Cyphastrea Issues! Please Help!

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I have 2 Cyphastria corals in my Tank. One is encrusting and the other is Branching. They are sitting at 100 Par with the branching showing these white lines that look like cracks. I am using a AI Blade light the Parameters are all good and all other coral in tank is thriving! Any ideas what is causing the white crack lines in my branching cyphastrea? Photo below
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sorry man, but the pics are way too blue to see anything. Please post some pics in white light if you have a chance, thanks.
 
@LordofCinder first thank you so much for taking time to help out! Also here are pics with lights of and flash it was the best I could get of both Cyphastria showing the same white lines. They look way worse with white light!

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Alkalinity is at 9.8
Phos is .03
Salinity 35
Tank is 7 months old
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2 clowns
Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
4 Nassarius Snails
1 Mexican Turbo Snail
No Protein Skimmer Just Filter Floss
Carbon
Tons of Bio Media
Phosguard
 
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Mine is doing the same thing. There was a section that looked like it had either been chopped at or was bleaching bad. I then moved it higher up in my tank and gave it more flow. Its healed nicely but i do still have these “Cracks” in mine as well. My tank is at:

1.025 salinity
8-10 nitrates
0.07 phos
410 ca
1300 mg
And 8.1 DKH

Ive had the coral for about a month now. Feed red sea AB+ every day and will dust it with reefroids 2 times a week. Other than the lines it looks healthy sooo i suppose it is??
 

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