Maze Brains!!!

[brahm]

Lets see em!

[Narkon]

Hi, I am new to this area, but plan on reading a lot more of it.

Well here is mine. It had some die off, but after being at the LFS for over four months we seen it for the first time. So they gave us a discount on it. We have had it for 2 months now and have seen growth so we feel it has stopped dying.

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3B%3B455523232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E2333%3D%3B75%3D886%3DXROQDF%3E232363%3A687756ot1lsi

I would like to see other peoples.:)

[brahm]

very nice I just picked up one like that.. Mnie is ALWAYS fuzzy thuogh, and it's got some KIller sweepers.. nuking xenia all over the place.

[milhouse74]

Mine only got fuzzy while it was aclimating to my lights. Sorry no pic, my digicam charger is lost. Mine is small, I got it from Dr Mac, from his nano coral selection for $25, and it is a GREAT piece.

David

[SoKaL ReeFiN]

I know there's more people out there with maze brains.. snap those photos and post em!

[Narkon]

Yeah, they can't be worst than my come back from the grave one.

[Narkon]

Yeah, they can't be worst than my come back from the grave one.

[Jamnman]

Here is mine.

[jbt123]

there is a pic of mine in my gallery but its jpeg and i cant figure out how to post it. I got it at the LFS for $6 though 2 months ago and when i got it, it was almost completely bleached white and had hardly any green in it at all, but looks really good now compared to how it used to

[Narkon]

I like both of those, really nice.

jbt123, did you frag yours once? Just that square hole reason I ask.

[milhouse74]

I am borrowing a digicam tomorrow (today already), and I will post pics of mine when I get home later. I love the thing, got it from Dr. Mac from his nano coral selection. He came to a reef club meeting, and I was lucky to get it for $25.

[rockdr]

Here's mine, I got a yellow finger leather and it was mounted to this "dead" coral. there was NO visable skeleton and it ws in my sump, a few weeks later I notices a little pink flesh on it , that was last Nov. It is blue/purple and "teal/greenish" in the valleys. It was my first CPR!
and one of my fav's now

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/3792206-04i__Small_.JPG


I need a better pic, this was with the old camera

[bugsy714]

wow, that's the nicest "dead" coral score I have seen!!!! Props to you; I never give up on my lps, they seem to have a talent for returning from the brink.

[jbt123]

Narkon, nope i never fraged it, thats just one of the scars that is still healing from when i got it. Yeah i love LPS and they really do have a nack for comming back from the dead I just posted a pick in my gallery of a Red Open Brain i got from the clearance tank at the LFS also, for $20, when i got it a month and a half ago it was half way bleached and the skeloton was showing all around the outside and poking through the mouth area, you can still see a whitish patch on the top center that is almost gone now, i just bought another button coral for $7 a week ago that im tryin to see if i can bring back now

[Dangqld]

Here's one of mine.

http://www.pbase.com/image/35329070.jpg

[Narkon]

nice pic there Dangqld

[davejnz]

here's a pic of mine the day aftere i fragged ithttp://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/559/378812003_0321brainsplit0001__Custom_.JPG

[davejnz]

Just got this the other day.looks to be Platygyra daedalea

[davejnz]

lets try this againhttp://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/559/378812003_0328mazebrain0001__Custom_.JPG

[Anemone]

JBT,

Here's yours:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/47437mini-DSC01365.JPG


If you want to know how it's done, hit the quote button and look at what it brings up...basically surround the url addy for you pic with the IMG tags. The URL is at the bottom of the "stats" info about your pic after "Use this in img tag:"

Kevin

[TippyToeX]

Jamnman
[welcome]

:D Purdy everyone!

[Typo]

http://members.cox.net/typo/DCAO0035.JPG

[Julio]

gorgeous piece TYPO!!!

[Narkon]

All of them have been really nice peices, makes me want the big tank right now, so I can have more than one.

