How do I stop my coral from bleaching?!

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My favia (i think) has been bleaching. I moved it to lower light to see if that was the issue but it hasn't gotten better. Please help! I've had this coral for years.
 
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That doesn’t look like bleaching. Looks like you are losing it

Is there anything I can do?
 

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agree it looks like its dying instead of bleaching. Have any parameters changed drastically lately? I get coral die off like this when I neglect my tank.
 
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agree it looks like its dying instead of bleaching. Have any parameters changed drastically lately? I get coral die off like this when I neglect my tank.

My phosphates spiked while I was out of town for a few days. Could that be why?
 

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I guess that its then. My phosphate went to .4 once, and my 2 year old platigyra died in about 3 days, turned white just like yours, but it was the only lps coral affected (although lost most of my sps). Some are more sensitive than others
 
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I guess that its then. My phosphate went to .4 once, and my 2 year old platigyra died in about 3 days, turned white just like yours, but it was the only lps coral affected (although lost most of my sps). Some are more sensitive than others
Can I stop it somehow? I've been using phosphate corrector so the phosphate is going down
 

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I doubt its the phosphates. List all the parameters, and the light plus settings and spectrum), as well as the flow.
 
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