iam stumped

monkdaily

monkdaily

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being new to the whole coral thing i purchased a 50$ open brain i have had my eye on. well the frst 2 days it was fine and the last couple it hasnt looked so hot. at least as the day wears on. when i turn the light out it swells up and the feeder tenticals are out and when i turn the lights on it looks perfect huge and open. but after 6 or 7 hours of light it starts to deflate and a lil skleton it protruding. i have a 4X65 watt coralife fixture and of course the brain is on the sand but should i move it to a lil more of a shadded area?? iam confused because for the first few hrs. during the day it looks so nice then it just deflates and looks weak to me
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alexmir

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what are all your parameters and what size tank. If its a decent sized tank the lights are not too powerful for the brain.
 
monkdaily

monkdaily

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i think ph nailed it its under 8
its only a 55 so the light should be adiquet (sp?) its 260watts so 4.7 watts a gallon i know WPG dont really matter but just a measuring stick if you will
 
monkdaily

monkdaily

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i just fed it some silverside to both mouths about 45 mins ago and it responded normaly now iam adding buffer. i also moved it to a shadded area and the parts that are under the shade do look a lil bit better. its prolly just my mind playin tricks on me, because i want it to be tank easy!! but thank for the info because mixing buffer was just as easy. hopefuly i will have a better looking brain all day tomorrow!
 
monkdaily

monkdaily

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i sure hope its ph because i turned off 2 of the all white lights and have just have the 2 5050 actanic/white lights on and the thing looks awesome granted it just ate.
 
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