Trouble with Brain coral - Moon HELP!

[dfelton]

I've had a Moon Brain coral for a few weeks now and it appears that it is starting to die off. Certain areas of the coral are loseing color and appear to be dying. I have been feeding it Marine snow through a sea squirt, but I'm not sure if I should be feeding it something different?
I have several other corals including a Chili coral and a Christmas tree that seem to be doing well.
Any help would be appreciated.

 

[gexkko]

If you want help for determining the reason for coral die-off, you need to give specific tank parameters. List lighting, temp, flow, sg, pH, Ca, Alk, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, etc. What kind of skimmer/filter/fuge do you have? What other tank occupants that aren't coral? Are there any other corals near it? Basically, answer every possible question that someone could ask about the tank so the helping can begin
Also, everyone loves a good picture...

 

[dfelton]

Wish I could post a pic, but I won't be homw til tomorrow night. My mian question was whether I should be feeding it something else besides Marine Snow.
My water quality is fine and the rest of my corals/fish are doing well.
I can post more detail of what is in my tank and the water parameters later, but I really want to know if I'm feeding it properly.
Thanks,

 

[alyssia]

I have been feeding my moon reef chili and cyclopeeze. I've had it for about 4 months and so far it's been fine. I don't target feed, I just feed the whole tank.

 

[dfelton]

Where do you buy your reef chili and cyclopeeze?

 

[alyssia]

Originally Posted by dfelton
Where do you buy your reef chili and cyclopeeze?

Online. I don't have a SW lfs within an hours drive. If you google reef chili you should be able to find it that way.

 

[dirty-d]

i would target feed it for sure..mine eats whole silversides

 

[supalupa]

I target feed my brain prime reef by ocean nutrition. You can get it at most lfs. I wasn't target feeding at all and it started to have some die off. Once I started target feeding, it came back better than ever.

 

[alyssia]

Originally Posted by Dirty-D
i would target feed it for sure..mine eats whole silversides

How do you target feed a moon? It doesn't have sweeper tentacles, at least that's what I've been told on here. And I've never seen mine put out sweepers.

 

[dfelton]

I am also confused by direct feeding. My moon doesn't have tentacles either, just small mouths w/in the cavities. I guess I'll just shoot some chili at it and hope the mouths get some???
A moon that eats whole silversides?

 

[brainrush]

If you look at the moon brain with a flashlight after the lights have been out for a while you will see it does have very little sweepers. Some of the sweepers on the side can actually get pretty long. There was a picture on this board once that showed moon sweepers that were about 3 inches long!!
I spot feed mine and it seems to respond very well. I feed it all kinds of stuff...zooplex, little shrimp pellets, crushed fish food, etc. Not sure if it is actually eating it all, but it has put on some noticable growth since I started feeding it. I feed it about 1 or twice a week...at least 3 hours after lights out.