Brain Coral Host

kerry · 03-22-2007, 02:45 PM

Can anyone ID this fern looking bugger and tell me what to do about it? Leave it? prune it? pluck it? I don't like jostling any of my LR or coral, but if it must be done, it must be done. Thanks all -Kerry

Dentoid · 03-22-2007, 03:46 PM

Does it move or retract into the coral head or does it just hang there like a macro algae? I assume you are talking about the fernlike projection in the lower 1/3 of the photo? Has it gotten any bigger over time. Does the coral look like it's suffering from it? It could be a symbiont. I'd leave it alone until you are sure of its identity.

kerry · 03-22-2007, 04:00 PM

It does not retract back into the coral, and it is definately growing. It does not seem to be bothering the coral, although you can see a hole above it that formed recently. That is how this fern started and then the coral started to close up around it. Um, that is all I can think of.

kerry · 03-22-2007, 08:59 PM

Come on girls and guys, I am very curious about this

Raf · 03-22-2007, 09:30 PM

We have a similar creature living in our brain coral for over a year now with 0 ill effects......I would not worry.

kerry · 03-22-2007, 09:36 PM

THANKS, I will leave it alone with updates of course.

mps9506 · 03-22-2007, 10:03 PM

I would leave it. Most likely the brain coral will grow over it given time.

kerry · 04-16-2007, 12:02 AM

Well, it has been a month and has grown "a little". At this stage I may no longer see my brain coral! Pretty though. Sorry about the fuzzy pic.

03-22-2007, 02:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
kerry Bryozoan Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gunnison, Co. Posts: 45 View Gallery Karma Komment	Brain Coral Host Can anyone ID this fern looking bugger and tell me what to do about it? Leave it? prune it? pluck it? I don't like jostling any of my LR or coral, but if it must be done, it must be done. Thanks all -Kerry

03-22-2007, 03:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,529 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Brain Coral Host Does it move or retract into the coral head or does it just hang there like a macro algae? I assume you are talking about the fernlike projection in the lower 1/3 of the photo? Has it gotten any bigger over time. Does the coral look like it's suffering from it? It could be a symbiont. I'd leave it alone until you are sure of its identity. __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

03-22-2007, 04:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
kerry Bryozoan Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gunnison, Co. Posts: 45 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Brain Coral Host It does not retract back into the coral, and it is definately growing. It does not seem to be bothering the coral, although you can see a hole above it that formed recently. That is how this fern started and then the coral started to close up around it. Um, that is all I can think of.

03-22-2007, 08:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
kerry Bryozoan Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gunnison, Co. Posts: 45 View Gallery Karma Komment	HELP! Brain Coral Host Come on girls and guys, I am very curious about this __________________ Mans greatest adversary is his own damn awkwardness in the center of the crux of his life.

03-22-2007, 09:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
Raf Scopas Tang Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: N. Vancouver, BC Canada Posts: 431 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Brain Coral Host We have a similar creature living in our brain coral for over a year now with 0 ill effects......I would not worry. __________________ Our Photos: Nikon D70 w Nikkor 60mm 2.8d micro http://www.aquaticescapes.ca Check out our Malawi site: http://www.malawimayhem.com Cheers Raf & Diana

03-22-2007, 09:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
kerry Bryozoan Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gunnison, Co. Posts: 45 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Brain Coral Host THANKS, I will leave it alone with updates of course. __________________ Mans greatest adversary is his own damn awkwardness in the center of the crux of his life.

03-22-2007, 10:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
mps9506 They misunderestimated me Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Charlotte and Wilmington, NC Posts: 6,862 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Brain Coral Host I would leave it. Most likely the brain coral will grow over it given time. __________________ Mike "The Bandwith Bandit" Help Build Reefpedia Premium Membership Available! Support Reef Sanctuary Sponsors

04-16-2007, 12:02 AM	#8 (permalink)
kerry Bryozoan Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gunnison, Co. Posts: 45 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Brain Coral Host Well, it has been a month and has grown "a little". At this stage I may no longer see my brain coral! Pretty though. Sorry about the fuzzy pic. __________________ Mans greatest adversary is his own damn awkwardness in the center of the crux of his life.

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