Hammers and torches looking terrible

[BangedUp]

all of a sudden my torches retracted then a couple days later the hammer and ovtospawm followed. Tested water of course and all is well.... my question is could they be unhappy from being in too clean of water? They have been fine for weeks now this. Phosphates unreadable and nitrate about 10? Any suggestions if nothing has recently changed as far as lighting and flow? how long couldnthey stay like this before meting and dying?

 

[sfin52]

Keeping po4 at zero is not ideal. It should be .05-.1.

Have you added any other coral? Any signs of damage?

 

[BangedUp]

Keeping po4 at zero is not ideal. It should be .05-.1.

Have you added any other coral? Any signs of damage?

No, no new fish or coral, nothing else has changed and all other lps are perfectly fine .... I’ll try and dirty it up a bit I guess but have to try and do that slow or could create more problems ugh, hope that’s all it is

 

[sfin52]

How are you removing po4? How long have you had them?

 

[Zack K]

What are your test numbers exactly? When was the last time you tested? What were they then?

I’m trying to see a few things here, how stable your system is, and what has changed, and how quickly.

 

[BangedUp]

I do have a little bit of hair algae right now, not much but I did just notice some tiny pieces around the euphylia ....gonna whack it with peroxide and see it that helps