Cotton candy torch

[Acemann]

Hey my cotton candy torch coral isn’t looking so good he is all closed up now. All my other corals look great though so I don’t understand why he looks like this. I do weekly water changes of 10 gallons out of my 100 gallon tank. He just recently has been doing this starting yesterday. I do know that the salinity increased to 1.026 from 1.024. Could that be the problem?
I have a protein skimmer and good filtration so I don’t think it could be the nitrates. Should I just put some fresh RO/DI water in? (The torch is the last picture)

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

An ATO will help control salinity swings, but I doubt that a slow climb of .2 will bother anything.

Would suggest to share more details about your tank so people can help; water parameters, tank age, what kind of lighting (zoa's seem to be strectching), and what kind of flow.

 

[Alexraptor]

You have an awful lot of algae in there. May want to check your phosphate levels.

Also what kind of lighting do you have? Those zoas look like they are desperately stretching for more.

 

[Acemann]

You have an awful lot of algae in there. May want to check your phosphate levels.

Also what kind of lighting do you have? Those zoas look like they are desperately stretching for more.

I have an xr15 radion G6 pro. I saw the coral placed on the bottom when I bought them so I didn’t think much of it when I put them on the bottom. I’ve been meaning to get a par meter but there just so expensive.

 

[Acemann]

An ATO will help control salinity swings, but I doubt that a slow climb of .2 will bother anything.

Would suggest to share more details about your tank so people can help; water parameters, tank age, what kind of lighting (zoa's seem to be strectching), and what kind of flow.

My tank is just about 10 months old 100 gallon, 50 gallon sump, radion xr15 light fixture, 3 power heads for flow.
My parameters:
Calcium: 400
Dkh: 11
Phosphate: 0.25ppm
Nitrate 10pm

 

[FoolishWizard]

You have ONE XR15? Can you upload a full tank shot?

 

[Acemann]

You have ONE XR15? Can you upload a full tank shot?

I also have 2 coral life 30 inch light strips but one only does white light and the other one is just to light the other side.

 

[Acemann]

You have ONE XR15? Can you upload a full tank shot?

I just realized that the light was only at 20%.

 

[FoolishWizard]

I just realized that the light was only at 20%.

That'll def do it!