Is My Brain Sick ?

[Sunshine]

My brain use to be darker. Now, he is almost white. What is wrong with him ?

He use to look like this

Now he looks like this

 

[yote]

Well,Its not looking healthy.
What are your parameters?

 

[Sunshine]

Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0
PH 8.4
Salinity 1.026
Phosphates .5
Calcium 520

All other corals are fine. And there is nothing around it that could be doing anything to it.

 

[yote]

How about light and waterflow?
What kind of lights was it under at the store?

 

[Sunshine]

I have T5's. 6-54 watts. It's on the sand bed. I have no idea what the LFS lights are. The flow is moderate where it's at.

 

[Melosu58]

Just wondering is that a crushed coral substrate? They prefer a sandy substrate. Also the tank looks darker in the second pic.

 

[Sunshine]

No, it's a mixture of black and white sand. It's probably the lighting on the camera. It looks almost white with a pink rim around it. It has lost all the dark purple that it had on the edge. My camera isn't the best.

 

[XxKnuckleheadxX]

check your mag levels. looks like its bleaching out..

 

[steelcity]

Put it in a cave/shaded area. Color will return slowly. Feed at night when it's open to help it out.

 

[steelcity]

Even in your first pic it didn't look good then.

 

[Bifferwine]

Yeah, I agree with steelcity -- it looked bleached and white in the first pic as well.

 

[dcantucson]

I agree. Looks like it went from bad to worse. Don't know if you can turn it around. :(

 

[EliWhitney314]

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[sen5241b]

Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0
PH 8.4
Salinity 1.026
Phosphates .5
Calcium 520

All other corals are fine. And there is nothing around it that could be doing anything to it.

THOSE PHOSPHATES ARE TOO HIGH! At 0.25 ppm phosphates many stony corals will start dying.