sick/dying open brain coral

[dkennedy1282]

I have an open brain coral that seams to be dying. The skeleton is showing and I cant get it to take any food. The sweeper tentacles used to come out at night, but now it does nothing. I took it out the other day and gave it a dip in Coral rx, and got a couple of bristle worms that came out. Parameters are all within spec. Its in a low light/flow part of my tank and nothing seems to be bothering it. I'm at a loss and don't want this guy to die. I'm on a work computer so i cant post pics, but i will try to load one later in the day.

Temp: 79
Salinity:1.024
nh4:0
NO3:0
pH:8.1
KH:9
Ca:470
PO4:.02
Mg:1360

 

[dkennedy1282]

 

[Kyle918]

I have an open brain coral that seams to be dying. The skeleton is showing and I cant get it to take any food. The sweeper tentacles used to come out at night, but now it does nothing. I took it out the other day and gave it a dip in Coral rx, and got a couple of bristle worms that came out. Parameters are all within spec. Its in a low light/flow part of my tank and nothing seems to be bothering it. I'm at a loss and don't want this guy to die. I'm on a work computer so i cant post pics, but i will try to load one later in the day.

Temp: 79
Salinity:1.024
nh4:0
NO3:0
pH:8.1
KH:9
Ca:470
PO4:.02
Mg:1360

Is it bleaching or does it still have color? How long has it been in your tank? What livestock is also in the tank?

Generally, LPS like some nitrate. I see your's test at zero. What test kit are you using for nitrate?

 

[dkennedy1282]

I have mostly LPS in the tank. Two clowns and a colony of zoas. All my other corals are doing great. I skipped my water change this week in hopes to get the nitrates up. I use red sea's test kits. I'm gonna be moving it to another tank by itself tonight. I plan to feed in zooplankton and try to nurse it back to health. Seems to be bleaching so i built a cave for it in the other tank. I got some advice from a lfs that I trust so I'll keep you posted.

 

[dkennedy1282]

He didn't make it