Unhappy torch

themindfields

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Hi,
My torch coral has been looking unhappy for the past two weeks.

It used to look like this:

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Now, it looks like this with polyps that are really retracted:

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The only change I made was adding a few cups of aragonite sand for a yellow wrasse. Then, of course, my phosphate level dropped to 0 ppm. After two weeks of trying to raise the phosphate to a detectable level by adding more food to the tank, I wasn't successful. Today, I prepared a tri-sodium phosphate solution and raised the phosphate to 0.03 ppm with it.

Any ideas on how I can help her?

Other parameters:
Sal 1.026
Ph 8.0
Nitrate 8
Phos was 0, now 0.03 we will see for how long
Cal 44o
Mag 1480
Alk 8.2
Temp 25.5C
I dose AFR daily.
 

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I think you're on the right track, keep it stable now. Someone with more knowledge will hopefully chime in
 

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Just keep an eye on the phosphate levels over the next several days, if it drops again just increase the feeding by a little. Parameters look pretty good.
 

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