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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2006Red Lobo looking bad
I got a red lobo several months back and over time it has lost it's color and is very bony. It went from dark red to a light yellowish-pink color. Until recently it would still try to puff up for a while but now never puffs up. I'm pretty sure it's a dead cause but I'm curious if anyone knows why it would do this. http://www.geocities.com/bryg30/myaquarium-72706.jpg This pic is from after two weeks of having it. The red lobo in the middle still looks happy. Everything else in my tank looks great, is growing, many things are splitting, etc. Water parameters all where they should be, halides and actinics are in place. I would normally just write if off as sick when I got it but it sure did look healthy. I need to know if there was something I could have done... or maybe still can. Thanks, Bryan Bryan, Do you feed the lobo? They need to be supplemented with food. Ben > I got a red lobo several months back and over time it has lost it's color > and is very bony. It went from dark red to a light yellowish-pink color. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Thanks, > Bryan No I don't feed it actually. I've heard from a couple people that they, personally, never fed theirs. I then read that they can be fed but their main source, and only necessary source, for food is lighting. I did try to feed twice but my cleaner shrimp stole it all as they do. ha. Anyway, after that experience and reading, I washed the idea. Damn I'm going to be mad at myself if I've starved it to death. Now I do feed cyclops sometimes and who knows if other frozen dinners are making into the red lobo's breathing hole... I just haven't directly try to feed it. Let me know what you think. Thanks, Bryan > Bryan, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> Thanks, >> Bryan I would get a sea squirt and feed it directly. Try some mysis or brine shrimp. You could also throw some cytopleze in there. I'm not positive, but I think brains feed mostly at night. > No I don't feed it actually. I've heard from a couple people that they, > personally, never fed theirs. I then read that they can be fed but their [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > >> Thanks, > >> Bryan update: I direct fed it with food two nights ago. It must be too late. That thing looks really bad, really bony, colors have turned ugly. If feeding it once or twice a month is really necessary then I can only blame myself for the reading I did. If feeding directly really does do the trick I would like to get another open brain coral. It was cool in the beginning. Wierd though, I did talk to a guy once who said he never fed his. He also had problems with his cleaner fish stealing food the couple of times he tried it. So I'm still wondering if I just purchased a sick red lobo and it took some time to show. B >I would get a sea squirt and feed it directly. Try some mysis or brine > shrimp. You could also throw some cytopleze in there. I'm not [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bryan |
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