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All of my corals closed up weeks ago and I couldn’t figure out why since all of my parameters were good. Come to find out, my salinity was extremely high due to 2 malfunctioning hydrometers. I found this out after buying a new refractometer and seeing that what I thought was 1.025 salinity was actually 1.035. I slowly dropped it down to 1.025 over a couple of days but that didn’t help with my LPS and soft corals. This happened about 4 weeks ago. Since everything was still closed up and I noticed green hair algae starting to take over my corals and rock-work I decided to pull out the rocks and clean them in a fresh tub of RO/DI saltwater and let them soak in another tub afterwards. Green hair algae is gone, but 95% of my corals are still closed. I’ve been pulling my hair out trying to figure out what could be wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Tank Details- 75 gallon tank with 20 gallon sump, reef octopus 130, chaeto in fuge, 660 gph wave maker, 1050 gph wave maker (both set at 50%), 1200 gph wave maker, and Current IC Loop pro led lights
Fish- Scooter blenny, 2 midnight clowns, flame angel, lawnmower blenny, 4 emerald crabs, 2 peppermint shrimp, & fire shrimp
Corals (all small frags)- acan, torch, frogspawn, orange sun coral, 2 zoas, gsp (always open) & bubble coral (always open)
Tank Details- 75 gallon tank with 20 gallon sump, reef octopus 130, chaeto in fuge, 660 gph wave maker, 1050 gph wave maker (both set at 50%), 1200 gph wave maker, and Current IC Loop pro led lights
Fish- Scooter blenny, 2 midnight clowns, flame angel, lawnmower blenny, 4 emerald crabs, 2 peppermint shrimp, & fire shrimp
Corals (all small frags)- acan, torch, frogspawn, orange sun coral, 2 zoas, gsp (always open) & bubble coral (always open)


