Sps getting brown tips ?

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Hey guys, so i bought my first acropora about 5 or 6 days ago from a local reefer closing down his tank. It called dallas acro here in australia, similar to the green slimer.

Its my first sps, i dipped in melafix before adding to the tank,
And it has been getting abit of brown algae or zooxanthellae? Or something on it

Not sure if its normal or if ive done something incorrect, or if its AEFW, would love some advice and hopefully a solution

Params are, as of 2 days ago

Temp - 78 steady
Ph - 8.0 steady
Nitrate - 5 steady
Phosphate- 0.1 fluctuates abit between 0.05- 0.1
Alk - 7.8 fluctuates abit between 7.5- 8.0
Calcium - 430 steady but trying to raise slowly to 450
Mag - 1350 steady

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Water levels look ok. Is it slimy crap stuck to it or is it the coral itself browning out? What’s your lighting system?
Definitely stuck to it,

I have radion g5's, par roughly 250 where that coral is but i have it acclimating currently
 
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Id like to add, the coral isnt a small frag, its a decent size
 

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Exposed skeleton means it lost flesh. One way or another. Dinos attached to skeleton. Could have been from the move or could have been something in tank it came from or your tank.
 
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Once I rid or reduced the number of Dino's in my tank (via removed all sand), my SPS coral no longer became covered on the tip with brown algae. My SPS's look amazing once I removed the sand bed.
 
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