Feeding Open Brain

[allan]

Ok, so I've had this fella for about three months. Picked it up from Mike during the breakdown.

I've targetted this guy a time or two when it opens up during feedings, but today I took two Krill guys and placed them directly into the section where the tentacle meets the green section where the mouths are. Let me tell you something, this guy ate both pieces.

My question is this, do I have to feed each mouth or does a feeding to one mouth equate to food for the entire brain? I've never seen it do anything more than curl up around the food particles that I gently jet onto it. But with the Krill, well two pieces into two mouths, but I noticed that this guy has about five to six of these mouths.

[Kyle46N]

I'm pretty sure that it the nutrition is delivered to the whole animal. I haven't fed mine in about 5 months, but it has doubled in size anyhow. Lately I have been tempted to feed it at night though....it's really throwing out those tentacles.

[edshas2]

yeah i sometimes feed my brain and sometimes i dont but it still seems to grow, And mine throws out its tentacles when i turn off powerheads. guess it knows im ready to feed the fish

[Mr Cob]

I have tried both target feeding and no feeding with the same results...Death.

For some reason, XENIA and Brains are the only corals I can not keep. I don't get it. Possibly my water is too clean for xenia, but I don't get it on the brains.

I have a sweet brain right now melting away...he's about half gone. I have tried high light, low light, flow of all types, feeding and non feeding.

[allan]

That sucks Rob, I share your experience with the Xenias. But I hope to draw the line there.

This morning when I got up the coral had its tentacles extended and the krill, albeit a bit bleached, appear to be resting on top of the animal. I will remove prior to leaving for work.

[OrionN]

Rob & Allan,
I am not sure about brains, but Xenia does not take heat spike very well. Clean water, not problem but with heat they just melt. My tank have thriving beautiful color Acro and Xenia all over.

[allan]

You know that may have been my problem. In my old tank my temp ran about 80 to 82, regularly going to 84. In my new tank I've taken out the heaters and put a fan to cool my t5s, now my tank sits at around 77 on the low end and 79 at the top end.

I may try the zenias again. I had heard that they don't tolerate temperature that well.

[justahobby]

Krill is pretty meaty and takes along time to digest for corals to digest. Mysis or smaller pieces might work better

[allan]

Krill is pretty meaty and takes along time to digest for corals to digest. Mysis or smaller pieces might work better

Sounds good. How about silversides? To tell you the truth I get tired trying to de-shell those krill anyway. My cow prefers when I deliver them without the shell. Of course he took a part of my arm Sunday while I was trying to place the Krill onto the brain coral. They say that they are smart but I believe he's gullible as heck. He follows the blue turkey baster, but will follow it back to the front of the tank while food swirls behind him... sorry, a bit off topic.

[ballardjr2000]

i only use krill to feed my eel and anenome, the rest i use myrsis and brine with zooplankton. so they get there meat potatoes veggie and dessert.