Favia Brain Coral Advice

Hello there people! I was just wondering apart from the usual
calcium/alkalinity needed to keep these are there any special needs for
them, I am getting one delivered next week and would like to know in advance
if i need to stock up on anything?

Thanks in advance
Dave

Nope. No special needs.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



dave wrote on 8/4/2006 6:09 PM:
Hello there people! I was just wondering apart from the usual
calcium/alkalinity needed to keep these are there any special needs for
them, I am getting one delivered next week and would like to know in advance
if i need to stock up on anything?

Thanks in advance
Dave

Thanks, i take it they use light as well as nutrients as a food source?

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
Nope. No special needs.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



dave wrote on 8/4/2006 6:09 PM:
Hello there people! I was just wondering apart from the usual
calcium/alkalinity needed to keep these are there any special needs for
them, I am getting one delivered next week and would like to know in
advance if i need to stock up on anything?

Thanks in advance
Dave

Yep lighting is key. They will eat bits of food as other
corals do.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



dave wrote on 8/4/2006 6:48 PM:
Thanks, i take it they use light as well as nutrients as a food source?

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
Nope. No special needs.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



dave wrote on 8/4/2006 6:09 PM:
Hello there people! I was just wondering apart from the usual
calcium/alkalinity needed to keep these are there any special needs for
them, I am getting one delivered next week and would like to know in
advance if i need to stock up on anything?

Thanks in advance
Dave

Just had my order filled. it looks nice but there seems to be some receding
of the tissue mat around the end of the skeleton and a bit of
transport/bagging damage to some of the polyps :-( does anyone know how well
these heal and if there is any likely problem with infection?

Thanks
"dave" wrote in message
...
Hello there people! I was just wondering apart from the usual
calcium/alkalinity needed to keep these are there any special needs for
them, I am getting one delivered next week and would like to know in
advance if i need to stock up on anything?

Thanks in advance
Dave

Yes they are able to heal, and yes they could get an
infection. The healthier it is, the better the chance of
not getting an infection.

If it gets an infection, get an ear wax removal bulb, and
blow off the infected area. Don't blow too hard, as you
don't want to force the rotting tissue deep into the coral
skeleton, but you want to blow it off.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



dave wrote on 8/9/2006 3:32 PM:
Just had my order filled. it looks nice but there seems to be some receding
of the tissue mat around the end of the skeleton and a bit of
transport/bagging damage to some of the polyps :-( does anyone know how well
these heal and if there is any likely problem with infection?

Thanks
"dave" wrote in message
...
Hello there people! I was just wondering apart from the usual
calcium/alkalinity needed to keep these are there any special needs for
them, I am getting one delivered next week and would like to know in
advance if i need to stock up on anything?

Thanks in advance
Dave

Thanks for that, i'll keep a close eye on it, got a new camera too so have
taken some pics of it if you could give your opinion as to how severe the
damage is? Thanks

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dav....com/my_photos

Dave

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
Yes they are able to heal, and yes they could get an infection. The
healthier it is, the better the chance of not getting an infection.

If it gets an infection, get an ear wax removal bulb, and blow off the
infected area. Don't blow too hard, as you don't want to force the rotting
tissue deep into the coral skeleton, but you want to blow it off.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



dave wrote on 8/9/2006 3:32 PM:
Just had my order filled. it looks nice but there seems to be some
receding of the tissue mat around the end of the skeleton and a bit of
transport/bagging damage to some of the polyps :-( does anyone know how
well these heal and if there is any likely problem with infection?

Thanks
"dave" wrote in message
...
Hello there people! I was just wondering apart from the usual
calcium/alkalinity needed to keep these are there any special needs for
them, I am getting one delivered next week and would like to know in
advance if i need to stock up on anything?

Thanks in advance
Dave

Is the bad area getting larger, or is it staying the same?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



dave wrote on 8/10/2006 8:43 PM:
Thanks for that, i'll keep a close eye on it, got a new camera too so have
taken some pics of it if you could give your opinion as to how severe the
damage is? Thanks

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dav....com/my_photos

Dave

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
Yes they are able to heal, and yes they could get an infection. The
healthier it is, the better the chance of not getting an infection.

If it gets an infection, get an ear wax removal bulb, and blow off the
infected area. Don't blow too hard, as you don't want to force the rotting
tissue deep into the coral skeleton, but you want to blow it off.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



dave wrote on 8/9/2006 3:32 PM:
Just had my order filled. it looks nice but there seems to be some
receding of the tissue mat around the end of the skeleton and a bit of
transport/bagging damage to some of the polyps :-( does anyone know how
well these heal and if there is any likely problem with infection?

Thanks
"dave" wrote in message
...
Hello there people! I was just wondering apart from the usual
calcium/alkalinity needed to keep these are there any special needs for
them, I am getting one delivered next week and would like to know in
advance if i need to stock up on anything?

Thanks in advance
Dave

I've only had it 2 days so it's hard to compare, i'm just about to go to
work (where the tank is) i'll let you know. It looked alot healthier &
fuller yesterday and some of the loose tissue from the damage had
dissapeared.I'll take some more pics today and compare them.
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dav....com/my_photos

"dave" wrote in message
...
Thanks for that, i'll keep a close eye on it, got a new camera too so have
taken some pics of it if you could give your opinion as to how severe the
damage is? Thanks

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dav....com/my_photos

Dave

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
Yes they are able to heal, and yes they could get an infection. The
healthier it is, the better the chance of not getting an infection.

If it gets an infection, get an ear wax removal bulb, and blow off the
infected area. Don't blow too hard, as you don't want to force the
rotting tissue deep into the coral skeleton, but you want to blow it off.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



dave wrote on 8/9/2006 3:32 PM:
Just had my order filled. it looks nice but there seems to be some
receding of the tissue mat around the end of the skeleton and a bit of
transport/bagging damage to some of the polyps :-( does anyone know how
well these heal and if there is any likely problem with infection?

Thanks
"dave" wrote in message
...
Hello there people! I was just wondering apart from the usual
calcium/alkalinity needed to keep these are there any special needs for
them, I am getting one delivered next week and would like to know in
advance if i need to stock up on anything?

Thanks in advance
Dave