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A few weeks ago I noticed my corals (all SPS) lose all PE and color. I initially thought it was something to do with the waterquality so I sent out an ICP. It came back fine.
I took another look and saw a bunch of small vermetid snails which led me to believe the mucus nets are irritating the corals to the point of death. Take a look at the pic, you can see the strings clinging to the tissue. These strings are all over the tank. Another thing I was thinking about is calcium precipitation from a somewhat high pH that ends up forming these strings.
Params:
NO3: 10, PO4: 0.8, Ca:420, pH: 8.3 - 8.5, kH: 8.3 all stable for months.

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I see the vermetid tubes (possibly) on the rock there but, generally, repeated slime irritation only causes lack of polyp extension/tissue recession in the area where the slime repeatedly contacts, if at all. Just my experience, other experiences may differ.
 
That net doesn’t look like vermetid, but your phos is super high. Slowly and I mean slowwwwllly drop it down to at the very least
The 0.8 PO4 is a typo, it should be 0.08
 
My next guess. Assuming all your levels are good and stable. Check for tiny tiny bugs a little smaller than the polyps. It almost looks like some white acro bugs on there
 

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