Somethings wrong with my brain!

[Jscwerve]

Coral that is. What is actually wrong with the one in my head is a subject of much debate in the house. :jester:


This week my folded brain coral has started getting puffier and puffier. It usually is a bit puffy when it's happy and its got its feeders out. Today it looks like it is literally going to explode!! It's also coming away from it's skeleton a bit on the back side of it. I'll get a pic of that when I move it.

A week ago I started running GFO and carbon, could that cause this behavior? None of my other corals are having any issues, everything is happy as it could be from what I can tell.

It is in a lower light part of the tank and I may move it to a little higher lighting to see if maybe it is "reaching out" or something.

Any ideas are appreciated.

Top pic is what it usually looks like, bottom is what it looks like right now.

 

[Scubabum]

Looks normal to me. I have had a brain like this for 15+ years and it puffs up all the time.

 

[Jscwerve]

Looks normal to me. I have had a brain like this for 15+ years and it puffs up all the time.

Really? I'm still kind of new to this and I've never seen anything like that.


And what kind of idiot doesn't post parameters, right? (refer to personal brain comment above)

Mag-1350
Cal-415
PH-8.4
Alk-8 (a bit low)
Phosphate-0
Nitrate-0
Ammonia-0 (I don't even know why I still test this)

 

[Coralmassa]

I've got a rainbow trachy and it too goes through cycles of spread out versus puffed up. Since it doesn't seem to like being fed, I just leave it alone and it always spreads out way more after a puffed up cycle. One time it stayed puffed up for like a week but it spread back out again just fine.

 

[Scubabum]

Really? I'm still kind of new to this and I've never seen anything like that.


And what kind of idiot doesn't post parameters, right? (refer to personal brain comment above)

Mag-1350
Cal-415
PH-8.4
Alk-8 (a bit low)
Phosphate-0
Nitrate-0
Ammonia-0 (I don't even know why I still test this)

Parameters look fine. Mine has been doing this for years. Love watching it change and grow.

 

[Scubabum]

Here is what mine looks like.


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[tony727]

It might've ate something big, that's what my neat corals do.

 

[Sully72]

Puffy is fine. It might be feeding.

 

[reefteaser]

Mine change size all the time. They still eat well, which I always take as a good sign in coral and fish.