Lobophyllia probably dying... Any ideas?

[vasboul]

Hi,
I bought a lobophyllia one week ago and it seems that things are not going well. There is too much skeleton showing and it seems that it is not eating... I tried 3 times within the last week, today it seemed to open its mouth but nothing more than that. The food i am using is MICROVORE (Brightwell).
My tank is running for 2 months now, all parameters are ok:
Ammonia 0
NO2 0
NO3 10-15
Kh 8.15
Ca 460
Mg 1280

Is there anything I can do? Any ideas?
Million thanks in advance

 

[pecan2phat]

Mg 280, is that correct?

 

[vasboul]

Mg 280, is that correct?

1280
Sorry
Trying to increase it to 1350 slowly

 

[pecan2phat]

Any fish picking at it?
Maybe light shock, try lowering the intensity for a week or so if you can.
I've seen where a lot of stores keep these lobos, brains, scolys, & meat corals in low intensity all blue light which is not indicative of their light needs.

 

[vasboul]

Any fish picking at it?
Maybe light shock, try lowering the intensity for a week or so if you can.

There are only 2 clownfish.
Re lighting, I am using Maxspect r420r 70w 15000k with the following settings:
14:00-15:00 A(white laml) 0%. B (blue lamp) 1%
15:00-16:30 A. 20% B 40%
16:30-21:30 A. 60% B 80%
21:30-23:30 A 40% B 60%
23:30-02:00 A 0% B 1%
02:00-14:00 OFF

Do you really think that it is the lighting? Can it be saved or is it too late?
Many thanks

 

[pecan2phat]

Do you notice if the Lobo puffs up a little or at least show some meat and color at the start of time period 15:00-16:30?
If so then the light shock could be a factor.
IME, hard to bring Lobos back if the skeleton is in full view and algae starts to develop.

 

[vasboul]

Do you notice if the Lobo puffs up a little or at least show some meat and color at the start of time period 15:00-16:30?
If so then the light shock could be a factor.
IME, hard to bring Lobos back if the skeleton is in full view and algae starts to develop.

Cant say... Here is a photo of how it is now with light.
Any suggestions? Should I give it some time or takr it out of the tank?

 

[Dre]

I don't think your tank is established enough for these corals. And you have snails, what the snails gonna eat?

 

[vasboul]

Snails were added yesterday as instructed by a member of the shop. He said it is time to add the cleaning crew... Lets hope that the worse senario will be the loss of this coral....

 

[pecan2phat]

I would give it some time before taking it out. Do not try to feed it unless you see the feeding tentacles come out and it's usually at low light towards dusk. If it looks better when the whites are not at it's peak and you don't want to mess around with the light program, then just move the Lobo to a shadier spot.

 

[pecan2phat]

Snails are mostly herbivores unless you bought nassarius snails. I wouldn't worry too much about them and you do need a cleanup crew as the shop suggested.