What’s happening to my Zoas?

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I have a fairly large colony of zoas that I’ve had for a long time. Recently upgraded my tank in November. I did have a major alk swing that I noticed in mid February. But this has occurred within the last two weeks. I dipped it in Coral RX on Monday and it looked a little better, not all the way.

Sal- 1.026
Cal- 514
Mag- 1320
Alk- 7.6
PO4- .0031
Temp- 78

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I have a fairly large colony of zoas that I’ve had for a long time. Recently upgraded my tank in November. I did have a major alk swing that I noticed in mid February. But this has occurred within the last two weeks. I dipped it in Coral RX on Monday and it looked a little better, not all the way.

Sal- 1.026
Cal- 514
Mag- 1320
Alk- 7.6
PO4- .0031
Temp- 78

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I don't think it looks bad probably just annoyed I changed my flow for a bit and they stayed closed for 3 days lol.
 

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Closed up is a sign of stress. Can be high flow, too much light, high Phosphates or lack of feeding. If using NoPox, can also upset them
 
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They don’t look like they’re struggling to me, they may just be moody from changes.
Oh okay. This is what it looks like now. I just broadcast AB+, but you can still see the ones that are upset.
 

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Closed up is a sign of stress. Can be high flow, too much light, high Phosphates or lack of feeding. If using NoPox, can also upset them
Not using anything different. I have been raising my levels to start ALL for Reef, but that’s it. Did a large mag raise and Phosphates have gone up from 0-.049 (Hanna). Was worried about nitrates and phosphates being 0, so I fed reef roids. They have been like that before all of this.
 

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Not using anything different. I have been raising my levels to start ALL for Reef, but that’s it. Did a large mag raise and Phosphates have gone up from 0-.049 (Hanna). Was worried about nitrates and phosphates being 0, so I fed reef roids. They have been like that before all of this.
It could also be something like a hermit crab dragging its shell over that area my gsp had that happen and were very mad.
 
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It could also be something like a hermit crab dragging its shell over that area my gsp had that happen and were very mad.
Yeah, I have seen some hermits up there’s several days ago. My small nem used to be in there and more around, but has been out for about 2 weeks.
 
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