SPS dieing and bleaching

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My sps is dieing and turning to white

On my rocks there is this brown hair looking like not sure what I should do to treat my rocks Prior bleaching I was cleaning the rocks I notice my Dunkin is dieing the sps started to bleach

any solution

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One of two things or both.

Water parameters or source water is out of wack.

Light intensity is too high or too low.

Look like water is out of wack. Are you dosing anything?
 

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What are your parameters?

Age of tank
Calcium
Alk
Salinity
Temp
Phos
Nitrate
Using RODI
PAR
 

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Low light, Good chance high salinity and alk and I question amount of flow. Moderate would be good for this size coral.
 

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Calcium is very high
 

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Alkaline 8.5
Cal 580
Salt 1025

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Not sure how strong your lights are but in this pic it’s not even enough light to see the tank let alone for the corals to thrive. What does it look like with the lights at full power and how long are they under full power?
 
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Not sure how strong your lights are but in this pic it’s not even enough light to see the tank let alone for the corals to thrive. What does it look like with the lights at full power and how long are they under full power?

it’s G5 Blue 2 of them 8am to 6pm I set it AB+

it’s the rocks it has brown hair when I try to brush it off after that next two days corals starting to bleach

I need to fine a way to clean the rocks not sure how to

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Bleaching is a loss of zoox. High temperatures and intense light, or high copper or other metals, and sometimes very low no3 or po4. usually the cause.
 

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I would recommend to do an ICP test
 

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