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My trachapillya had been doing beautifully. I've had it for 6 months. I did a water change on Monday, tested my water on Tuesday params were good. Wednesday during my normal tank review I noticed the trachy didn't look good. I was hoping when I came home today it looked better but it didn't. Nothing has died in the tank. The only thing out of the ordinary I did was I took a rock out on Monday during my 10 gal water change to clean off some bubble algae. Some of the bubble algae busted as I was pulling it off the rock. I wanted to make sure that no spores were in the rock so I rinsed the rock off with tap water. After I did that I knew I should not have so I soaked the rock in saltwater overnight on Monday. I took the rock out on Tuesday evening and put it back in the tank. 45 gal tank.
Salinity 1.023
ALK 9.9
Ca 395
Nitrates 1-2 normal for my tank
Temp 78 to 78.5
Mag don't know, I've never tested for it
Phosphate don't know, I've never tested for it. Any suggestion are appreciated. I love this coral!
Before

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After
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I'll move it. :-)

It looks very retracted but with possible slight tissue recession. No lighting change? It looks over illuminated in the 1st image
 
I'll move it. :-)

It looks very retracted but with possible slight tissue recession. No lighting change? It looks over illuminated in the 1st image

Thanks @Tahoe61. No lighting or location change. Typically when I take pic I turn the lights up completely to remove the blue tint.
 
Have you seen any alkalinity swings?

I have rinsed LR in fw and returned it to the tank without issue.

Are you seeing actual skeleton without tissue covering it?

Any corals too close?
 
No alk swings. Sorry I'm newer not sure what "LR in fw" means. No skeleton showing without flesh. No corals to close regularly BUT I could have sat some too close when I was doing the tank change on Monday. I moved some corals around so I could syphon the detritus.
 

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