Help Maze Brain bleaching
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saltycreefer
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Is the whole colony getting lighter or just one spot?
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Re: Help Maze Brain bleaching
It's really important to test your water parameters with accurate and reliable test kits and not just say water params are at "normal levels".
what params are you testing? what kind of test kits are you using? what lighting and how far is the coral from it? water motion- what do you have going on? what other corals do you have and how are they doing?
It's really important to test your water parameters with accurate and reliable test kits and not just say water params are at "normal levels".
Nitrate, Nitrite, ammonia, ph, sg, salinity, calcium, temp. Using nutrafin master test kit. Im using a satellite compact 130 and it is on the sand bed. I have a eheim ecco canister and an aquaclear 20power head.
The other corals I have are button polyps, and pulsing xenia.
Fish is two clown percs, and a yellow watchman gobie.
The other corals I have are button polyps, and pulsing xenia.
Fish is two clown percs, and a yellow watchman gobie.
I like the way people complain about posters- 1. not doing a search for common questions, and 2. complaining about lack of info on water parameters - and then offering no advice. I guess it is easier to complain than help.......... It depends on how long and at what light it has been in whether new lighting will bleach. A brain used to high light levels that has been in the dark for 3 to 5 days in various shipping can bleach under normal lighting. Obviously moving it is the first thing. After that I would make sure it has proper flow. This is a case where the picture is worth a thousand words- but we will still try to figure it out!
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
I didn't complain- I gave advice! 
what were the results of all the tests? how are the other corals doing? how long have you had the other corals? how about a picture?
johnnybravo234
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I second tactical's response. Also try to shade it by putting it under an overhang or something. I had a similar problem with a platygyra brain when I first got it. Be patient.. it will adjust.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8956836#post8956836 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gary Majchrzak
I didn't complain- I gave advice!
what were the results of all the tests? how are the other corals doing? how long have you had the other corals? how about a picture?
Sorry about that. You are a well respected member and I should not used your post as an example. I have been getting kind of fed up with a lot of the newbies and question askers "form letter" responses and advice not in line with the level they are at. But as I said before I should have thought before using you as an example.
Back to story- yeah obviously it should be moved lower- I myself made the mistake of not talking to the level of the question, sorry!
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
I'm delighted to be used as an example here.
When I got into the hobby I didn't test my water except for specific gravity and temperature- I'd simply say the parameters were okay. It must have been true, right? I mean- I was dosing kalkwasser and had lots of corals doing just fine, including some Acropora that were growing like mad.
I'd loose a coral now and then but what the heck, stuff happens- 'ya know?
After doing this for over 13 years I know differently now.
I regularly test my water parameters and I can post the results of the last water tests I performed on 1/7/07.
Since starting up my newest reef aquarium on March 18th 2006 I haven't lost a single coral. I'm sure it's in no small part due to being aware of my water parameters and striving for optimal aquarium conditions.
Another thing I've learned is not to jump to conclusions. I don't know water parameters until a person tests them and posts the results. We need to know how far the coral is from the lightsource and how much actual light the coral is receiving. (How long are the lights on? Is carbon or mechanical filtration being used for crystal clear water?) What other critters are in there with the coral? Heck, I don't even really know what type of coral is having the problem- lots of corals are commonly called "maze brains".
A lot of people can post what they think the problem is here- and that's exactly what usually happens in threads such as this.
To see more accurate responses one needs to know the exact type of coral involved and all the other nitty gritty information.
The only reason I posted to this thread is to help someone.
In some small way, I hope I have.
When I got into the hobby I didn't test my water except for specific gravity and temperature- I'd simply say the parameters were okay. It must have been true, right? I mean- I was dosing kalkwasser and had lots of corals doing just fine, including some Acropora that were growing like mad.
I'd loose a coral now and then but what the heck, stuff happens- 'ya know?
After doing this for over 13 years I know differently now.
I regularly test my water parameters and I can post the results of the last water tests I performed on 1/7/07.
Since starting up my newest reef aquarium on March 18th 2006 I haven't lost a single coral. I'm sure it's in no small part due to being aware of my water parameters and striving for optimal aquarium conditions.
Another thing I've learned is not to jump to conclusions. I don't know water parameters until a person tests them and posts the results. We need to know how far the coral is from the lightsource and how much actual light the coral is receiving. (How long are the lights on? Is carbon or mechanical filtration being used for crystal clear water?) What other critters are in there with the coral? Heck, I don't even really know what type of coral is having the problem- lots of corals are commonly called "maze brains".
A lot of people can post what they think the problem is here- and that's exactly what usually happens in threads such as this.
To see more accurate responses one needs to know the exact type of coral involved and all the other nitty gritty information.
The only reason I posted to this thread is to help someone.
In some small way, I hope I have.
saltycreefer
New member
Giving the brain a lugols dip wont hurt.
