Open Brain faded ~help!~

[Aquattro]

With a reef, you should have at least Ca and Alk test kits. Maybe Magnesium. A properly functioning tank hardly ever needs to be tested for NH3/NO2/NO3, so I usually just take samples to the LFS if I'm curious. Get good kits, Salifert or Elos. A quality refractometer is important to keep your salinity at correct levels (which should be higher than what you currently run).
What lights were your corals under when you bought them? It may be that your's are significantly different, giving you these results. Also, most loss of vibrance in color is due to excess nutrients. A good skimmer and/or frequent water changes can help in that. Rinse frozen foods to remove any juices, which will be high in PO4. Make sure the corals get decent but indirect flow.

[ScubaGirl]

Our water level is a bit low. We were going to top it up tomorrow so we can boost the SG a little bit right away. I'll move the brain up closer to the light while I'm in there too.

Food wise, the frozen we soak in vitamins in little shot glasses. We do 3-4 up in advance. We then rinse it well before putting it in the tank. We give pellets sometimes and nori almost daily (sometimes we forget in the evenings).

Yes, my ammonia test kit is a Hagen one.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by ScubaGirl

Our water level is a bit low. We were going to top it up tomorrow so we can boost the SG a little bit right away. I'll move it up closer to the light while I'm in there too.

Food wise, the frozen we soak in vitamins in little shot glasses. We do 3-4 up in advance. We then rinse it well before putting it in the tank. We give pellets sometimes and nori almost daily (sometimes we forget in the evenings).

Yes, my ammonia test kit is a Hagen one.

boost your salinity very slowly you can drop it alot faster than you can raise it just boost ot slowly over a few days.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

With a reef, you should have at least Ca and Alk test kits. Maybe Magnesium. A properly functioning tank hardly ever needs to be tested for NH3/NO2/NO3, so I usually just take samples to the LFS if I'm curious. Get good kits, Salifert or Elos. A quality refractometer is important to keep your salinity at correct levels (which should be higher than what you currently run).
What lights were your corals under when you bought them? It may be that your's are significantly different, giving you these results. Also, most loss of vibrance in color is due to excess nutrients. A good skimmer and/or frequent water changes can help in that. Rinse frozen foods to remove any juices, which will be high in PO4. Make sure the corals get decent but indirect flow.

that is a whole wack load of good advice right there, and same here with me i know alot of people feed their brains but i never did only stray food it might have gotten from other things and my last brain outgrew my tank literally maybe tripled in size in less than a year.

[ScubaGirl]

I'm not sure the lights that this coral was under in the store. Everything else I bought from that store (turbo snails and 2 silver dollars) have all died too. Coincidence? We'll never know....

[ScubaGirl]

Thank you! Will do ReefWars.

Ok, I'm off to bed. I have to be up in 5 hours. Thank you all for looking at this and for your great advice. Hopefully I can save it. Fingers crossed!

[ScubaGirl]

I moved the coral up closer to the lights. It's already starting to perk up a little bit after 2 days.

Keeping my fingers crossed!

Thank you again for your advice.

[ScubaGirl]

Just posting a picture to get your opinions. Is it on the mend?

[Bloodasp]

Still looks faded but at least not as brown as before as it seems to be getting a bit more color. I think it's recovering