Brain is croaking.....
 

OK I am at my wits end here.If I lose the brain I am pulling the plug from the hobby for good. Discus looks good right about now. I cant keep acro,milli,monti,stags,candy canes,trumpets,and now my brain is sliding slowly but surely. I had a flame angel that was taking chunks of it and eating it I found another home for her but the brain is just deteriorating into just a skeleton.....What am I missing.

george

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Slow down there! Before you pull the plug give us more info on your system, levels etc. Maybe there is a simple solution.

George if you babysit a big colony of zoos I'll nurse back that brain for ya then you can seen those candies how well there doing :mrgreen:

Murry I PM'd you....

Danny, the test results I took are as follows
PH 8.2
temp 80
Amonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate .5mg/L
Calcium approx 460mg/L
Salinity 1.024
Alkalinity 2.06
KH 5.8

george

See everything else in the tank is growing like crazy.My mushrooms have doubled in size some re about the size of a teacup saucer.My zoo.s spread like crazy, My clam hasnt been visited by the grim reeper yet toadstool is fine...Just anything that has a skeleton.....aaaarrrrgggggghhhhhh

george

Wondering if there isn't a little "chemical warfare" going on with the other corals and the brain? What other corals are near or have contact with it?

How big is the tank?

Jim,,,,, buddy nice to hear from ya..where I have the brain he is donwn on the sandbed.To his right was a galaxy but I moved him up as the galaxy tentacles were getting close.I found the candy cane sitting on it about a week ago.But picked it up and put it backwhere it belonged.Now it is sitting all by his lonesome self.But like I said the flame was taking fair size chunks outa it before I found her a new home.
Give me a call sometime Jim


george

to be exactit worked out to be 85.6gal withthe dimensions.

george

I lost my open brain in my early reefing experience. It was deteriorating as you described. Late in his decline, I used to target feed it at night under a weighted margarine container and it showed signs of improvement for a bit. I believe this would have saved it if I thought of it earlier. Hope this helps or gives you food for thought.

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