Post your Brains
 

I'm interested to see some of your larger brain corals. Lobos and Trachies in particular.

ABout 6-7" across
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Not a good pic but its a big brain.

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Here's mine - when it is retracted it's about four inches, and when it fully expands it's close to six or seven inches across.

[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/raddogz/Oceanic%2058G%20Bare%20Bottom/IMG_0007.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/kraftyforu/DSCF0939.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/143gadgets/DSC_0037web.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/143gadgets/MazeBrain.jpg[/IMG]

my little red one, love this guy!
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here is one of my lobos
[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/560/131149lobo.jpg [/IMG]
here is a couple mor of my brains
[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/560/131149redbrain.jpg [/IMG]
[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/560/131149brains.jpg [/IMG]

rainbow lobo....

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[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10108043#post10108043 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by poopsko24 [/i]
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Wow! Nice tentacle extension... I'm also amazed at the size of the mouth on that one!!

Nice brains guys! Here are a few on mine. Sorry for the crappy pics!

Two T. radiata

[IMG]http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s302/kramgnik/Corals059.jpg[/IMG]

Orange Lobo

[IMG]http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s302/kramgnik/Corals060.jpg[/IMG]

Orange T. radiata (have to look close for it!)

[IMG]http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s302/kramgnik/Corals007.jpg[/IMG]

New guy on the block

[IMG]http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s302/kramgnik/Corals054.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks for looking,
Mark

Not really that large, but here are mine:

[IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/misc2/LPS001.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/misc2/LPS002.jpg[/IMG]

here is an updated shot of my green and purple trachyphyllia radiata
[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/560/131149gandpbrain.jpg [/IMG]

Brain Question
 

You all obviously have excellent success keeping brains, what do you feel to be the most important things you do to help your brains flourish? I have a trachyphyllia that I've had for a month now that has never been as open as it was at the LFS. I put the brain directly under the light about half way up the tank when I first got it. It was really extended the first 3 days or so, and then slowly receded over the next week. I read a few posts about brains being sensitive to bright light coming from LFS tanks, so I put it in a shady spot in the tank. It showed a little expansion at first, but this hasn't increased any in the last two weeks. Any ideas? My parameters are:

Amm: 0 ppt
Nitrites: 0 ppt
Nitrates: < 5 ppt
Phosphates: < 0.1 ppt
Specific Gravity: 1.025
Alk: ~ 3.0 meq/L
Ca: 380 ppm

My water source is RO/DI, never checked TDS, but filters are < 4 months old. The tank is 10 gallons w/ 5 gallon sump. Lighting is a 96W 50/50 CF bulb, also < 4 months old. The tank has been up around 4 months. Filtration is protein skimmer. I feed fish (bi-color blenny and maroon clown) once a day with formula 2 flake food or frozen brine shrimp, and corals every 3 days w/ Marine Snow or Coral Vital. I have a number of soft corals (zoanthid, palythoa, mushrooms, cabbage leather, toadstool leather, xenia, kenya tree coral) that are thriving in this tank.

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Lobo
[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/81643Lobo.JPG [/IMG]