What is wrong with my torch?

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from looking at your parameters and the "dirty" stage that your tank is going thru. nutrients seems to be none, Euphyllia likes "dirtier" water. id stop adding corals and adjust your water parameters. dont rush into adding corals, you're just throwing away money at this point. sure, you can have a couple of clowns and maybe another small fish. good luck bud and happy reefing !
 

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Im gonna do a water change, what else would help clear the water up?
Water changes seem like they'll help clear up the water but in fact they do the opposite. In your case you have a bacteria bloom. Doing waterchanges will distrupt the bacteria causing it to come back worse. Letting it do its thing is the best and only way that I know of getting rid of it. As said above, adding a UV sterilizer will help it go away faster.
 

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do you know why you are dosing afr? its just a question because by the looks of it you have no real reason to . The cloudiness is from bacteria , a couple days of running an internal uv sterilizer will help. Id just buy a little green machine they sell at petsmart use it for 2 days then return in lolol. Its fun to buy corals but its less fun to kill them. Id focus on one problem at a time then move slowly to maintaining stability before thinking about any corals
 

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I will conisider a uv, whatʻs the best way to raise my nutrients?
Randy has some ways, like dosing ammonia. I am not quite sure of your tank, but if you're understocked consider adding another fish.
 

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