Bleaching open brain coral

[Brandon42]

I got this open brain on Friday morning for a steal, $15. I knew it was not doing great in a friends tank as he said he always has difficulty with these and that's why he parted with it so cheap. He had it under Mars blue LEDs. Sense being moved to my tank I'm not sure it took the dip so well if already not in perfect condition. It seemed to be alright yesterday but still had not reinflated much at all. Today when I turned the lights on, the bottom right corner is definitely bleaching and the coral appears to be shedding a bit in places. So what are my chances of bringing it back? What will help this process? I was told on a separate thread that pulling it out and dropping amino acid on it would help reinflate it and then once plump to start feeding again? Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

Everything else in the tank is doing great.

The coral is in the sand bed with medium flow

I'm running 6x T5 all ati bulbs and 4 out of 6 are brand new.

Temp 80 degrees
Po3 5pmm
Po4 0 or at least below readable levels
Salinity 1.25
Cal 420
Alk 7-8dkh
Ph 8.0

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[Tahoe61]

I would put the coral in a low intensity lighting area of the tank. To me it appears the coral has lost coloration from over illumination.
I have never heard of removing an LPS and directly applying amino acids, that is a new one on me.
The coral is on it's way out as evidenced by the tissue recession. I would still attempt target feedings at night initially.

 

[redfishbluefish]

That poor guy doesn't look good! My advice, assuming parameters are good, is to pray.

My open brains are like Goldilocks....they want the light "just right." If it's not just right, they recede, exposing skeleton.

 

[Brandon42]

I would put the coral in a low intensity lighting area of the tank. To me it appears the coral has lost coloration from over illumination.
I have never heard of removing an LPS and directly applying amino acids, that is a new one on me.
The coral is on it's way out as evidenced by the tissue recession. I would still attempt target feedings at night initially.

Yeah I had never heard of this either that's why I opted for a second opinion lol. seems pulling it out would cause more stress than it's worth. I'll try moving it into a shaded area and see if that helps.

 

[Brandon42]

Any supplements I can dose to help?

That poor guy doesn't look good! My advice, assuming parameters are good, is to pray.

My open brains are like Goldilocks....they want the light "just right." If it's not just right, they recede, exposing skeleton.

Yeah it really doesn't and it's a shame because it would be gorgeous fully inflated, it's at least 3 1/2 inches across in its current state. Any supplements I can dose to help the process?

 

[Brandon42]

New spot

 

[Breakthecycle2]

It's not really bleached, it is completely dead.

 

[Bdog4u2]

I've seen worse comeback. Try Google I found a article once where the guy brought one back but he had to trim some of the skeleton to keep new growth from shredding itself on the sharp edges. He showed the whole process from near death to a prized piece

 

[Breakthecycle2]

I've seen worse comeback. Try Google I found a article once where the guy brought one back but he had to trim some of the skeleton to keep new growth from shredding itself on the sharp edges. He showed the whole process from near death to a prized piece

There is nothing left of the flesh on this one though.