moon brain tips

[kgb]

hey guys
ok yesterday i was at gold and the had this really nice looking brain so after about 45 mionutes i splaurged and bought my self a new coral for 30 dollars
aparently ther name of this coral is a moon brain
now i have heard these guys arent hard to keep and i was wondering what thing i need to keep this guy and if any one has any tips

[kgb]

no one has any info on these guys ?
ow yeah a sorry for my spelling i must have goofed off during elementry :)

[AJ_77]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Moon+Brain+Coral

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/faviidae2.htm

hth

[MitchM]

http://www.picturelist.com/auctions/showimagez.asp?user=carpentersreef&folder=carpentersreef&pic=closed_brain.jpg


Is this what you bought?
If so, great coral! Moderate alternating flow, strong light.
Watch out for the sweepers, as they can reach almost a foot! :shock: I haven't added any corals for a while, so haven't seen any sweepers, but I like the coral because it is tough, colorful and shows constant growth.

One drawback....I can't move the coral without moving the large rock it's attached to! :wink:

Mitch

[kgb]

ok cool it looks like that but the rim is more orange
also what are sweppers ?

[Delphinus]

Sweepers are the tentacles that come out of the coral. Since they are kind of used in defense (or offense), they're called sweepers because they sweep back and forth preventing neighbouring corals from growing too close (or outright killing the neighbouring corals). These tentacles tend to be much longer than the tentacles used for feeding. Some corals are quite aggessive with their sweepers. Bubble corals, pavona, hydnophora, are some examples of corals with big sweepers, and need to be carefully placed in the tank, so as not to accidentally sting other corals. Hope this helps! :)

[Dorkel Marine 1]

How much is strong light?

[kgb]

i havent seen the sweepers yet. what do they look like
so i should keep it away from my other corals right.

[MitchM]

Thanks Tony!
George, I consider strong light to be MH, but I had the coral under PC for a while and just didn't notice as much growth, I thought.
kgb, I don't have any pics of trhe sweeper tentacles out, but they look basically like clear/whitish strings with little globes on the tips.
It's not like the whole coral will put out it's sweepers, either. - If a small coral is in close proximity, maybe only a 1" circle immediately adjacent to the neghbouring coral will "bring out the sweepers".

Mitch