Coral Quarantine Help

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Some new corals are starting to recede and brown out in quarantine.

Here is my setup.

60 gallon
4 HOB filters
4 sponge
2 small power heads
1 black box ~12" high
1 reefbrite blue LED strip
Water is from main system (running for 11 years)
Alk 8.7
Calcium 430
Nitrate 3
Phosphate 0.05

I do water changes once a week. ~10 gallons from main display.

I feed aqua barn phyto daily (about 20ml) and reef chili every other day. Light period is ~12 hours.

I am planning to move some rock from the sump over and considering dosing some coral aminos. I have a par meter coming.

Coral is from Top Shelf.

Any thoughts or advice?

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Browning out is the increase of zooanthelle algae.
Typically from elevated po4
Also can be seen from a lack of par from the lighting.
 

IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 45 57.7%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 5 6.4%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 5.1%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 3.8%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 1 1.3%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 13 16.7%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 3 3.8%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 1 1.3%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 2 2.6%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (explain in the comments)

    Votes: 1 1.3%
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