There are few corals that can stand up to the brilliant colors of the members of the genus Tubastrea, which are known as orange cup corals or sun corals. The most commonly encountered species in the aquarium trade have orangish pink corallites, and bright orangish yellow or white polyps. If you look back at the aquarium literature on the members of this genus, you will find they are considered to be very difficult to keep. But this coral will actually thrive and even reproduce in captivity if you are willing to devote the time to feed them.

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The sun coral is non-photosynthetic

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