Nathan

[Flanders]

Typo, is that thing really that blue!!!!???? :eek1: :eek2: :eek: I knew someone would post some ridiculous picture like that.

:smokin:

[davejnz]

That is a beautiful piece.I've seen blue morphs in books.Have you
tried to ID it?.From the pic,it doesn't look like Platygyra(maze brain).Is the tissue real prominent?Are there any pieces of the skeleton/corallites visible?

[Jus Reefin]

TYPO, That blue is off da hook. I'll have to get a pic of mine. It is a small one but nice red/green/brown color

[Typo]

i identified that brain as a platygrya sp.using Veron's Corals of the World, i just forgot which exact species. unfortunately i sold that peice to the fish store i used to work for and it now resides in their showtank. no it is not "that" blue. the ridges are blue but the valleys are blueish/greenish.

i forgot to mention, it turned that color in my tank.

the picture below is a little better idea of what it looks like.

http://members.cox.net/typo/DCAO0036.JPG

[Gary Majchrzak]

Typo- the coral in your pics looks like Oulophyllia. ;)

[davejnz]

It does have the sloped valleys like Oulophyllia but i dont think his are as pronounced,its tough to say,I have a sp. of Faviid that looks very similiar(except its green)and i've had a tough time trying to ID.The ceriod/slightly meandroid sp. of Platygyra can be hard to distinguish from other Faviids for me.No way to really tell without corallite skeletal examination.How is your tissue expansion with this coral?Does it swell up?

[mane3215]

Here is my maze =)

http://www.cvreefers.org/modules/gallery/albums/album12/bluepurplebrain.sized.jpg

[Typo]

it swells up at night with sweeper tentacles.

when i first got it a little tissue was eposed and i identified it as a platygyra sp.. it is not Oulophyllia, its valleys are not that deep.

[Gary Majchrzak]

Originally posted by Typo
it swells up at night with sweeper tentacles.

My Oulophyllia would do this. But so does Platygyra. I still believe it's Oulophyllia.
Nice maze, mane. What is it?
Here's two pics of one of my Faviids. First pic with actinic light only, second under actinics and halides. Why anyone would not want to run actinics is a mystery to me. It's like you get two corals for the price of one.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/518/7144127_2703_3_.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/559/7144brainteaser.jpg

[mane3215]

Originally posted by Gary Majchrzak
My Oulophyllia would do this. But so does Platygyra.
Nice maze, mane. What is it?
Here's one of my Faviids under actinics:
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/518/7144127_2703_3_.jpg

Thanks, what do you mean what is it? =). I am not into these, just had this piece sent to me from a friend hehe.

[Gary Majchrzak]

Nice "friends" that you have!
Mine only bring beer....:lol:

[mane3215]

Originally posted by Gary Majchrzak
Nice "friends" that you have!
Mine only bring beer....:lol:

Hehe, yeah this buddy really took care of me. I got a gift package of a large amount of very rare corals =).

As far as I know the one above is just a maze brain, unless of course there are 20 different types =), in which case, I am not sure which.

Beer isnt that bad a thing hehe.

[Gary Majchrzak]

You're right- beer isn't that bad a thing. It's just that it's pretty common around here.
Here's another weird "maze brain" . I have no idea what it is:
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/518/7144123_2332.JPG

[Narkon]

Here is my newest maze:
http://images.snapfish.com/3423755923232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E2333%3D%3B75%3D886%3DXROQDF%3E232367%3A%3B8%3A64%3Bot1lsi

The valleys are teal color. Alot more swollen on normal bases compared to my green maze.

Mane that is a great peice, and when you are ready to frag me a 1" square of it, pm me so I can send you my address. I would say with a purchase of an acan frag, but don't see that happening now, budget gets in the way.

We seen what looked like a purple colored brain at an LFS, but they wanted about 15$ more than we were willing to pay for it.

Gary Majchrzak - that looks almost like a pic of a coral Eric B. has in his book about 3 pages before they platygyas. Think he put it as uncommon to appear in LFSs.

