Dying Brain?

Kryten · #1 04-09-2007, 06:38 PM

I bought this green open brain coral like a year ago or so. It had a small damaged spot when I got it that I hoped would heal up. Well, it stayed the same for many months, but now in the last month or two has been getting bigger. And I noticed that lately my sexy shrimp has been sitting and picking at the dead/dying edge of it. Is there anything I can do to reverse this or at least stop it? I only have it under pc lighting, but my candycane coral has been doing fine under this, quadrupled in size in the last year. I don't do any supplementation except for a bit of liquid calcium supplement and regular water changes.

Kryten · #2 04-10-2007, 06:31 PM

Anyone?

Kryten · #3 04-13-2007, 01:54 AM

Is there nothing I can do to help this coral regrow over the damaged area? My other lps and sps are doing fine in this tank, and growing.

GrimReefer · #4 04-13-2007, 01:57 AM

keep algae and sediment off the exposed skeleton and try to get food to it...all i can think of.

Kryten · #5 04-13-2007, 06:04 PM

Ok, thanks Grim!

christyf5 · #6 04-13-2007, 06:53 PM

And tell that pesky sexy shrimp to stop picking at it!

Kryten · #7 04-13-2007, 10:24 PM

Yeah, I guess the question there is whether he is making it worse or if he is actually helping by getting rid of dead tissue, know what I mean?

Raf · #8 04-14-2007, 02:54 AM

get that sexy shrimp off it pronto! I have had those little buggers pick on stressed muchrooms before until the mushies died....I would say they would pick on that brain tissue also!!!

Quagmire · #9 04-14-2007, 02:56 AM

See if target feeding will help