Help with LPS and SPS

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took some pictures of one of mine eating--they like to eat. 3rd picture shows food almost swallowed
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Thanks for the pictures and you help. I have tried to feed the Candy Cane the past 3 days, and I am seeing some of that, but not to your level. I think that I might have waited to long. I can definitely see the food on the polyps and some of the mucus generation, but not sure I am seeing the intake of food. So again, I may have just done this to late and am losing the coral.

I do have the Salinity up to 1.025 and the Mg up to 1350-1400/ppm. I may have brought the Mg up a little to fast. My Anemones are not liking it, but are coming back.....
 

I am pretty sure I have lost the coral.... The polyps are peeling off the structure.

OK, I got my Hanna Testers today. I bought the complete kit. Salinity, ALK, PO4, CA. These are really nice.

So, Here is what I have:

Salinity 1.022 @ 76.6F Had 1.024 with refractometer (Probably bad eyes)
PO4...... 0.02 Had 0.0 with Kit
ALK...... 9.9dKH Had 10.2 with Kit
CA ....... 375 Had 400 with Kit
MG........ 1260 with Kit
pH.........7.7 with Kit

So, what are the targets I want to get too? I have see these for Reef Aquarium that I have been keeping:
Salinity 1.023 - 1.025
Temp. 72 - 78
pH 8.1 - 8.4
ALK 8 - 12
Nitrates< 1.0
PO4 < 0.2
CA 350 - 450
MG 1250 - 1350
 

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