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jimpierce
03-12-2009, 06:38 AM
My brain? It got some serious lips!! lol



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sid101
03-12-2009, 06:41 AM
This may be the dumbest question ever made in this forum but what is that?
jimpierce
03-12-2009, 06:43 AM
a brain. No kidding. I haven't researched further to know more technocle stuff on it yet. It was kind of like Charlie Brown's christmas tree. Everybody making fun of it and all. So I brought it home. :)
Dave66
03-12-2009, 06:44 AM
It's a coral, sid, common name brain coral, one of several species with that common name. Jim's has it's feeding tentacles out.

Dave
sid101
03-12-2009, 06:45 AM
Well when he said a brain i assumed it was a brain coral but didnt knwo brain corals had tentacles, at first i actually thought it was a anemone furling itself inwards or something else doing the same.
jimpierce
03-12-2009, 07:15 AM
sadly for one of my brains I did learn too late they are to be fed. The LFS left that out. I tried to revive the other one but it did not make it.
I now tend to it as I do my Suncorals.


I guess I'm not that good at asking the right things when I search as I have yet to be able to find ant information on this type of brain.
sid101
03-12-2009, 07:23 AM
How do you feed brain corals?
Dave66
03-12-2009, 08:03 AM
Do you use Cyclop-eeze, Jim?

And sid, they eat the colloids known as marine snow, phytoplankton and zooplankton, naturally.

Dave
squirt_12
03-12-2009, 08:08 AM
Thats a very nice brain you have there jim! I really like the colouration to it.

What light requirements do the brains have? Or are they just strictly fed?
jimpierce
03-12-2009, 03:44 PM
Do you use Cyclop-eeze, Jim?

And sid, they eat the colloids known as marine snow, phytoplankton and zooplankton, naturally.

Dave


Cyclop-eeze as well as mysis shrimp once in awhile.


as for light generally they require really good light. Some do like the shaded areas though.
ILuvMyGoldBarb
03-12-2009, 04:36 PM
Depends on what species you have what kind of lighting they like. The Lobo's don't mind lower lighting and same with Trachyphyllia. Favia, Favites, Platygyra, and Diploria prefer moderately bright lighting. Diploria brains are very very rare in the hobby though, due to their massive size. Quite the funky looking brain you have Jim. I like it.
HendersE
03-12-2009, 08:01 PM
Awesome brain coral! I wish mine looked like that...
kaybee
03-12-2009, 11:20 PM
Nice shots!
labnjab
03-13-2009, 05:54 AM
Nice looking brain. I wish we had room for more then 1:hmm3grin2orange:

Will that type take bigger food? Ours will take table shrimp, clams, as well as mysis, but it seems to like the table shrimp the best
jimpierce
03-13-2009, 06:59 AM
I haven't tried anything bigger then mysis so far. He really isn't very big though. Yet.