Brain Trauma?

nate0729

nate0729

Member
Ok so this morning I get up and start cleaning the inside glass of my tank and while i'm doing this I notice that my new brain which I've had for 5 days isn't lookin so good. His "skin" looks like its starting to seperate from it's base in a small, maybe 1/2 - 1 inch section. I'm really worried. It hasn't eatn since i've had him. Every nite it puffs up like it's gonna open but never does. It's a red brain coral.
Tank parameters:
25g tank
0 ammonia
0 nitrites
5 ppm Nitrates
ph is 8.0, but it's been stable at that for 3 months
440 calcium
130w PC lighting
I've been doing weekly 10% waterchanges with RO water.
Topin off with RO fresh.
I'm really not sure what could have happend, but I don't wanna lose my first real coral!

Anyone please, any suggestions would be great!
 
puffer32

puffer32

Active Member
How close to the light is it? Not real up on corals yet, but I am wondering if you have enough lighting?
 
nate0729

nate0729

Member
Well, what i've read is that they're not real light hungry. Its just sitn on the sand right now. I'm thinkn bout movin him up, but I get worried bout the stupid snails knockin it over. I don't nkow what it is. :scared:
 
ohiorn67

ohiorn67

Member
I had a green brain that did just what you are talking about soon after we got it. It just happens, sometimes it is not placement but you can try to move it, it just made ours worse. I now have a red brain that is from a very established tank that someone was selling and had it in his tank for a year. It is incredibly healthy, sits in my sand and I don't have MH lights, just pc compact lights in my 90. It is not always the lighting, I think brains can be quirky from the start......good luck with it though!!
 
f1shman

f1shman

Active Member
I don't think its the lighting either, you have a good 5 watts per gallon and a PC light, and brains don't even need that much.. may just have been shipped badly
 
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