Dying Red Brain Coral

[Yoda_022]

I got this frag of a Red Brain Coral that looks like it's dying. I have tried putting it closer to the light but I don't think it's helping...Also when I feed the corals I don't spot feed I just put the zooplankton in the water...should I be spot feeding?

 

[biodarwin]

Can you post a picture.

 

[Yoda_022]

yeah for sure...not the xenia...

 

[dcantucson]

Is you water quality good? Sometimes those take a long time to die. I call them the lingering corals. Some die overnight it seems but others take a long time. How long have you had it?

 

[Yoda_022]

yeah water quality is good...all my other corals are growing like crazy! umm i've had it for about 2 months and it has never looked very good since i've had it.

 

[yote]

Its hard to tell anything about it in that pic.
Can you get a closer shot of it?

 

[mng777777]

What kind of lighting do you have? what are your parameters?

 

[winyfrog]

you need to get it away from that xenia! Its going to sting and kill it.

If you can get a better picture of the brain, I have found when my brains are having issues I will put them in a bit of shade and they tend to come back, once they are doing better then move it back into the light. As mentioned water testing and light?

 

[Bifferwine]

Yeah, if everything else is checking out, the xenia is probably what's killing it. Softies are toxic.

 

[biodarwin]

Yeah, if everything else is checking out, the xenia is probably what's killing it. Softies are toxic.

Without a doubt. Running carbon will help with this. I had my trach near my decently sized mushroom leather and after 1 week the skeleton started to show just a bit. Moved it to the other side of the tank and was perfectly fine within days.

 

[dcantucson]

:question: Yoda. How's the red brain doing, now?

 

[Epos]

I can't tell much from the picture, but I've found that some shade and low flow seem to be a pretty good remedy.

 

[mng777777]

any updates?