Sun coral help!

BUXI08

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i have bought a colony of sun coral about 1 week ago...and my water parameters are

NH3/NH4=0
No2=0
NO=0
PO4=between 0.5 & 1 ppm.
sg=1.024
temp=28C
pH=8.5
Ca=340 ppm
tank has two wheeler shrimp gobies n one skunk cleaner shrimp..
.Its a 125 gal,with a DSB of 4" and approx 65 Kg of LR.The flow is 12000L/hr pump and one 3000L/hr return pump(4000 GPH total flow).
the coloney i bought is closed still after 1 week...it was open in the tank of guy i bought SC from...but in my tank it is still not opened...and its polyps r going white day by day..i have tried tupperware method but it is still not feeding...What do you guyz say?
here is the previous link posted by my friend! u can also compare the white skeleton of poylps in previous pics...Please help guyz...!

Here r some new pics!
 

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Sorry to see that happening . My avatar is my sun coral I have had for about a year now. I keep my salt water at 1.025 or 1.026 and phosphate as low as I can get it . I feed it PE mysis everyday ! To get it started in the beginning I would take some oyster feast and spot feed or blow it on the sun coral and then I would wait about 10 minutes and it would be completely open and ready to eat .It has not stopped eating yet .
 
If those pictures are only a week old, I have a feeling that it was in pretty poor shape when you bought it -- going to have an uphill battle.
 
@Toddrtrex: I HAVE PROVIDED the previous link..u can compare the pic out there..but what should i do now????
 
It appears that it is going downhill fast, I would still try the tupperware method mentioned in your other thread.

Have you noticed any of the polyps showing at all?
 
ohk...i saw one of the polyp is slightly opening but it didnt respond to the feed till 30 mins..see in this pic..
 

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I use a cut off top portion of a plastic 2-liter bottle. I place it over my sun coral & spot feed it thawed out frozen mysis using a turkey baster. It allows me to get each polyp fed & prevents fish from stealing its food. Mine is very healthy. I feed it once to twice a week. Have trained it to eat about an hour before the lights go out.
 
Hows your lighting compare to the place ya bought it?

What I mean is that a nice shady spot in your tank may help a bit.

Just an idea ...
 
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