Soft corals won't open but LPS will

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Well I measured everything and the stats phosphate is high but it would affected all corals. My salinity is a bit low maybe that?
 

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You mean soft corals like leathers? Leathers chemically fight like a big dog. It's called allelopathy.
 

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I would put some quality carbon in there. What is a "bit low?". My salinity in my softie tank was always 1.020. Did it change fast?
 
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Low is 1.021 or 1.021. Also maybe lack of iodine or minerals? I also had torches near them so i moved them a month ago so that they wouldnt be affected be seems like no help.
 

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I'm having some of the same issues. My sps birdsnest and monti cap are doing great and have great growth to them. My LSP hammer is looking good with no issues. But my softies colt, gsp and xenia all look sad. colt is all but dead, gsp will open but not very full and has not spread in the last 5 months. my xenia i know is a touchy beast i thought i would lose him about 6 months ago but he has hung in there and has not spread and has not grown my xenia stocks are very short where most xenia are 3-4" tall mine are only 2" tall. water stats nit:0,Pho:0,alk:8,cal:440,sal:1.025 my temp usually runs a lil high 79-81F. Any thoughts?
 
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