Dying Metallic Open Brain!! Need Help ASAP!!

[djmc7300]

i recently bought a metallic open brain and like half of it is falling apart. how do i fix it?? so sad :(

[Polkster13]

Probably can't be fixed. If it is that far gone, the rest will likely follow. What is your tank temp? Have you had this coral long or is it a new addition?

[Polkster13]

OOps, Just saw in your heading that it is a recent purchase. How long did you acclimate it and what were your acclimation procedures?

[GaryP]

Brains are easily bruised by rubbing against live rock or anything else hard. They can also be bruised during shipment or even your handling when placing it in the tank.

[djmc7300]

probably like an hour

[djmc7300]

so u think i should just throw it away??

[djmc7300]

my temp is like 80 rt now

[GaryP]

If you see pieces of tissues flaking off go ahead and get it out of there.

[djmc7300]

yeah.....like a lot...it's scary...just the half tho. the other half looks great. so, just chunk it?? *Sad*

[GaryP]

It may only be one of the brain polyps that is dying. Your brain may have more than one lobe. As long as the other side is staying inflated I would say wait.

Just crank up your skimmer and maybe run some carbon to control the waste coming from the dying side.

[djmc7300]

yeah, only one side is dying. i don't have a skimmer or carbon. i just have the filteration system that came with the tank. it's a 12 gallon nanocube.

[GaryP]

Do some frequent water changes until the brain stabilizes. I'd do a 10 gal. water change every couple of days.

How much light do you have in your Nano? Do you have the one with the upgraded PC lights?

[djmc7300]

system crashed....had to move everything to my 55. now i got a new topic "should i keep the old sand, or dump it and clean everything and start all over?"