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mykrofon
Guest
ok there is times were my brains exoskeleton is kind of showwing and times were he looks fine so i dont know if he is dying or not..........i am new to this hobby and just concerned can someone please help..............
toughguy80
Member
I think when they die they start to turn white. If you've ever seen one dead that they sell at stores, they will actually start to do that in your tank. It sounds like to me it might be if you can see it's exoskeleton but I have no experience with them. I don't know if they can recover or not.
fishieness
Active Member
judging by the pic, either you have 20000K halides or that pic is taked with just the actinics on. And since his feeder tenticals are out im guessing that just your actinics are on? They will retract slightly at night. I have never seen the skeleton on mine however. Maybe that is why it sometimes looks fine and then bad other times. if the lights are tunred off, just the actinics are on, or the lights are jsut turned on, then the brain will look a lot smaller. however, in a healthy brain coral, you shouldnt see the skeleton. My guess is that is it on its way. or not oding well in your tank, or maybe it just wasnt doing well at the LFS.
please post your water paramaters
lighting and schedual
how long you have had it and how long this has been going on
and what other live stock you have including inverts, shrimps, fish, surrounding corals.
please post your water paramaters
lighting and schedual
how long you have had it and how long this has been going on
and what other live stock you have including inverts, shrimps, fish, surrounding corals.
mikeyjer
Active Member
Originally Posted by fishieness
judging by the pic, either you have 20000K halides or that pic is taked with just the actinics on. And since his feeder tenticals are out im guessing that just your actinics are on? They will retract slightly at night. I have never seen the skeleton on mine however. Maybe that is why it sometimes looks fine and then bad other times. if the lights are tunred off, just the actinics are on, or the lights are jsut turned on, then the brain will look a lot smaller. however, in a healthy brain coral, you shouldnt see the skeleton. My guess is that is it on its way. or not oding well in your tank, or maybe it just wasnt doing well at the LFS.
please post your water paramaters
lighting and schedual
how long you have had it and how long this has been going on
and what other live stock you have including inverts, shrimps, fish, surrounding corals.
I agree with all of this, I also want to add in, placement of the coral plays a important role! I know a lady who had a issue with her open brain not looking pretty, but when she moved it to a different spot, it looked a lot better and was rebuilding back. Good Luck! :happyfish
judging by the pic, either you have 20000K halides or that pic is taked with just the actinics on. And since his feeder tenticals are out im guessing that just your actinics are on? They will retract slightly at night. I have never seen the skeleton on mine however. Maybe that is why it sometimes looks fine and then bad other times. if the lights are tunred off, just the actinics are on, or the lights are jsut turned on, then the brain will look a lot smaller. however, in a healthy brain coral, you shouldnt see the skeleton. My guess is that is it on its way. or not oding well in your tank, or maybe it just wasnt doing well at the LFS.
please post your water paramaters
lighting and schedual
how long you have had it and how long this has been going on
and what other live stock you have including inverts, shrimps, fish, surrounding corals.
I agree with all of this, I also want to add in, placement of the coral plays a important role! I know a lady who had a issue with her open brain not looking pretty, but when she moved it to a different spot, it looked a lot better and was rebuilding back. Good Luck! :happyfish