How to tell a Brain is died?

[chrisyew]

May I know how to tell that a brain (open brain coral) is died or going to die? When I touch the open brain, it's normally hard, if it has died - will it turn soggy or soft like 'melting effect'?

Any tell tale sign that a brain is going to die?

[flying carpet]

Melting effect first then you can see the skeleton. Something wrong with yours?

[chrisyew]

Melting effect first then you can see the skeleton. Something wrong with yours?

Thanks for the reply. But the brain is so hard, will it still melt and turn soft? Mine has a transparant coat of slimy thing on it (will post picture later). Onli target feeding with live bbs and cyclopeez so far. But will buy the Hikari mysis later and try.

[chrisyew]

OK here is the attached photo. See the arrow pointing at the transparent slimy thing coating over the brain.

[giantbicycle]

OK here is the attached photo. See the arrow pointing at the transparent slimy thing coating over the brain.

bro....

THink yrs is alredy .................

look at the skeleton....the colour......

[strat]

Bro sorry to tell you, from the looks of it. It's already 1/2 gone...

[chrisyew]

Thanks guys. Can I say it's time to throw it away coz no hope leow?

[chrisyew]

Yep confirm die alreadi. Took it out and smell - SMELLY hehe. Thrown.

[dravan]

muz be ur first coral death... hai~~ when you first posted its pic tot it looked bleached and dying... brain is a hard coral so when it dies it leaves behind its skeleton... so it will still be hard.... the flesh will rot so smelly lohz....

[shoelevy]

chrisyew, do you have any idea why yours died?

is it lightings or water parameters or unhealthy specimen to start with?

[flying carpet]

Bro dun be dishearted. Better luck next time.

[chrisyew]

chrisyew, do you have any idea why yours died?

is it lightings or water parameters or unhealthy specimen to start with?

I've bought one that is already bleached. I didn't know it's called bleached and onli after buying it, then fellow hobbyists told me on the net. Thereafter, I didn't feed it with mysis shrimp but juz cyclopeez.

Water flow is medium and lighting is medium.

But I'm not dishearten yet, will try again. Thanks for all the infos guys.