Brain troubles

[reef kid96]

I have had this brain for a while now, and it seems like every week the flesh is slowly peeling back off the skeleton. Do you know whats wrong or how I can help?

oh I almost forgot;
temp: 79
dkh: 7.5
Cal: 430ppm
Mag: 1400ppm
nitrate: 13ppm
phos: .16ppm

thanks
Andrew

 

[79chopperdr]

My open brains don't do well when the Alk is below 9. Also I had a similar issue with one specific and it turned out it was getting too much flow.

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Good luck. Open brains are my favorites

 

[joe3196]

yha that is a common symptom of a lps getting to much flow
awesome coral though

 

[reef kid96]

Thanks, I did notice that mine was getting large amounts of flow, I have since moved it. Would you recommend I feed it?

 

[Josh_84]

I feed mine mysis or cyclopeeze .

 

[cloak]

You could try pellets as well.

 

[79chopperdr]

I feed mine whole krill. I normally have to run interference on my shrimps with the tongs for a few minutes while the brains are sucking it in.