Are them brain corals any good?

steven's un

steven's un

Member
I was thinking about gettin a brain coral and i was wondering if they are easy to care for and a pretty good addition....thanks
 
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thomas712

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Not a bad coral to start, most need only medium lighting conditions and medium water movment and are fairly hardy. They are normaly kept near or on the bottom of the tank.
Are we talking open brain or closed brain?
Thomas
 
steven's un

steven's un

Member
Sorry Thomas....talking about the open brain.....so what kind of lighting would you recommend with this....i need to get some new light.......and the other corals ill get are gonna be medium lighting also.............open to anybody
 
mossad327

mossad327

Member
What are your water conditions? I was thinking of getting one, too, but I wasn't sure if it would do well in my tank.
 
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thomas712

Guest
I would say that you could keep some of the more common types under VHO lighting, PC on up to MH or combos of MH and VHO. or say210 to 380 watts VHO, thats just a personal idea of what medium lighting is.
Thomas
 
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thomas712

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Plum70 is that pic under your acintics? Nice shot :)
Thomas
 
plum70rt

plum70rt

Active Member
thats under 50/50 whites and the 03 blue actinics, next I want to put an aquasun in there to give some more pink, my water is great, IMO, 8.3 ph, no nitrate, nitrites, no phosphates, no ammonia, 510 calcium ,which some might think high but works for me:) , 5.5 meq Alk, 1023 salinity,what else?
 
jja

jja

Member
I just started adding corals about 6 months ago and have had an open brain for about 4. He has almost doubled in size since then. I have a 55 gal. with 2 96 watt compacts and he is in about the middle of the tank-though I have wondered about moving him to the bottom because he is growing so big when he is wide open he really hangs off the side of the lr he is on.
 
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