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Old 07-20-2014, 08:52 AM
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Yea man, you had the star fish the blue colony then this. Id take a step back and try and figure out whats going on

Get a full parameters measured and get some water for a decent water change like 20% and go from there.

Have you changed anything? started dosing anything? stopped doing something?
Try and think what changed
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Old 07-20-2014, 08:54 AM
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I remember you saying your temp spiked up to 85 or something has that got all fixed cause if your temp is outa wack or swinging that can cause all these issues
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Old 07-20-2014, 05:36 PM
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While I am in agreement there may be a water issue, I would also recommend moving the piece to another location to see if it makes a difference. Mine (same colour) has always opened up in every location, however it opened up more in some spots than others.
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Old 07-20-2014, 05:56 PM
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My vote is high phosphates do you have a accurate test kit Jason?
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Old 07-20-2014, 07:57 PM
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No I do not have a phosphate kit. I do believe I have high phosphate because I have green hair algae everywhere. I have the API phosphate remover bag running passive on my sump with a carbon bag. I guess I should go buy a salifert phosphate tester. My params r alk 7, cal 310, mag 1100 ish. I'm using salifert mag but I can't seem to get cal n mag up to a proper level. My big sps colony got messed up cuz my doser died but after I chopped it up and fixed doser there hasn't been anymore RTN. Water temp is now a stable 79. I tossed the starfish out because a hammer n a frogspawn just closed up. I will do a water change soon. But I can't explain my goniopora closing... Been closed for 1-2 months and my tank was thriving then. I do feed my tank reefroids mixed with phyto 2x a week.
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Old 07-21-2014, 12:00 AM
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Sounds like you just explained it. Calcium is quite low, mag is low, and high phosphates. All of that combined is sure to do a number on your tank. Id do a big water change asap
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Old 07-21-2014, 12:40 AM
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Sounds like you just explained it. Calcium is quite low, mag is low, and high phosphates. All of that combined is sure to do a number on your tank. Id do a big water change asap
That and the fact you had a doser and everything was probably pretty stable and now it's probably all outa wack
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