Help- Frogspawn coral

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Help please!

I brought a frogspawn coral last week, it had been cut so i expected it to be a bit sulky and unhappy. This is the way it looked the day i got it (first photo), however its shrunk back much more - i can see like a bone? Only one but its starting to worry me.
My zoa, daisy polyp and firework polyp are fine. I got a toadstool today which has shrunk down a bit in size but i’m assuming it’s because of stress? However the frogspawn is mainly whats worrying me.

Water paramaters are:
Salinity - 0.025
Alk - 7.7 may be at a 7.9 now
Phos- Can’t give an exact number but low as my other corals are fine i also dose with Agent green

I can’t give numbers for calc, mag or anything like that as i dont have the test kits for them but i use Red sea all in one food supplement and it has those components in them for the corals. Is the frogspawn looking okay?

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can’t give numbers for calc, mag or anything like that as i dont have the test kits for them but i use Red sea all in one food supplement and it has those components in them for the corals. Is the frogspawn looking okay?

This is the issue
 
Elaborate please?
You have to known
Alkalinity
Calcium
Magnesium
Phosphate
Nitrates
I will give you a parameter target, this is not the end all be all but if you keep them at these values you will be able to keep all coral for the most part happy with the exception of the hardest coral we keep.

ALK 8-9
CALCIUM 350-400
MAGNESIUM 1350-1425
PHOS .03-.1
NITRATES 10-20

You need test kits for each. Cheapest acceptable kits are Salufert for all. You must read directions carefully as each test is different. Watch YouTube video on how to use.
 
In my experience, Frogspawn don't do well in high flow areas. I've had them really struggle and then moved them to lower flow and thrive. Parameters also matter but i'd def look at the flow
 

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