open brain is bleaching.. help

goda · 08/07/2006, 05:31 PM

everything in my tank is FINE... my frogspawn's mytrumpet. my ricordia. my montipora. my hyrdophora (spelling.. its an sps)

everything is fine

EXCEPT my green open brain
the past few weeks he had brown spots. ( his coloration changed) then today the spots that were brown are whiteish clear...

wth happend.. i moved him up in the rocks a bit ( was on sand bed) hoping it would help but.. i dunno.
any ideas? looks like bleaching to me but why. and why did he turn brown first he is still mostly neon green btw. this is just maybe 1/4 of him total that is white/clear

also my clown host this .. could that tbe the reason?

splateee · 08/07/2006, 05:36 PM

How much light do you have on your tank? Open brains should be kept on the sandbed not up on the rocks. I would put it back on the sand and maybe move it to slightly shaded spot.

goda · 08/07/2006, 05:47 PM

its 770 watts of vho in a 130... ( forgot i still havent updated my signiture...

it was on the sandbed and it wasnt happy

soy ou think it need a darker area? well there isnt really any shaded spots. but this coral has been in the tank for a month ( got it from my friend who had it for 2 years with even more light)

splateee · 08/07/2006, 06:48 PM

How is your temp? The reason i am asking is that our open brain was good for about a month and then it started to bleach out, it lost all of its red color. My temp was pushing 86 degrees with the lights on and i belive that the temp was slowly bleaching out the corals, it is now starting to color back up.

Also do you target feed your corals? You may want to try feeding it. I feed ours homemade food with a turkey baster and it also eats Prime Reef pellets.

It may also just be going through an adjustment period.

goda · 08/07/2006, 06:54 PM

i feed it whole silversides. i dont think the lps benifit much from anything that is smaller.. like microvert style foods or anything. ( or tiny bits of shrimp blablabla... ) it never seems to actualy eat that... none of them seem to. but a silverside or a whole shrimp.. they grab right on

anyways.

temp... not to sure about.. my heater ( digital display ) says it is 84. but it definitly dosnt feel that warm

splateee · 08/07/2006, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by goda

anyways.

temp... not to sure about.. my heater ( digital display ) says it is 84. but it definitly dosnt feel that warm

don't you have another post about tank being 87 degrees?

goda · 08/07/2006, 09:21 PM

yeah just started it. its 84 in refuge 87 in display ( refuge is slow flow

found a old temp probe ( coralife i think) and tried it. it matches my heaters display perfectly

seeing my open brain looking like crude led me to find the temp problom... usualy is tay ontop of stuff like this but iv been so busy lately lol

anyways fornow temp of hte house is lowered to 72 ish.. that should do the trick till i get my chiller

08/07/2006, 05:31 PM	#1
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	open brain is bleaching.. help everything in my tank is FINE... my frogspawn's mytrumpet. my ricordia. my montipora. my hyrdophora (spelling.. its an sps) everything is fine EXCEPT my green open brain the past few weeks he had brown spots. ( his coloration changed) then today the spots that were brown are whiteish clear... wth happend.. i moved him up in the rocks a bit ( was on sand bed) hoping it would help but.. i dunno. any ideas? looks like bleaching to me but why. and why did he turn brown first he is still mostly neon green btw. this is just maybe 1/4 of him total that is white/clear also my clown host this .. could that tbe the reason?

08/07/2006, 05:36 PM	#2
splateee Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Flower Mound, Texas Posts: 561	How much light do you have on your tank? Open brains should be kept on the sandbed not up on the rocks. I would put it back on the sand and maybe move it to slightly shaded spot.

08/07/2006, 05:47 PM	#3
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	its 770 watts of vho in a 130... ( forgot i still havent updated my signiture... it was on the sandbed and it wasnt happy soy ou think it need a darker area? well there isnt really any shaded spots. but this coral has been in the tank for a month ( got it from my friend who had it for 2 years with even more light)

08/07/2006, 06:48 PM	#4
splateee Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Flower Mound, Texas Posts: 561	How is your temp? The reason i am asking is that our open brain was good for about a month and then it started to bleach out, it lost all of its red color. My temp was pushing 86 degrees with the lights on and i belive that the temp was slowly bleaching out the corals, it is now starting to color back up. Also do you target feed your corals? You may want to try feeding it. I feed ours homemade food with a turkey baster and it also eats Prime Reef pellets. It may also just be going through an adjustment period.

08/07/2006, 06:54 PM	#5
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	i feed it whole silversides. i dont think the lps benifit much from anything that is smaller.. like microvert style foods or anything. ( or tiny bits of shrimp blablabla... ) it never seems to actualy eat that... none of them seem to. but a silverside or a whole shrimp.. they grab right on anyways. temp... not to sure about.. my heater ( digital display ) says it is 84. but it definitly dosnt feel that warm

08/07/2006, 09:21 PM	#7
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	yeah just started it. its 84 in refuge 87 in display ( refuge is slow flow found a old temp probe ( coralife i think) and tried it. it matches my heaters display perfectly seeing my open brain looking like crude led me to find the temp problom... usualy is tay ontop of stuff like this but iv been so busy lately lol anyways fornow temp of hte house is lowered to 72 ish.. that should do the trick till i get my chiller