Brain Trouble

[Poseidon]

Hey everyone, I bought these brains 3 weeks ago. They were doing good and where all puffy but now their shriveled up and have been for the past 3-4 days. Getting a little concerned as they were not cheap at all.

Any advice from what you can see?
Too much light / not enough?
Flow is 2 wp25's and a wp40, it's just a rocking in there

I have a ultra green brain that is perfectly happy though

Thanks

 

[Pistol]

Too much light IMO, following along tho.

 

[bart84]

Ya so am I. I have the same problem with mine. Looked great for a month then all if a sudden all shrivelled up in the skeleton.

 

[EricTMah]

I'd say too much flow and too much light.

But those would be the first I'd try. But not 100% sure.

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[unibob]

Check your calcium and alk lately? Anything you add with a skeleton is going to consume more of your elements lowering parameters, if they are I check I would check flow/light. They don't need a ton of light, and your green brain is most likely acustomed to your tank already.


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[monizb]

My Brian did not like light I moved it s corner and happy

 

[Poseidon]

Hmmk, I will
Move them to the front of the tank, hopefully that helps

 

[teebone110]

have you tried feeding reef roids or reef chill? Sometimes that can help them bounce back..

Any recent physical changes to their location or changes in your tank, rock work, etc?

Could be associated with changes in water params, but from my experience they are more sensitive to lighting, flow, or nutrient level changes

 

[Poseidon]

Yea they were at the front, and where happy, then I moved them and they stopped opening up... My first thought was to move them back but I wanted to check first with you guys

 

[nexusnight]

I've tried both low light and med light neither seemed to work. I've lost two brains in the last couple months and think I'm saving the one I've had the longest. Funny how it seems others are having the same difficulties in the same time frame. I have a friend that just list a giant brain he had for a long time too. Do seasons play a roll in what these require to survive? I feed mine regularly too.


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[scubasteve]

reef roids, cyclopeez and mysis had my massive aussie for over a year no problems moderate flow and lighting..... mine always did that when i forgot a feeding or didnt feed more according to his size..... then my scoly got knocked ontop and was skeleton in 3 days

 

[AdInfinitum]

My brains don't like much flow at all and my flow is definitely on the low side for the spa that I keep.

They have always been unhappy out in the open, high light or low light but once I moved them into corners or in v notches between rocks where the flow doesn't sweep over them they are happy again.

 

[Aquariums by Design]

First off, those are some really sweet Brains and it would be a shame to lose them. IMO the lighting could be too strong and the current is almost certainly too strong so I would start there. I would also suggest feeding them, I've found that Open Brains almost always shrink up when not fed enough. I'd feed them at least once a week if not twice.
Hope they start to turn around for you.

 

[Jewel]

Looks like NAFB brains, I bought 3 there awhile ago, 2 didn't last a week, the other never looked good.