Brain inflating and deflating?

i got my new brain last night, and after i had put it in my tank, i didn't notice that it was deflated *thought it was how it was supposed to look* but when i woke up this morning it was inflated and moving around in the flow, now a couple hours later its not as inflated as it was before but not completly deflated. Lights arent on yet but will come on in 2 hours

is this a normal brain thing? i'm completly new to them

 

Sounds normal. I have a wellsophyllia and they're super hardy. Probably the easiest coral.

 

ok, i like it when its inflated, it moves around more in the flow, so cool

 

Yep...you have a good one that seems to have acclimated well to your system.

 

sweet! i've noticed the same thing about my new bubble coral, but with the tenticles, i was worried last night about it because it was shooting red stringy stuff out and would close shut for a while, then open again, but it's remaind open so far this morning, and only some of the tenticles are out. i also like it when most tenticles are out, as its just so cool to see it move in the flow. I love my vortech

 

Red stringy is usually waste. They poop out of their mouths.

 

what about white muckusy *sp* stuff, when it was in the bag it let out ton of that crap, made the water pretty nasty

 

Yup, this is true.



luna

 

Not sure I would have to see it but a lot of corals have a natural slime coat that comes off when disturbed.

 

+1 to corals being very slimy when they are stressed. My open brain also inflates and deflates depending on its mood.