LPS-Brain Coral

farside · 09/02/2006, 03:32 PM

I could have posted this in the LPS forum but wanted to find out what you reefers think of your brain coral! I would like to buy a colorful meaty Scolymia. Please use this thread and help me select a brain coral. I know there are many types out there but I would like you to tell me why I should have one like yours in my tank. Some of them that I have been looking at are as follows:
Scolymia; Cynaria; Symphyllia; Trachyphyllia; Favia; Favites; Lobophyllia and Platygyra.

Again, I am looking for a more meaty coral like the Scolymia! Any advise would be much appreciated.

Denny

ACBlinky · 09/02/2006, 08:12 PM

I adore my open brain (Trachyphyllia). I bought it as a 'scratch & dent' for a few dollars, and it's recovered nicely with a little TLC. They're tough, beautiful animals... and very 'meaty' LOL.

Here's mine. Not the best pic, in person he's a much deeper red:

farside · 09/04/2006, 04:45 PM

Very nice coral! What meaty food, if any, do you feed your trachy? Also, how often?

SCR · 09/04/2006, 04:58 PM

I don't know the name of mine, it eat silverside and easy to care for. The price was about 35.

ACBlinky · 09/04/2006, 05:54 PM

I feed mine shrimp, krill, mysis, blender mush, scallops, silversides... he takes just about anything meaty, up to 1" long. Usually I'll give him a pea-sized piece of food a few times a week, that seems to keep him happy. Once in a while he gets a BIG meal, mostly because it's so much fun to watch him take in a large piece of food

09/02/2006, 03:32 PM	#1
farside Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Anderson, IN Posts: 61	LPS-Brain Coral I could have posted this in the LPS forum but wanted to find out what you reefers think of your brain coral! I would like to buy a colorful meaty Scolymia. Please use this thread and help me select a brain coral. I know there are many types out there but I would like you to tell me why I should have one like yours in my tank. Some of them that I have been looking at are as follows: Scolymia; Cynaria; Symphyllia; Trachyphyllia; Favia; Favites; Lobophyllia and Platygyra. Again, I am looking for a more meaty coral like the Scolymia! Any advise would be much appreciated. Denny

09/02/2006, 08:12 PM	#2
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	I adore my open brain (Trachyphyllia). I bought it as a 'scratch & dent' for a few dollars, and it's recovered nicely with a little TLC. They're tough, beautiful animals... and very 'meaty' LOL. Here's mine. Not the best pic, in person he's a much deeper red: __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

09/04/2006, 05:54 PM	#5
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	I feed mine shrimp, krill, mysis, blender mush, scallops, silversides... he takes just about anything meaty, up to 1" long. Usually I'll give him a pea-sized piece of food a few times a week, that seems to keep him happy. Once in a while he gets a BIG meal, mostly because it's so much fun to watch him take in a large piece of food __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

09/04/2006, 04:45 PM	#3
farside Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Anderson, IN Posts: 61	Very nice coral! What meaty food, if any, do you feed your trachy? Also, how often?

09/04/2006, 04:58 PM	#4
SCR Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Central, Fl Posts: 708	I don't know the name of mine, it eat silverside and easy to care for. The price was about 35.