Phyllia131
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I'm interested to see some of your larger brain corals. Lobos and Trachies in particular.
Post your Brains
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thecichlidpleco
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ABout 6-7" across
elegance coral
They call me EC
Not a good pic but its a big brain.
corals b 4 bills
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kraftyforu
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143gadgets
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xxtriggermanxx
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my little red one, love this guy!
wrasseguy2
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here is one of my lobos
here is a couple mor of my brains
here is a couple mor of my brains
vessxpress1
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Not really that large, but here are mine:
wrasseguy2
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here is an updated shot of my green and purple trachyphyllia radiata
Brain Question
Brain Question
You all obviously have excellent success keeping brains, what do you feel to be the most important things you do to help your brains flourish? I have a trachyphyllia that I've had for a month now that has never been as open as it was at the LFS. I put the brain directly under the light about half way up the tank when I first got it. It was really extended the first 3 days or so, and then slowly receded over the next week. I read a few posts about brains being sensitive to bright light coming from LFS tanks, so I put it in a shady spot in the tank. It showed a little expansion at first, but this hasn't increased any in the last two weeks. Any ideas? My parameters are:
Amm: 0 ppt
Nitrites: 0 ppt
Nitrates: < 5 ppt
Phosphates: < 0.1 ppt
Specific Gravity: 1.025
Alk: ~ 3.0 meq/L
Ca: 380 ppm
My water source is RO/DI, never checked TDS, but filters are < 4 months old. The tank is 10 gallons w/ 5 gallon sump. Lighting is a 96W 50/50 CF bulb, also < 4 months old. The tank has been up around 4 months. Filtration is protein skimmer. I feed fish (bi-color blenny and maroon clown) once a day with formula 2 flake food or frozen brine shrimp, and corals every 3 days w/ Marine Snow or Coral Vital. I have a number of soft corals (zoanthid, palythoa, mushrooms, cabbage leather, toadstool leather, xenia, kenya tree coral) that are thriving in this tank.
Brain Question
You all obviously have excellent success keeping brains, what do you feel to be the most important things you do to help your brains flourish? I have a trachyphyllia that I've had for a month now that has never been as open as it was at the LFS. I put the brain directly under the light about half way up the tank when I first got it. It was really extended the first 3 days or so, and then slowly receded over the next week. I read a few posts about brains being sensitive to bright light coming from LFS tanks, so I put it in a shady spot in the tank. It showed a little expansion at first, but this hasn't increased any in the last two weeks. Any ideas? My parameters are:
Amm: 0 ppt
Nitrites: 0 ppt
Nitrates: < 5 ppt
Phosphates: < 0.1 ppt
Specific Gravity: 1.025
Alk: ~ 3.0 meq/L
Ca: 380 ppm
My water source is RO/DI, never checked TDS, but filters are < 4 months old. The tank is 10 gallons w/ 5 gallon sump. Lighting is a 96W 50/50 CF bulb, also < 4 months old. The tank has been up around 4 months. Filtration is protein skimmer. I feed fish (bi-color blenny and maroon clown) once a day with formula 2 flake food or frozen brine shrimp, and corals every 3 days w/ Marine Snow or Coral Vital. I have a number of soft corals (zoanthid, palythoa, mushrooms, cabbage leather, toadstool leather, xenia, kenya tree coral) that are thriving in this tank.
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