Brain/hammer coral

[reaper78]

Hi everyone, bought a Open Brain Coral (pardon me if i wrong) from GO 2 days ago. I notice dat the brain 'Skin' (i not sure wat u call dat part), looks flabby. I sure dat it was not in dat state 2 days ago. Is this normal? part of the photo process?

Also is the hammer coral doing okay?? I just wana to be sure...hehe THanks in advance. :thanx:

[yikai]

hammer is fine. but ur brain im not sure. no experience with brain. nice colour though! rainbow (:

[raydiative]

brain expand to be flabby... sometimes can be very flabby... my open brain opens to 2-3 times its size..

[reaper78]

brain expand to be flabby... sometimes can be very flabby... my open brain opens to 2-3 times its size..

IC. Thanks. I can sleep in piece tnite.....hehe....

[raydiative]

IC. Thanks. I can sleep in piece tnite.....hehe....

haha... you will lose sleep if your LFS can only see the skin cover the skeleton all the time.. =]

[reaper78]

haha... you will lose sleep if your LFS can only see the skin cover the skeleton all the time.. =]

Hehe....hopefully not. By the way, do u feed the open brain with prawns etc etc?

[reaper78]

hammer is fine. but ur brain im not sure. no experience with brain. nice colour though! rainbow (:

Boss, sorry but i notice that some of the hammer's head is green, while some are not. This is perfectly okay rite??

[yikai]

Boss, sorry but i notice that some of the hammer's head is green, while some are not. This is perfectly okay rite??

yep. perfectly normal. please dun call me boss haha. im only 17 u know (: my hammer also, some tips are greeen, some pink some brown. perfectly normal dun worry (: ur hammer looks very healthy! fluffy and nice. keep up the good work haha

[raydiative]

Hehe....hopefully not. By the way, do u feed the open brain with prawns etc etc?

feed them with prawns and pellets! not forgetting henry's mix.. =]

[yikai]

feed them with prawns and pellets! not forgetting henry's mix.. =]

pellets!? haha so cute. my sun coral eat flakes (: actually, it eat anything -.- sometimes seaweed flow into it also it eat.

[reaper78]

feed them with prawns and pellets! not forgetting henry's mix.. =]

pellets?? I bought henry's mix but i didnt specifically feed the brain. I make use of the hydor water pump to distribute the food.....hope tat is okay

I looking of a nice closed brain. Perhaps next tues GO shippment will have some very nice one....hehehe

[yikai]

pellets?? I bought henry's mix but i didnt specifically feed the brain. I make use of the hydor water pump to distribute the food.....hope tat is okay

I looking of a nice closed brain. Perhaps next tues GO shippment will have some very nice one....hehehe

u can put some food on the brain when u see the tentacles open. usually at night (: alot of interesting things happen at night, just have to observe hehe

[reaper78]

u can put some food on the brain when u see the tentacles open. usually at night (: alot of interesting things happen at night, just have to observe hehe

At nite ah? haha...later when my lights go off...i spend some time and see...hehe...by the way...i running on T5, 2 x day and 2 x artinic but only for 6 hrs as recently overwhelming jelly algae sticking on the LR, but not cynobacteria. And the blue Led moonlight i leave it on overnight. i guess is okay.

Alot of troubleshooting and endless effort/time in this marine hobby. But very interesting in our quest to build our own 'ocean' in our apartment.

[raydiative]

u can put some food on the brain when u see the tentacles open. usually at night (: alot of interesting things happen at night, just have to observe hehe

yup... after time you can train them to accept food readily... my brains will go to feeding mood the moment a pellet or brine shrimp or particals from henry's mix falls on them... =]

[yikai]

yup... after time you can train them to accept food readily... my brains will go to feeding mood the moment a pellet or brine shrimp or particals from henry's mix falls on them... =]

hey bro! fragmaster selling a nice open brain for $35. i want to buy it hehe. waiting for his reply. so happi. finally can own a brain. hope that he can sell me

[reaper78]

yup... after time you can train them to accept food readily... my brains will go to feeding mood the moment a pellet or brine shrimp or particals from henry's mix falls on them... =]

so what i do is to place food on top of it? near the mouth part? hmmm.......

[yikai]

so what i do is to place food on top of it? near the mouth part? hmmm.......

yup. just put it on it. make sure nothing steal food from it haha.

[reaper78]

yup. just put it on it. make sure nothing steal food from it haha.

Okay. THanks for e reply. I DIY a mineral water bottle and 'encircle' the brain so dat there be no opportunist lurking ard....hehehe

[raydiative]

hey bro! fragmaster selling a nice open brain for $35. i want to buy it hehe. waiting for his reply. so happi. finally can own a brain. hope that he can sell me

yup i saw it.. quite a nice piece at a reasonable price... IMHO brains are quite easy to keep... =]

[raydiative]

yup. just put it on it. make sure nothing steal food from it haha.

and yes... be very very careful not to force the food into the mouth... you may hurt the coral instead...

[iskay]

Hi guys, what do you feed your hammers and frogspawns? I tried small pieces of market prawn and Cyclo-peeze but they are not being eaten. for the prawn, it sticks to the tentacles for a short while and then floats off, even with circulation off. For Cyclo, the coral forms a slime coat to carry the cyclo away, like it was irritated by it or something.

[yikai]

Hi guys, what do you feed your hammers and frogspawns? I tried small pieces of market prawn and Cyclo-peeze but they are not being eaten. for the prawn, it sticks to the tentacles for a short while and then floats off, even with circulation off. For Cyclo, the coral forms a slime coat to carry the cyclo away, like it was irritated by it or something.

same. my torch especially. cannot seem to eat. food will stick, it will try to eat but then will float away or kena steal from my fish.

[iskay]

same. my torch especially. cannot seem to eat. food will stick, it will try to eat but then will float away or kena steal from my fish.

So have your corals been feeding? if yes, what? If no, how long have they survived without direct feed?

[yikai]

So have your corals been feeding? if yes, what? If no, how long have they survived without direct feed?

i see my coral produce alot of shit on regular basis. so i guess they must be feeding. i feed sometime oyster egg, marine snow....and henry food. i guess they do eat some bah. im not sure...i dun see them eat. sometimes they catch mysis. but i never see them put in mouth. always halfway putting inside mouth, float away or fish steal.

[Vlamingi_cont]

Hi everyone, bought a Open Brain Coral (pardon me if i wrong) from GO 2 days ago. I notice dat the brain 'Skin' (i not sure wat u call dat part), looks flabby. I sure dat it was not in dat state 2 days ago. Is this normal? part of the photo process?

Also is the hammer coral doing okay?? I just wana to be sure...hehe THanks in advance. :thanx:

Both are fine... But it looks to me that ur brain can inflate further...