'Bali Open Brain' (Trachyphyllia) issue. please help!

[leo1405]

Hi guys!

I have one Bali Open Brain (Trachyphyllia, I think) for about 6 weeks.
When it arrived was big and 'fat', and was perfect for about 1 week. After that it is strange. it keeps opening and inflating, but seems like it is pointing to up and it is not so big as before.

I tried change his place for where there are less light and circulation, but nothing changed.

I was thinking about my rabbit foxface nipping it and tried some days protected (inside a breeder), but nothing changed again.

I have a lot of LPS (candy cane, acanthastrea, euphyllias) and everything are perfect, except my open brain.

my water parameters are perfect (Ca: 420, ALK 8 Mg: 1290).

Has anyone any idea what's happening?

Thank you so much for any help (and sorry about my english)


Here a picture of first week:

Here on side of tank and inside the breeder:

 

[Aquarist007]

Are you feeding it... Cyclopeeze Reefroids mysis etcetc

 

[leo1405]

yep, with fauna marin ultra LPS, one time per week, like all my LPS.

 

[Aquarist007]

It doesn't look like it is feeding in the pic. I don't see any polyps extended.

This stuff works great. A few drops before feeding and it causes polyp extension

http://www.aquariumsupplies.ca/polyp-booster-p-6627.html

 

[leo1405]

last time I did was on Saturday.

 

[leo1405]

anyone?

 

[cloak]

I would place it where it was in the second picture and leave it alone for at least a week. Don't touch it, don't feed it, nothing. Sometimes it takes awhile for a coral to settle down once it's introduced to a new environment. GL.

 

[leo1405]

Hi cloak!

but it was on that place for at least 3 weeks.

I will try again, but I don't know if will help.

thanks, anyway.

 

[cloak]

Do you have anywhere else in the tank where the coral will have plenty of space? Nothing will brush up against it or anything? Your tank looks great, so I don't think your parameters or the lighting is out of whack. I think it might just be a real temperamental coral. Any touching or fiddling with it just prolongs the tantrum IMO. GL.

 

[Aquarist007]

Do you have anywhere else in the tank where the coral will have plenty of space? Nothing will brush up against it or anything? Your tank looks great, so I don't think your parameters or the lighting is out of whack. I think it might just be a real temperamental coral. Any touching or fiddling with it just prolongs the tantrum IMO. GL.

Make sure it has flow .. It needs to feed.