Brain Dead

[Eric45]

Well I wrote earlier about a brain coral that had started bleaching and wondered what to do about it. Guess I can use it as a frisbee now that its gone. Amazing how fast it bleached out, no more than four days and it was mostly white. I also thought it was hurting neighboring corals particularly my cynarina only a few inches away.

My theory on the bleaching is that it was caused by a reduction in the amount i've been feeding the fish. As a result, a flame angel and a tang started picking at the coral and stressed it to the point of bleaching. Once it started, I had no idea how to stop it, although I did move it to a higher flow area.

Just another sad but important lesson for me and anyone reading this post.

[ludnix]

I've never had any luck with an open brain once it was damaged, they just don't seem to recover from those kinds of issues very well.

[rjbesch]

i feel your pain, i came home to my hammer coral laying beside mine one day and ever since then it has been a downward spiral. all that is left is a strange looking skeleton with a small patch of flesh still hanging in there