open brain moving??!!??

[Delphinus]

It's not good. I'm not sure how that happens but that's basically how I lost my open brain which I had had for something like 6 or 7 years. It happens to my candycanes too. And come to think of it I lost a frogspawn that way too. I think it's some kind of disease/parasite/pathogen/stress/something-bad-anyhow.

[dsaundry]

I have to agree, I had one a few years back and it did the same thing... Terminal

[Matt]

What an unusual phenomenon. I was forced to google the topic, and did find a couple of people who claimed their OB did eventually recover a skeleton, after a long time. Most mentions though, have no followup, so I think it is likely a very bad thing. Update the thread from time to time - I'd like to hear how the story evolves or ends.

[fkshiu]

Happened to my candycane as well. One by one the heads floated away on their own. It's weird because the coral otherwise looks completely healthy.

[seashells]

The brain was in a 29 gal biocube at our store. I brought it home to put in our 90 so I could watch it closer.

[seashells]

We have put the flesh in a plastic container with sand in the bottom & set in a low flow area of the tank....we shall see....

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I've read that polyp expulsion is a sign of high phosphates. If you can keep the loose polyp alive long enough (months), then supposedly the coral might secrete a new skeleton.

Had this happen once about 4 years ago with a brain in my seahorse tank & yes, the phosphates were through the roof. I kept the polyp alive for maybe 6 weeks after it let go but eventually it got injured & died.

Good luck.

Anthony