Yea, drip acclimate him if you can. If not, add a cup of water every 15 minutes for an hour, then put him in the tank. Shane
> -----Original Message----- > From: Marco Delsordo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 4:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: open brain coral > > And of course the dying corals i�ve seen are on lfs. I have never bought > one. I�m a virgin in coral care issues lol!!. > I assume the acclimatation is the same that as a fish right? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shane Clays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Martes, 02 de Octubre de 2001 05:01 p.m. > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: open brain coral > > > Marco, > > It is not normal for it to have white spots. Open brain corals do have > mouths on teh inner surface of the coral, and it is possible that could > have > been what you saw. Personally, I think open brain corals are very hardy > animals, and if you got it right away and got it into the right > environment, > you should be just fine. You should begin feeding it immediatly, like the > same night you bring it home, or no later than the next night. Feed it > once > a day, or every other day for a couple of weeks and it will heal up > quickly. > Once it has healed up and is doing better, you can cut your feedings back > to > one or two times a week. > > The reason you see these corals dying, and I am assuming most of these > times > have been in the LFS, is because they dont take care of them right. That > is > what pisses me off about most LFS's. I understand it is time consuming and > expensive to take care of corals in a store, but if they are not willing > to > do so, they shouldnt carry them. > > Anyways, I say go pick him up, get him in the tank and feed him. He should > be fine. Remember, these guys like your alk to be up, so make sure and > keep > an eye on that, and feed him as much as he will eat!! > > Shane > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marco Delsordo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 3:25 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: open brain coral > > > > Hi all, I went today to my lfs to visit my open brain coral ( which i > > haven�t taken to my tank because i was doing some final settings in > order > > to > > receive the coral), and saw 2 white spots of about 1/2 inch in the > > surface. > > I think it is starting to die? or is this normal?. > > I�m thinking to switch to a moon coral. I�ve seen many corals die and i > > think this is the way they start to do so. > > What do you think? > > Any comment will be appreciatted since I was gonna take that coral today > > to > > my home and I don�t want to loose my money. > > Marco > > ________________________________________ > > > > LEAVING THE LIST > > ===============To stop receiving messages you will need to send a > message > > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from > the > > list. The list manager controls who belongs to the list. > > > > For example: > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: <not needed> > > > > UNSUBSCRIBE > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ________________________________________ > > LEAVING THE LIST > ===============To stop receiving messages you will need to send a message > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from the > list. > The list manager controls who belongs to the list. > > For example: > -------------------------------------------------------------- > From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: <not needed> > > UNSUBSCRIBE > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ________________________________________ > > LEAVING THE LIST > ===============To stop receiving messages you will need to send a message > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from the > list. The list manager controls who belongs to the list. > > For example: > -------------------------------------------------------------- > From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: <not needed> > > UNSUBSCRIBE > -------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________ LEAVING THE LIST ===============To stop receiving messages you will need to send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from the list. The list manager controls who belongs to the list. For example: -------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <not needed> UNSUBSCRIBE --------------------------------------------------------------
