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10-14-2007, 02:46 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami,Fl
Posts: 737
|  Brain not looking so good!
Well before i went on vacation for 2 weeks my brain looked like this 
now when i came back it turned white and it looked like this 
What could be the problem? Everything else looks good, calcium is where it should be and my shrimp or fish or other corals look ok.
Thanks _________ 90 gallon tank with center overflows, 44 gallon custom sump/fuge, Tek T5 retrofit 4x54 bulbs, Reef Octopus nw200 protein skimmer, Iwaki WMD40RLXT return pump (changed to panworld 100pxx),Knop c ca reactor, PA light house controller.
Click: Real-Time Stats 
^^ Testing it out! Ill add more param.. later. | 
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10-15-2007, 12:59 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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Maybe it missed you? 
Ok seriously... what other tests did you do? Did your skimmer overflow while you were gone? | |
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10-15-2007, 04:09 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Im having something similar with my open brain and I think it had to do with my cal and alk levels being to high. test your water for everything that you can. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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10-15-2007, 05:30 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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Did you have any issues regarding salt creep on your lighting fixture lessening the available light to your coral? One other thing, maybe the temperature in your tank fluxuated too much causing bleaching of your brain which is ultimately what you have with your brain.
Check your pH and alkalinity also.
There is still hope for your coral as this is your corals way of a last ditch effort to survive by ridding itself of its host zooxanthellae! You just need to act fast and determine the reason and correct the issue! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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10-15-2007, 08:36 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami,Fl
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Ill do some test later and post the results, but what seems strange is that the only one that got bleached was this brain. I have an open brain and it seems fine. Also my shrimp has not died which is my most sensitive thing in my tank i guess. | |
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10-16-2007, 12:02 AM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
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my open brain did that for no appearent reason a month after a got it and has taken several months to return to its original state.
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55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red monti cap,1blue echinophyllia,trumpet,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,red ,many mushrooms,2 giant frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos,1 orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans,cladiella | |
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10-16-2007, 04:01 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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IMO, corals are more demanding than shrimp atleast from my experience!
Hopefully your Brain will come back full circle! | |
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10-16-2007, 04:25 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami,Fl
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I always taught that shrimp and other similiar invertebrates were harder to keep since they are really sensitive to changes such as temp,sg,nitrates etc.. Thanks | |
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10-16-2007, 07:23 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Good luck with your coral! I hope it recovers. Was your lighting automated while you were gone? Anything go different that you know of while you were away?
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10-16-2007, 07:28 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami,Fl
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Not that I know off. Unless the power went out and made the tank temp rise but I dont think so because the other inhabitants would have suffered as well . I have the lights controlled by the lighthouse aquarium controller and the lighting schedule hast changed for months. | |
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