Open brain bleaching out

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by lorenz0

Well as the title says, my open brain is bleaching out. Its on the bottom of the tank in the sand in an open area. Could my lights be to bright for it? dinoflaglettes effecting it? Or is it starving?

i have always had issues with LPS, they are so much harder to keep than SPS

LPS are difficult to keep in an SPS tank because they are somewhat opposites, LPS like lower light and lower flow, they also require feeding to stay healthy which is why they can do better in higher nutrient tanks. You have to find a balance to keep them together. Skim just enough to keep the sps happy (too much is bad), feed the lps corals once in a while, keep LPS corals out of direct light or high light areas, and direct flow upwards if possible to prevent high current in the lower sections of the tank where lps will be.

[lorenz0]

thanks shelps

ya its been slowly losing its color for the past 4 months. Sadly there isn't many places when i can keep it. Now i am considering building a nano LPS tank

here's a before and after shot

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Red brains do best in the shade or partially shaded in a high light tank. They should also be fed regularly when their feeding tentacles are out. I changed my seahorse refugium into a brain/scoly tank rather than keep trying to keep red brains & scolys in my high light/high flow main reef tank.

Anthony

[nanmer]

I can see why you are concerned, your brain coral was incredible before the bleaching! Where on earth did you find one with such beautiful colors!!!! I have a green one and find that it does not require much light at all. Where it is in my tank it receives medium light. I do however find it difficult to feed it because I have only caught it with it's tentacles out once. It seems to be doing fine without the feeding, still the same color and appears to be growing.

[landshark]

Just picked one up a while ago. What do you guys feed them?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Mysis.

[banditpowdercoat]

I thought brains didnt really need feeding???