welso brain coral help???

[nlm001]

I have had a welso brain coral now for about 6 months and i can start to see the skeleton on the bottom side of coral at night when closed up. I have been feeding once a week but the last couple of weeks it has not wanted to eat.
salt-1.024
ph-8 at night 8.1 during day
cal-415
alk-8.7
mg-1300
nitrate-.1
phos-0

The welso is in a red sea max 250, its in front of tank in sand bed, under 10,000 k lights ( 6 high intensity, 39-watt fluorescent bulbs)

 

[nlm001]

http://s1290.beta.photobucket.com/user/nlm001/media/IMAG0230_zps8d45ae52.jpg.html

 

[malawinovice]

I had trouble with mine also. Moved to lower lights and less flow. Less flow is the key.

 

[nlm001]

thank you i will try

 

[Magical Reef]

I've always had a lot of luck using coral dips. I use Revive and always had the corals come back.

 

[nlm001]

I will buy some and try it, thanks.

 

[kingfisher62]

Is it possible another coral might have stung or irritated the brain?

Just a tip Nlm001 , copy and paste the the IMG code from photobucket to show your pic on your post and not the Htlm code . That way people can not see your whole album where you might have personal or private photos.

 

[nlm001]

Thank you I dont think any other coral has been near it.

 

[nlm001]

 

[kingfisher62]

That the Ticket!

So, is it a possibility it was stung by another coral?

 

[nlm001]

So, is it a possibility it was stung by another coral?

No there are no other corals near it

 

[falconut]

I've always had a lot of luck using coral dips. I use Revive and always had the corals come back.

+1, I had issues with LPS losing tissue until I started using Lugols Solutions. I even put a few drops in the tank every so often. They've never looked better.

 

[nlm001]

brain welso update

brain welso update

My welso seems to be looking a little better. I dip it for 20 min then put back in tank with a rock above have of him. Tell me what u think

 

[kingfisher62]

Beautiful specimen! Definitely looks better!

 

[nlm001]

new corals

new corals

Beautiful specimen! Definitely looks better!



Thank you I just jot a wall hammer and a duncan coral. I will post some pics, Any tips on taking care of them?

 

[nlm001]

new coral pics

new coral pics

 

[kingfisher62]

I have had both varieties. Both are very hardy . Moderate flow and light should do the trick. Wall hammer are pretty slow growers compared to its branching cousins. While the duncans are very prolific and will grow new heads quickly. They say target feeding will help but I never found it neccesary. The mother colony in the pic has produced several colonies for me , very easy to frag.

 

[nlm001]

I have had both varieties. Both are very hardy . Moderate flow and light should do the trick. Wall hammer are pretty slow growers compared to its branching cousins. While the duncans are very prolific and will grow new heads quickly. They say target feeding will help but I never found it neccesary. The mother colony in the pic has produced several colonies for me , very easy to frag.



I will have to have you tell me how you went about how to frag the duncan when it gets bigger. You have some very nice corals. I am going to most likely put a sump(LF1-300S with optional LifeReefugium from lifereef.com) on my red sea max down in my basement and I want to get the LED's from Steves LED. I am going with a big sump bc I want to put a 200 gal tank in sometime soon.

 

[joe3196]

im glad it is doing beter thats a sweet brain