Brain is croaking..... - Page 2

Chin_Lee · #11 01-19-2006, 12:08 AM

it sounds like it has gone through quite a bit of stress with the various incidents of fish taking chunks of it, galaxy tentacles getting close and possibly stinging it late at nights, candy cane on it......... it probably haven't had a chance to get comfortable and the stress is causing it to deteoriate.

geopod · #12 01-19-2006, 12:09 AM

I target feed my brain all the time and he eats good.After he eats he gets all big and fat like a bowl of jello.

george

Beverly · #13 01-19-2006, 12:18 AM

George,

If the brain has been damaged by the angel, there may be no way to help it recover

geopod · #14 01-19-2006, 12:21 AM

ok I am listening to everyone here.But all my other stuff started dieng off first.ie...acros,milli,digitata's to name a few then the candy and trumpet now the brain.I am wondering if there was another cause to the chain of events...besides the angel getting hungry.

Beverly · #15 01-19-2006, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by geopod

test results I took are as follows
PH 8.2
temp 80
Amonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate .5mg/L
Calcium approx 460mg/L
Salinity 1.024
Alkalinity 2.06
KH 5.8

pH is okay.

Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate are okay.

Ca okay.

Salinity okay, but how are you measuring it? With a swing arm plastic thing or a refractometer? Could be your salinity might be out by a bit or by a lot.

Alk and KH are the same thing. KH of 5.8 is low. Should be between 8 and 11 dKH.

What's your Mg? Should be between 1280 and 1350 ppm.

How often do you test and adjust your water chemistry?

How's your water flow? High, low, medium, or a mix depending on location in the tank? Are your corals placed in the right flow areas of the tank?

What kind of lighting? When was the last time you changed bulbs/tubes?

Using RO or tap water?

Ruth · #16 01-19-2006, 01:30 AM

Just to add to Bev's list what brand of test kits are you using? Maybe try and take a sample into a LFS and have them test and see if the #'s are the same. I know that I was shocked at what I got for a reading on PO4 from my Salifert kit (supposed to be one of the better brands) and a Hanna colorimeter test. My PO4 was significantly higher than I thought and it certainly told me why I was having a problem with my SPS browning out on me and in some cases dieing.

Murminator · #17 01-19-2006, 01:31 AM

WTF somethings going woonky in my tank also frogspawn and candy cane went fuzzy

Jim Barry · #18 01-19-2006, 01:43 AM

This is exactly the problem I am having ??????????

Snappy · #19 01-19-2006, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Murminator

WTF somethings going woonky in my tank also frogspawn and candy cane went fuzzy

When was the last time you did a water change? I find that although my parameters are testing ok if the corals aren't looking up to par a good 15% water change gives them the boost they need and they look better in a day or two.
I will often blast them with a small powerhead before the water change. Blow the fuzz off. If they start to disintigrate from that it's most likely too late to save them. Lps can sometimes be funny. Good luck

danny zubot · #20 01-19-2006, 02:17 PM

With all of those water peramiters being very good I'd say it's the brain. I recently gave up on a green plate coral, it was given to me by a fellow reefer and wasn't doing well from the get go. i can't figure out why it was going down hill because my other plate and similar corals are all fine. I wonder sometimes if coral catch colds or other bacterial infections that can kill them, there's so much we still don't know.