Advice? Brain coral bleached

I would agree with upping the water changes until you get the mini cycle / ammonia knocked back down. I've had similar issues with similar coral. My issue was that it wasn't getting enough light. I also have high powered LEDs so at first I too thought maybe it was getting too much light so I moved it to the shade. And just like you it got worse. Then for something totally unrelated I changed my lighting schedule up and upped the power of my LEDs. Right after doing this I noticed it seemed to react positively to the increase so I moved it out of the shade and a bit further up in the tank. It is in the process of recovering now. Turns out it needed more light. Seems like for me at least when the skeleton starts showing on a coral it's needing more light. This is not to be confused with bleaching though however. When a coral bleaches it still has it's tissue if you look closely it's just lost its color. If you look closely at your picture you can see it's showing its skeleton worse where it's getting less light. Hope it helps.

 

Also supplemental feedings may help it recover a bit faster. Not sure what else you have going on in your tank but you may want to consider upping the intensity on your AIs.

 

Yeah it could pose a problem with the cyano. Are you able to increase your flow any in the area(s) with cyano? Another way of possibly looking at too is how long are your lights on for? Possibly increase your photo period. Longer photo period might help your coral and by not increasing intensity might not impact cyano. Kinda walking the fence here. I've used Ultra Life Red Slime Remover with fantastic results for getting rid of cyano for what it's worth.

 

Its either a Lobo or Trachy. They like lower flow and low-medium light.

Where are you located? Could throw it in one of my tanks, I've had good luck with them.

 

I actually moved to Ankeny last week.

 

I've had a Trachy for over 17 years, several lobos, a Scoly and a few others...looks like a Lobo to me and once they start to recede like it is, it can be tough to get them back. Sometimes, feeding tiny bits of silversides or Mysis shrimp can help, but it takes energy for the coral to send out feeders and you need the feeders out to grab the food.....are you seeing the sweepers out at all? I do regular water changes weekly and that keeps the trace elements up and in balance...I don't dose anything. I have mine about half way up directly under a 96W Power compact and 2-36" T-5's that are on a 30 gallon, so quite a bit of lighting, medium to lighter flow. The brains seem to be a bit fussy about lighting...I've never been a fan of LED's and just from my own experience with my personal tank and maintenance tanks, the LPS don't seem to be a big fan of them either....Euphyllia will do okay under them. I would do as others have said and change some water....how big is your tank? I would probably do 10% every other day for a week and see how things do. Don't syphon the sand because you need to get the bacteria colonizing it and get that ammonia down....the brain coral don't like ammonia or Nitrites. They don't seem to be so fussy about Nitrates.