recovering open brain ?

shinny · 05/14/2006, 09:26 PM

hello everyone. I have had this brain for about 3 months. It was great when I had it.

[/IMG] [/IMG]

then one of my anenomes stung it. I thought it would come back but it deteriorated to nothing. Or so I thought. I dug it out of the sand after being buried for about a month. I noticed the skeleton had a little spec of life on it.

[/IMG]

under actinics

the spot of life is on the left of the skeleton. Anyways, I would like any advice improving the health of this little guy (he has grown a little allready). Has anyone been able to feed a brain this small. It is about the size of a dime. Thanks in advance in the help.

ACBlinky · 05/14/2006, 09:40 PM

If it doesn't have a mouth you can feed, I think all you can do is keep the water pristine and cross your fingers. It's absolutely astounding what corals can recover from, so don't lose hope.

I bought some LR and found this guy dying on it:

I gave him the best conditions I could and eventually got him taking food (luckily in this case there were mouths I could feed) and this is him earlier this week:

I also brought home this brain, which was bleached and starting to recess:

And he's recovered nicely:

Best of luck, I'm rooting for the little guy!

Blown 346 · 05/14/2006, 10:49 PM

I would feed the brain mysis with a turkey baster or something similar to direct feed it.
I would also have it in good lighting and waterflow.

shinny · 05/15/2006, 03:08 PM

Thanks for the responses. The brain doesn't have a mouth or a visible one and i haven't seen any tenticles at night. I think it is too small to feed mysis. The mysis are bigger than the brain. Hopefully light will be sufficient for growth. I was just wondering if there was anything else to do.

Blinky - Your story gives me some hope. You're right about what coral can come back from.

05/14/2006, 09:26 PM	#1
shinny Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 161	recovering open brain ? hello everyone. I have had this brain for about 3 months. It was great when I had it. [/IMG] [/IMG] then one of my anenomes stung it. I thought it would come back but it deteriorated to nothing. Or so I thought. I dug it out of the sand after being buried for about a month. I noticed the skeleton had a little spec of life on it. [/IMG] under actinics the spot of life is on the left of the skeleton. Anyways, I would like any advice improving the health of this little guy (he has grown a little allready). Has anyone been able to feed a brain this small. It is about the size of a dime. Thanks in advance in the help.

05/14/2006, 09:40 PM	#2
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	If it doesn't have a mouth you can feed, I think all you can do is keep the water pristine and cross your fingers. It's absolutely astounding what corals can recover from, so don't lose hope. I bought some LR and found this guy dying on it: I gave him the best conditions I could and eventually got him taking food (luckily in this case there were mouths I could feed) and this is him earlier this week: I also brought home this brain, which was bleached and starting to recess: And he's recovered nicely: Best of luck, I'm rooting for the little guy! __________________ "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.

05/14/2006, 10:49 PM	#3
Blown 346 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rockford, Illinois Posts: 6,596	I would feed the brain mysis with a turkey baster or something similar to direct feed it. I would also have it in good lighting and waterflow.

05/15/2006, 03:08 PM	#4
shinny Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 161	Thanks for the responses. The brain doesn't have a mouth or a visible one and i haven't seen any tenticles at night. I think it is too small to feed mysis. The mysis are bigger than the brain. Hopefully light will be sufficient for growth. I was just wondering if there was anything else to do. Blinky - Your story gives me some hope. You're right about what coral can come back from.