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If you're just keeping hardy corals, it's no big deal to just have your LFS run a general test of your parameters once every few weeks, but I would definitely start testing the alkalinity yourself unless you're able to have your LFS do it consistently once every couple days. The Salifert alk test kit only takes 30 seconds to use and will last you a few months even testing daily. It's the only parameter in a reef tank that absolutely needs to be tested more than once or twice per month IMO. If your alk really swung from 5 to 15 to 10 DKH over a short period of time, it's something you need to be testing daily and honing in on a good dosing regimen to keep it relatively stable.
Flatworm exit may or may not work, but make sure you siphon out as many of them as you possibly can before dosing it so you don't risk nuking your tank when they die off. I've put red planaria flatworms in a 50/50 mix of flatworm exit and saltwater for two hours before and found them to still be crawling around just fine...
I think the reason it changed was because of the water change I did
And I just tested it an hour ago
But how does one revive a coral