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Hmmm - certainly nothing in those details that really stands out as an issue. The PAR for the acropora is probably a little low, but not drastically so. My best guess here is that Jason is growing his frags out in a water that's more nutrient rich, and possibly in considerably higher light. Typically, it takes a while for acros to re-adjust to water conditions that are different - possibly as long as 2-3 months before they start growing again.
My overall advice would be to take the GFO out of the system and let your phosphates rise into the 200 - 300 ppb range. You may then have to re-introduce a bit of it to keep the phosphates in check with a heavy fish load. You might also consider posting in the SPS forum (if you haven't already) for other ideas. Bottom line - nothing about your water chemistry shouts "emergency!" to me, and the only observations I'd make about the Triton results are that you've an elevated aluminum value (extremely common in tanks with ceramic "bioblocks"), and the Triton phosphate results are extremely low - about 16 ppb. That said, I'm somewhat skeptical of the accuracy of Triton phosphorus/phosphate values because of the way that samples are collected/handled.
My overall advice would be to take the GFO out of the system and let your phosphates rise into the 200 - 300 ppb range. You may then have to re-introduce a bit of it to keep the phosphates in check with a heavy fish load. You might also consider posting in the SPS forum (if you haven't already) for other ideas. Bottom line - nothing about your water chemistry shouts "emergency!" to me, and the only observations I'd make about the Triton results are that you've an elevated aluminum value (extremely common in tanks with ceramic "bioblocks"), and the Triton phosphate results are extremely low - about 16 ppb. That said, I'm somewhat skeptical of the accuracy of Triton phosphorus/phosphate values because of the way that samples are collected/handled.