy Cane it is and how to keep it healthy?

 

FYI, the picture seems to be broken.

However, to feed a candy cane, wait until lights out and you should start to see the feeler tentacles come out to feed. Whenever that happens,then spot feed it your cyclopeze.
My candy cane seems to have its tentacles extended the best a couple of hours after lights out.

Also, you may want to get this moved to the LPS section.

I hope this helps you =).

 

I'm not sure of the type, but it looks like a standard candy cane to me. From what I understand, candy canes are primarily photosynthetic, but benefit from occasional target feeding.

Your best bet for target feeding is to shut off all powerheads and use a long "eye dropper" to place the food on the coral. It should then try to reach out and grab the food with its tentacles. The reason you use a long dropper is because it also doubles as an effective jousting lance to keep fish, shrimp, and other would be food thieves at bay.

 

Are the tentacles visible to the naked eye? I have never seen them in like 3 solid months of constantly checking. I figure that the coral could've been in bad shape at the store & they may no longer extend.

 

From what I've seen in pictures they are:

http://tylermerrick.com/images/corals/candys_feeding.jpg

 

I have never seen them on mine either. :-/

 

I've also never seen them, and I've had mine about 7 months.

 

I saw some in a tank at my LFS with very poor lighting and flow.... Maybe that's the key

 

Here's a couple of pictures from one my other post on the feeder tentacles...the middle picture is a typical candy....I've seen them go crazy with cyclopeze !... or in this case just cleaning the real fine stuff off the glass with the mag float and power heads off.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/lps-corals/tenicles-128420.html

 

Yep, that's exactly what my candy cane's feelers look like. They are indeed very visible and very pretty imo. Mine will even show the tentacles when I feed my fish with selcon sometimes.