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xjy3838
05/25/2015, 05:42 PM
Hi everybody. I need your help. I picked up this open brain coral about 2 weeks ago at my lfs. This is what it looked like

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/25/cd2f74987c2f6a8ca07f53d81040143d.jpg

Well 2 weeks later it looks like this

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/25/965bfab2fa49707b111ebf00db79ab7e.jpg

I have moved it to a shady area
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/25/d1c1250f99375605b7cd324b99a0e15a.jpg

Is it bleaching??? I've tried feeding it and it looks like it doesn't eat. I only saw its tentacles at night once right after I got it. It puffs up once in a while. I don't want it to die. Any thoughts or suggestions. I would really appreciate everyone's help.

My tank info:
7 months old.
JBJ rl45 gal
2 pumps (266 gph)
Hydra 52
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/25/667b1bc86e1ddabf976000845c571e0a.jpg
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/25/61be5a436dfc74fcc544407024aae973.jpg
I tested my tank today this is what I have:
Temp: 77.7
Salinity 102.4 Red Sea refractometer
Ph 8.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0.05
Nitrate 2
Alk 9.2
Cal 440
Mag 1440
Phos 0.0.ppm Hanna checker
Tunze skimmer
Coralife uv

I have
2 clown fish
2 fire fish
1 tiger goby
1 royal gramma

1 large torch coral
1 torch frag
1 gsp
1 rose bubble tip anemone
1 green acan frag
1 war coral
Everything is doing great

3.5 gal HOB refugium with Fiji mud, charts, and 11 mangroves.

For the other tests I use Red Sea.

cakemanPA
05/25/2015, 05:45 PM
Is it getting any light where it is placed?

xjy3838
05/25/2015, 05:59 PM
I actually had a small piece of cardboard on the tank when I took the picture. I put it there today because I thought is was getting too much light.

JoelA7
05/25/2015, 10:37 PM
Low light and low flow. Different coral but I'm blown away at how much better a trachy is doing in a QT for fallow period with way less flow than where it was in the DT.

xjy3838
05/26/2015, 11:10 AM
I keep trying to feed it and it won't open.

JoelA7
05/26/2015, 11:13 AM
Be patient. Observe a couple of hours after lights out. You may have tentacles out then and be able to feed. But these things adapt very slowly. LOW flow.

xjy3838
05/26/2015, 03:07 PM
Thank you. I guess I have to be. I will keep observing and I hope things turn around. I appreciate your response. Do you think my light intensity is ok? Should I keep it in the shade?

ratienza80
06/27/2015, 08:27 AM
Any updates on your lobo?

oldbones
06/27/2015, 08:31 AM
You won't hurt it with too little light, at least not quickly. My open brain reacted quickly and quite negatively when I tried raising my light levels, and two almost two weeks to recover after I lowered them back down.