Brain question

[Chad]

Ok I am planning on getting this



But could not find a good reference on its care requirements.. I am hoping one of you more experienced reefers can give me a hand. What sort of lighting is needed etc etc..

Thanks

Chad

[Delphinus]

Wow, NICE.

In general LPS care is similar to that of SPS. Except that they can tolerate somewhat gentler flow (or may require gentler flow) and they usually require slightly less light as well (some actually do worse under intense lighting, but it's case-by-case, it's hard to make any generalizations). They benefit from Ca/Alk just the same that SPS do though, and they usually need to be fed (well I don't know about "need" to be fed but I do occasionally feed my LPS some mysis. They let me know when they're hungry when their feeder tentacles come out.... maybe once a week or thereabouts).

Some prefer to be in the sand, some might do OK on the rocks... I don't know about this brain that you have pictured but most if not all brains that I've seen in tanks do better when placed on the sand, maybe in a lagoonal biotope part of the tank.

[Chad]

Do you think this coral could thrive in a 20gal nano with 110watt PC? Or even 55 watt?

Chad

[Jason McK]

Chad that is very similar to the one I purchased from Canadian Reef during the last group order.
Please note the colours are as vibrant under normal lighting. I believe those pics were taken under atinics only. mine is doing very well. Low in the tank under 2x 250W 6500K MH and 2x 100 VHO atinics. medium flow. It was very cool yesterday when I feed Cyclop-eeze it sent out short sweepers as soon as the food hit the water.
Let me get a pic of mine one moment please

J

[Bob I]

It looks like Lobophillia. If so the lighting requirements are from low to high, placement is on the rocks varying from down low to up high, water flow is from low to high. it is very aggressive. So as you can see you have a wide range of tolerance.

If the grid in the picture is one inch it is not too big, and you won't have to worry about growth. So if it fits in your aquascaping it would be OK.

[Jason McK]

My Brain

[Chad]

Originally Posted by jakets

Chad that is very similar to the one I purchased from Canadian Reef during the last group order.
Please note the colours are as vibrant under normal lighting. I believe those pics were taken under atinics only. mine is doing very well. Low in the tank under 2x 250W 6500K MH and 2x 100 VHO atinics. medium flow. It was very cool yesterday when I feed Cyclop-eeze it sent out short sweepers as soon as the food hit the water.
Let me get a pic of mine one moment please

J

I was planning on asking you how yours went... but I don't have that kind of lighting setup..

Chad

[Jason McK]

I just moved it last night. to a better location. I rearranged the whole tank because things were growing into each other. I never knew that star polyps would win a battle against a bubble coral. Anyway. I guess there not really the same I just didn't want you to be disappointed when the green wasn't as vibrant and the black was grey

J

[Chad]

Originally Posted by jakets

I just moved it last night. to a better location. I rearranged the whole tank because things were growing into each other. I never knew that star polyps would win a battle against a bubble coral. Anyway. I guess there not really the same I just didn't want you to be disappointed when the green wasn't as vibrant and the black was grey

J

It is amazing how the lighting will change the colour of a coral..

Chad

[Chad]

Originally Posted by rcipema

If the grid in the picture is one inch it is not too big, and you won't have to worry about growth. So if it fits in your aquascaping it would be OK.

This is what I was thinking... On the website it says the grid is 1/2" so by that it is only 2.5" x 2.5" quite small.. easily placed in my aquarium...

Chad