[Typo]

My Oulophyllia would do this. But so does Platygyra. I still believe it's Oulophyllia.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/518/7144127_2703_3_.jpg

does the tissue on each mouth connect or does each mouth have its own tissue? it looks like the tissue doesn't connect over the ridges and that is exactly how mine is.

[brahm]

finally got a pic.. here is one of my 2 mazes

http://www.pbase.com/brahm/image/36548200.jpg

[Narkon]

brahm - your pics look so nice, good camera huh?

Like that you caught a stinger coming out.

[Gary Majchrzak]

Typo- Compare your coral to Oulophyllia bennettae in this link:
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/101-200/Species%20pages/161.htm

[brahm]

Originally posted by Narkon
brahm - your pics look so nice, good camera huh?

Like that you caught a stinger coming out.

thanks, whenever i feed it turns into a gaint hair ball i need to snap a photo of that.

[Typo]

no i dont think that is it but i cant see any skeleton anymore.

[Typo]

Platygyra verweyi

[Narkon]

Just realized how small that piece Mane has, that is a small frag.
But really nice colors.

So Mane hook me up in 5 years. hahaha

[AQUAN8TOR]

Gary----is that coral really that red in person?? sweet if it is. I've been trying to find one like that in my area. Love the red brains.

[Jus Reefin]

Here is mine when I first got it. It is now dark burgandy with a sky blue center

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/31417000_0690.JPG

[greenbean36191]

Here's mine. Anyone want to make a guess on an ID?

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/559/30947brain.JPG

[Aquaguru]

Nice brains. I just got one and I'll try to get a pic up here soon.

[dgasmd]

Gary:

Yours look very nice. It almost looks like an australogyra, but I've never seen those with much of any color to them.

I had two of these guys. They are pretty cool. The ones I had had some huge polyps/sweepers. They had a pretty drastic reaction to feeding in the tank. The moment fish food would hit the water, you could set a clock to it and it would take them 35 seconds to look like a chia pet even if the food was in the opposite side fo the tank.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/11006brain-3-med.jpg

[dgasmd]

You could see the sweepers/polyps coming out on this one.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/11006brain-2-med.jpg

[dgasmd]

This is a piece that came from the monster size one that resides in the coral of the pacific tank at the Baltimore Aquarium. The fastest growing coral I have seen to date. You could put a chair in front of it and see it grow right before your eyes. Huge sweepers too. This one had a tendency to plate out more than turn into a ball. Then aain, it was on the sand.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/11006brain-1-med.jpg

[davejnz]

dgasmd,nice coral,Have you got an ID for it?It looks exactly like one i have.

[120bamaguy]

Let me know if this is concidered a maze.http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/560/29862Maze_nov04.jpg

[davejnz]

kinda looks like a Lobophyllia

[FastUno]

Wow, nice you guys. I have one too! I was just wondering how/what you guys have been feeding yours (if anything)? I here some people get away with not direct feeding anything, while others feed 1x to 3x a week. I use the 2L top of coke bottle method to feed mine.

Also, it appears that mine does not like light that much. I transferred it to a 55g w/ new Tek T5 lighting. I started to get a little whiter, so I raised the lights some.

Postive ID would be nice too, thanks!

http://www.pbase.com/fastuno/image/32596229.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/fastuno/image/32302083.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/fastuno/image/32302079.jpg

[dendronepthya]

Here's mine:
http://www.shrugsoft.com/coral/images/7-25-maze.jpg

[Narkon]

Dang Than, that is a lovely brain. Really nice color.

FastUno yours is a Platygyra spp.

[gflat65]

Cool. Just found this thread. Here is mine.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/50228maze-brain-101204.jpg

One side has receded a little, while the other side looks good, so I've been moving it around to try to match the conditions on the good side. So far so good. Mine seems to like MH (250DE). The shaded side was the receding side.