Onpen Brain Not Openining

[socal surfer]

Ive had an open brain corals for four months and its been doing great since the day i bought it. For three days it has not been opening up as much as it ussually does its almost closed up all the way. I feed it once a week and i dont think any of my water aprams have drastically changed. Do most lps corals close up for a few days every now and then?

[Emprr_Angl]

mine doesnt ever close to the point where you can see its skeleton.

do you have anything in your tank that may be nipping on it?

[socal surfer]

No i dont have anything that is nipping it i cant see its skeloton but it is more closed up than ussual.

[MontanaRocknReefer]

Check this link out for some info:
http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin...002/05/2/85096 Johnny

[socal surfer]

I did a 5 gallon water change yesterday and it didn't seem to help it that much. I have a green torch coral in the tank too, it is opening up all the way. Dont these lps have simmilar care requirements? Could i be that i feed it too much and it doesn't need to open as much to get energy from photosynthesis?

[MontanaRocknReefer]

From what I read, open brain do not require direct feeding! They say once or twice a month is ok so maybe you are over feeding! Johnny

[socal surfer]

I think that is what it is, thanks Johnny.

[oregon_gorge]

We used to feed ours shrimp pellets and silver sides. After eating he always looked lkae poo! Then after that, why you need a skimmer! What a mess.

We have four of them. Our first one would swell up so much I was sure it would blow out. Now for the past month, he does not open that much and is starting to get wrinkles like others. He used to just be semi round with his mouth in the middle. Now he is starting to look like an 8.

HTH

Chris and Pam

[socal surfer]

YAY! He opened up huge about half way through the day. I think i was feeding him too much and had toclose up to digest his food?