Corals not doing well

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Been having a problem with most of my corals in the tank. Lost a Goni, a Duncan.

My other Duncan isn’t looking too hot, my zoas aren’t opening up anymore and look like they have a brownish algae coating them that I blow off daily.

Params

Temp:78
Salinity: 1.025
Nitrate: 8.6
P04: .04
Mag: 1440
Calc: 440

Any ideas what else could be affecting them?
 
How olds the tank. Do you have pictures. What's ur alkalinity
 
How olds the tank. Do you have pictures. What's ur alkalinity
Tank is a year and a half.

Forgot alk and PH.. just tested now at lights off.

Ph is 8.03 (this should be going up this week as I just installed a C02 scrubber connected to an outside airline to my skimmer)

Alk was 7.97 which is low
 
Tank is a year and a half.

Forgot alk and PH.. just tested now at lights off.

Ph is 8.03 (this should be going up this week as I just installed a C02 scrubber connected to an outside airline to my skimmer)

Alk was 7.97 which is low
Thise parameters are basically perfect, so those aren't your problem. How high light/flow did you have those corals in? What's your stock list (fish, coral AND inverts) did they die as tissue necrosis/RTN/STN, bleaching or decay of some sort. Have you done an ICP recently or in the past?
 
Yep if ur testing is perfect. Then it's flow. Lighting change or ICP test for heavy metals
 
Lights have been off an hour and says pic is too big, will try again tomorrow

Lighting I have xr30 gen 4 (2 of them)

Mp40 on reefcrest 45% (75 gal, 4 foot tank)
Nero 3 on opposite side

Just got an icp test kit that I will send out tomorrow
 

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