advice needed for dying brain

[ChefChris]

I've had this brain for a couple months. I noticed when I first got it it had a small skeleton showing you couldn't see when opened. It slowly started progressing and now it's one other side. Oddly it still swells and ate a mysis a fee minutes ago. My parameters are normal minus slight nitrate from no skimmer for 2 days. It's on lower level of my tank and I run 2 evergrow 120's for 6 hours a day.

 

[saltylife]

It could be the pic but looks a little bleached. Any angels in the tank?

 

[ChefChris]

It's the pic. No angels

 

[saltylife]

I'd pull it and give it a dip in coral rx. Then put in in a lower flow. I had a coral beauty split my brain in half and dipped it and put it in a lower light area. It recovered well but took some time

 

[Mdiaz2]

Those corals can be very finicky, I had one similar to that one for about two years and it just died on me within a week... Try moving it to lower light and lower flow and try to target feed him is the best advice I can give you. Sorry to hear about that :/

 

[ChefChris]

Thanks it happens. Isn't the first coral I've lost. Just my first brain haha

 

[Tab28]

Lower light for sure. You will have to step up the feedings to compensate for lower light and poor flesh. The 12 o'clock are of the outer ring looks like it has algae. The lower light will hamper its growth. I had a few trachys with damage recover and it is a slow process. It looks like it did not acclimate well to your lighting.

 

[johnwick]

How about slow tissue necrosis. As someone else said I would dip and if possible try to remove affected tissue.

 

[mrcoffee2]

I had one that looked similar to that. Mine ended up dying in the end... The culprit? My peppermint shrimp. Do you have anything that might snack on a stressed coral?

 

[ChefChris]

I've done two lugal dips the last 5 days. Is it safe to do it more? It's already in a a very low light section but moved it to another spot. I've looked closely at the flesh but it's not peeling more receding. The coral still puffs up where it's healthy spitting out feeding tentacles, and eats. Receding did speed up when my protien skimmer crapped out so that pry didn't help all my other corals look happy and healthy. I have 2 scolys in the same area (before I moved it) and they look great.

 

[Tab28]

Not sure another dip would do any better. A dip is to kill infections, bacteria or parasites. After two these should not be an issue. It could stress the coral making things worse. You could always do a water change to compensate for no skimmer. At this point all you may be able to do is keep it fed until it heals. This will take awhile. From experience if flesh is missing from the center ring area. It is not good, but you have nothing to loose so keep at it.