Feeding Open Brain

[RICKY81]

same here i mainly feed my open and closed brains mysis and brine shrimp...and they will show there tentacles during lights on/off or when i turn off the water pumps... i have tried given it krill and will do just great but of course i only give hime 1 at a time...

my open brain has two mouths but i think that aslong as u feed one mouth the nutrition/food ends up in the same place, they just tend to have several openings to be able to get food , that is what i think..

[allan]

Thanks guys. Yeah, I'm going back to the mysis and other stuff. I didn't realize the little guy spent all night with its mouth open. I can target it at that time while feeding the sun coral.

[OrionN]

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

If you want some, let me know. The next time I am in San Antonio, I can bring some for you. I got lots of Red Sea Xenia (white pompom type)

[JoshOdphi]

i feed my plate coral mysis shriimp and cyclops...so far so good...its cool seeing its mouth open up wide and swallow it.....

[allan]

If you want some, let me know. The next time I am in San Antonio, I can bring some for you. I got lots of Red Sea Xenia (white pompom type)

I would love some, but I've signed on with another for that Pink Xenia (not that I'm crazy about the color ). I would rather find out if I can house them before trying another variety, but thanks for the offer.

I guess what I have isn't plate coral. The only thing I've seen my 'plates' do is open those tiny little bumps. Some times they are really pronounced, but most often they are just little bumps. I think I'm mistaking my cap for plate, and I have another that is a big green thick wide thing that has the bumps opening during the day under strong light. Not sure what it's called but I've had it about six months now. Wife says it's growing but I can't discern any real growth.

I am off to google to do some research...

[Mr Cob]

Allan, the pink Xenia is Elongata. You will like the Pom Pom Xenia (white) much more.

I have not had luck with either and my temps are stable at 76-77 day and night under T5 bulbs.

Post pics and we can ID for you.

[allan]

both sound good, especially in my sparsley populated semi-reef want-to-be tank...

I feel like a ding dong. I looked up Plate Coral and what I've been thinking is plate is definitely not. I can post a picture of the green thing tonight. The brown one I was able to identify as Caponnella (sp?) of some sort. It's brown so I imagine it's a very common variety. The green thing I have not been able to locate a picture anywhere.

of course my google search "green flat coral" wasn't helpful. I'm sure it's another common variety though. I think I picked it up for 9.99 at AD in february.