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| Do I look as lost as I am ![]() | I picked this up yesterday at a LFS and she just called it a brain coral. What exactly is it and what are it's "special" needs? PS sorry for the quality of the pic... I used my camera phone as I was running out the door to work..
__________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!! Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC*.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten ![]() BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef |
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;) ![]() | Re: Types of Brain coral ? Many different types of Brains... Trachyphyllia lobophyllia Wellsophyllia platygyra Yours is a platygyra. http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...cfm?pCatId=445 BTW.. it is beautiful!
__________________ ~Doni Marie~ GOT ICH??? My Victorious Battle with ICH 120 Reef Chronicle ~ Breeding Picasso Clownfish~ Massive 300 gal growout~ My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~ Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~ "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ |
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| Do I look as lost as I am ![]() | Re: Types of Brain coral ? Quote:
I couldn't resist it when I saw it! It's gonna look SWEET in my New Nano-Cube tank once it's done cycling and I am able to put it into that tank ![]() A.
__________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!! Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC*.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten ![]() BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef Last edited by BigAl07 : 04-03-2007 at 09:21 AM. | |
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| Elegance coral | Re: Types of Brain coral ? Quote:
When it's done cycling? You've got that brain in a cycling tank? If so, that ain't good. If not, then sorry for reading your post wrong. ![]()
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| Do I look as lost as I am ![]() | Re: Types of Brain coral ? Quote:
No need for concern... it's in an established tank just waiting for the new one to be ready for "critters". Allen ![]() PS I edited that post just in case it seems that way to anyone else... don't want to make it look like I am a coral abuser/killer at least not intentionally so ![]()
__________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!! Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC*.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten ![]() BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef | |
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| Do I look as lost as I am ![]() | Re: Types of Brain coral ? Quote:
Ideas? Suggestions? Donations? Allen
__________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!! Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC*.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten ![]() BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef | |
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| Beautiful Katamari ![]() | Re: Types of Brain coral ? I think you can keep him under your lights. I have a Trachyphyllia geoffroyi (open Brain) in my 10g nano under 32w pc for over a year and he is doing great. I feed him a little brine or mysis shrimp once in a while. check out the liveaquaria link in the post above. It gives some feeding advice.
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| Do I look as lost as I am ![]() | Re: Types of Brain coral ? Update !!! My brain got "Stung" by my new "FrogSpawn" recently. At least that's what I assume happened. I was in the middle of redoing my aquascaping and left the small frag of FrogSpawn down low on the sand up beside My brain. 2 days later there is this dark looking spot on the same side the FrogSpawn was on. I assume he sent out his stinger tentacle over night and zapped it. I moved the FrogSpawn up HIGH on a rock and hope the brain recovers. Anything esle I can/should do? Also does the brain need to stay down on the DSB or can it be "mounted/epoxied" up higher on the rockwork? Allen ![]()
__________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!! Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC*.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten ![]() BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef |
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;) ![]() | Re: Types of Brain coral ? Keep an eye on the injury and make sure it does not spread. If so, dipping in in an iodine solution will help. I keep my brain in the sand but I'm not sure if they do as well on the rocks.
__________________ ~Doni Marie~ GOT ICH??? My Victorious Battle with ICH 120 Reef Chronicle ~ Breeding Picasso Clownfish~ Massive 300 gal growout~ My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~ Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~ "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ |
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| Beautiful Katamari ![]() | Re: Types of Brain coral ? Hey Big Al Glad you quickly figgered out that the FrogSpawn was attacking the Brain and moved him away quickly. Brains should be in the substrate. That is where they are found in the reef. If you epoxy him into the rock work when he swells up he could injure his flesh on the rock. Im not sure sure how he would take to the epoxy either. I bet he recovers well from the stinging.
__________________ A 55g link in the GoldenChain My 2nd QT-Picasso Clowns My 2nd-QT-Wrasse My Second Quarantine Tank 2 (+) Year Retrospective of a 12g Nano Jeff Quote:
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