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Old 06/03/2007, 10:37 PM
Phyllia131 Phyllia131 is offline
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Post your Brains

I'm interested to see some of your larger brain corals. Lobos and Trachies in particular.
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Old 06/04/2007, 11:42 AM
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ABout 6-7" across
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Old 06/04/2007, 08:05 PM
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Old 06/05/2007, 09:55 PM
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Not a good pic but its a big brain.
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Old 06/06/2007, 11:36 AM
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Old 06/06/2007, 03:14 PM
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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.

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Old 06/06/2007, 08:52 PM
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Old 06/06/2007, 09:11 PM
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Old 06/06/2007, 10:14 PM
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my little red one, love this guy!
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Old 06/06/2007, 11:03 PM
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here is one of my lobos

here is a couple mor of my brains

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Old 06/09/2007, 12:13 AM
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rainbow lobo....

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Old 06/09/2007, 02:23 AM
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Old 06/09/2007, 10:28 AM
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Old 06/09/2007, 12:18 PM
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Wow! Nice tentacle extension... I'm also amazed at the size of the mouth on that one!!
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Old 06/09/2007, 04:56 PM
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Nice brains guys! Here are a few on mine. Sorry for the crappy pics!

Two T. radiata



Orange Lobo



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



New guy on the block



Thanks for looking,
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Old 06/09/2007, 09:00 PM
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Not really that large, but here are mine:



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Old 06/12/2007, 01:08 PM
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here is an updated shot of my green and purple trachyphyllia radiata
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Old 06/12/2007, 08:55 PM
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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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Old 06/12/2007, 09:51 PM
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Lobo
 


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