sick brain ?

[NewNanoReefer42]

had this for a week it looked great the other day and yesterday it looked funny had some fuzzy stuff on it and today took a pippette and sucked a bunch of dead crap off it? so my question really is this thing a goner or will it come back?
heres some pics from yesterday and today

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

that coral isn't necessarily a goner.
it can easily recover if the conditions are right.
I'm glad to see that you moved it onto some sand.
it appears to be stressed and losing flesh- are any crabs or fishes pestering it?
have you been feeding it?
do you have any other corals that are doing well?
do you know your calcium/alk levels?

 

[magdelan]

I noticed an asterina star under it in one of the pictures. It's probably forraging for dead tissue. Or, perhaps it has cause the tissue to die. I know that the majority of asterinas are benign, however a handfull can be destructive.

Try to keep it well fed and keep your fingers crossed.

 

[tmz]

Keep it out of high flow and light. It may have a dead spot when all is said and done. the hope is that the dead spot doesn't spread.

 

[NewNanoReefer42]

i think it may be a goner cuz the dead spot is spreading all the way into the mouth got school tonight so ill have to post some pics tomarrow

 

[NewNanoReefer42]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12222966#post12222966 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gary Majchrzak
that coral isn't necessarily a goner.
it can easily recover if the conditions are right.
I'm glad to see that you moved it onto some sand.
it appears to be stressed and losing flesh- are any crabs or fishes pestering it?
have you been feeding it?
do you have any other corals that are doing well?
do you know your calcium/alk levels?

Gary all other corals are doing very well calcium is around 450 and alk seems to be ok as well

 

[dan10342]

try and feed it at night, and see what happens. i have 2 brain corals, and feeding them at night seems to help a lot more than people like to think. just my opinion though.

perhaps its too much flow?

last thing, what are those things in the pic next to the brain (on the rocks) spewing stuff out? are they bothering your brain coral?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12228907#post12228907 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jjjo
last thing, what are those things in the pic next to the brain (on the rocks) spewing stuff out? are they bothering your brain coral?

they are vermitids and they're not the cause of his problem. Vermitids cast a web and catch particulate matter floating around the aquarium so in a way they act as a filter.

 

[dan10342]

ah now i know (and anyone else who didnt know)

 

[Skier1]

I had the exact same thing happen to my first brain coral. Had it for about a week and then the tissue recession began. Three days later the recession had moved totally across the coral and it was toast.

My analysis of my situation was:
- light shock (didn't realize LFS tank was using very low light)
- too much flow
- should have put it on the sandbed

With my next two brain corals, I started them out in lower flow and lower light areas on the sand and then slowly moved them into more light and slightly higher (but still relatively low flow areas). They are doing great.

Just my experience...

 

[NewNanoReefer42]

heres a pic the coral is toast

 

[dan10342]

jelly disease?? remove it immediatly

 

[tmz]

It will not survive. Brown jelly disease is a protozoan infection ,usually to an area of a wound or sting. The protozoan begins eating dead flesh and moves into healthy tissue. It can spread to other corals in some cases.