After a couple days in the tank I noticed some tissue missing from my green brain coral. I floated the coral in a modified tupperware for 2 weeks and it recovered beautifully. After a single night back in the tank it was completely shrunken up and had strands of tissue hanging off, plus i could see several skeletal plates with no tissue. Back to the tupperware. I've heard of the bristleworm issue, but could it be my long spined urchin??? It's the only thing voracious enough to do that kind of damage in a single night.
Brain coral distress
- Thread starter Fuzzfish
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rigleautomotive
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i would suspect water quality if you did not use the same water in the quarentine container.not much eats brains,they are tough to kill.alelopathy could also hurt them or injury from moving it.if it is near any other corals i would move it away from them and give it some good flow.
I don't have a quarantine tank, I floated the modified tupperware at the surface of my reef tank (which is what the coral was always in), which eliminates water quality as my culprit. I have seen bristleworms (black body, orange tips), but i'm not sure they could do the damage in a single night. Thanks for the reply, I can use any suggestions out there!
rigleautomotive
Premium Member
my tanks are riddled with bristle worms.they never touch the corals.if i look at night with a flashlight they are on the rocks eating scraps.i dont think it id a bristle worm.maybe you can look at night,lights out.thats when coral predators usually feed.
