Help with Ricordea

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I bought this ricordea around 2 weeks ago, and it originially looked great. It started to shrivel up though so I moved it into a shaded spot in the tank. It still gets light, but not directly. I keep seeing its pretty hard to kill a mushroom, but it looks like I'm on that track.

When I originally bought it.
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What it looks like today.
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Any ideas on what to do next?
 
Water parameters?

What lighting do you use?
 
I don't have parameters right now, but I tested the other day and got this.

Temp: 78
pH: 8.0
Alk: 9.5 stays pretty steady.
Calcium: 420 ppm
Magnesium: 1340 ppm
Salinity: 1.026 s.g.
Phosphates: .10 ppm
Nitrates: No reading need a kit, but should not be too high.

Using an AI Prime about 6 inches above the water running at 40% UV, 35% V, 35% DB, 40% B, 0% G, 0% R, 10% CW. Lower than normal, but I didn't want to shock the new corals.
 

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