Tank is mad at me!

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Good Sunday,
Ok, so I was trying to improve my water parameters...now my tank is mad at me.
I have been working to 1) get rid of Dinos and 2) get my parameters in the ranges recommended.
My nitrates and phosphates were zero, so with a bit more feeding and some ME Nitrate, my Nitrates are 10 and my Phosphates are .04.
My Alk was 8.0 and last week it was 8.3, but I put too much Fusion 2 in and the ALK jumped to 9.3. It has been dropping .5 a week, but that has slowed to .2.
Calc is still holding at 480.
Temp is steady at 78.5

The bad thing is
  1. Last night I found an aiptasia - very small but it's there. Will try kalkwaser paste and super glue it today.
  2. The Candy Cane and Duncan are not opening up like they were. The Duncan is fully closed.
  3. The Zoa is 3/4" the size it was last week

The good thing is
  1. The dinos seem to be declining. fingers crossed.
I have been feeding RedSea AB+ and Coral Frenzy twice a week.
I have been using DinoX every other night.

Any suggestions or just deal with the Aiptasia and wait on the corals.
 

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Sounds like you're doing the right things. I haven't had luck with Dino X, but many have. I'd wait it out. For the aiptasia, go ahead and kill it---it's also a great excuse to buy a peppermint shrimp or two!
 
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