SPS coral dying from base up

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I will attach two pictures but it appears that my SPS coral is bleaching from the base up and I do not know why. This is my first ever SPS that I got in a mystery pack. My parameters are:
Salinity 1.026, ALK is 9, calcium is 450, MG is 1300, phos 0.05, nitrates 10. Anyone have any ideas as to what is happening and if they have any solutions to this?
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It's hard to tell, but it looks as if the only dead parts are underneath the superglue.
If that's the case, I wouldn't worry. If my eyes are wrong, and it's not under the glue, then that's not bleaching, that's tissue necrosis.
How old is the tank?
 
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It could be super glue I mistakenly use a glue that was too liquidly. And my tank is almost a year old. I made the BRS alk solution to keep alk stable so it doesn't swing too much
 

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Those anacroporas will do that. Shading causes it too. I have seen them grow back in the areas though. If algae shows up that area is lost but if no algae, there is hope it’s just bleached.
 
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