teaching closed brain to eat

[phishy2]

can you guys that have had brains that wouldnt eat give tips and tricks to teach the brain to eat?

i have had the closed brain, pictured in my gallery for about 2 weeks now and no feeder tenticles appear.

what i have been doing is taget feeding everyother night for the past week with no apparent success... i have tried mysis, brine, rotifers, and cyclopeze.... ive tried it with the pumps on and off, with the pumps on i used 2 litter soda bottle top to cover most of the brain and keep the food suspended above it.

something i am doing wrong? i have tried this during the day, evening before lights go out and after lights go out...

the only thing that happens are little holes in the crevaces of the brain, the whitish parts in the picture seem to get a little bigger, but i do not see anything actually enter them... i assume those are mouths or where the feeder tenticles come from?

any good close up photos of there brain eatting would be appretiated as well.

thanks

 

[duec22]

Never had one of those maze brains befor, but my open brain coral for a long time would not accept food. It took two or three weeks of trying every couple of night before I could actually get some tenticals to come out.

 

[phishy2]

im curious if the little holes opening is a sign that its almost ready... the first 3-4 times it didnt do anything at all....

 

[Thhitman]

I noticed the same thing with my brain, but it is growing and seems to be happy, its very puffy and colorful.

I just shoot a little food on it and keep feeding, it's fine as far as I can tell.

 

[phishy2]

yea mine seems very happy its puffy and colorful, and i dont see any resesion or anything, its just everywhere i read says they should have feeder tenticles come out, my tank parameters are perfectly in range and do not fluctuate, i will keep up the target feeding

 

[Sk8r]

Mine began sending out long feeders when I stirred the sandbed a bit trying to get it settled in. It does seem to appreciate detritus, cyclopeeze, and anything sloppy. It's fuzzy for considerable hours a day and will extrude feeders up to 6" long. It's on the sandbed slightly shaded, 20" under 250 mh lighting with chaotic flow [sea swirl].