High phosphate bad for Acans?

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Had some stuff going on but have managed to correct. Did an ATI test to know whats going on. The one coral I have that still isn't looking good and one I have always struggled with is Acans. I picked up on a video recently though that Acans don't plump up when phosphates are to high. Since mine where and I am slowly bringing them down I wonder if that's been my issue? Phos to high for them?
 
what's high? we don't know what your PO4 is if you don't tell us lol
 
lol. My ati results where phosphate .54
Instead of turning my reactor back online with GFO I just put some in a media bag and dropped it in the sump (in between sump section walls, where chamber one spills over into return pump area). I figured it would let it slowly go down and not get churned up if I had dropped in filter sock. I now am getting a reading on my salifert test of something closer to the .25 but its hard to tell. trying to slowly get it down to the .03-.05 range. All other coral in tank rebounded or looks great (favia, lobo, torches, montis, chalice).
 

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