2015年9月17日 · The term “closed brain coral” is used by aquarists with little thought as to what it precisely refers to. As commonly interpreted, the name signifies a couple things: 1) the coral in question is typically encrusting or massive 2) the coral in question has relatively large polyps, which may or may not chain together into meanders that ...

Leptoria is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are known as brain corals or closed brain corals. They are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean as …

2015年9月18日 · Known commonly as the “war coral”, this species appears as thin, laminar colonies with variable amounts of vertical branching towards the center. The branching is generally an indication of the colony originating from an area of the reef with low water movement.

2018年4月22日 · Most of my euphyllias are open am fully extended during the day, but once the light switches over to moonlight settings, they close for a bit before extending again. My hammers more so than my frogspawn.

2021年1月4日 · it may stay closed for a few days or a week before you start to see the actual shedding. once the shedding starts, it could go on for a day or more, depending how big the coral is. you can turkey baste the shed to speed it along, or keep it in high/moderate flow.

2023年2月26日 · All of my soft corals (mainly worried about my zoas) are closed and will not fully open. They haven’t been moved from their original spots which they were...

2015年9月19日 · Only a single coral—the Atlantic endemic M. cavernosa—comprises this formerly speciose group. The genus (in its former, broader sense) was united primarily by the presence of extracalicular budding, but genetic evidence has shown this concept to be laughably wrong, with there being perhaps six unrelated groups lumped together.

The Closed Brain Corals are large polyp stony (LPS) corals often referred to as Moon, Pineapple, Brain, Favites Brain, Star, Worm, or Honeycomb Coral. They are the most common and prolific coral in the world, and are very similar to the genus Favia, sharing many of the same common names, and sometimes being very difficult to differentiate.

2025年2月5日 · Is your coral refusing to open? Learn the top reasons why corals stay closed, from water parameters to lighting, flow, and pests. Get expert tips to restore your reef’s health and keep your corals thriving!

2021年7月4日 · Have had a Duncan coral for almost a year and over the last few weeks it’s closed and won’t open, it was doing really well, bought a single head and it had grown two more little heads and would always be open, now the two little heads look like they’re dying 😞 has anyone had a similar experience? Fluval Evo 13.5 52L. Average temp 26C