Unhappy Bubble Tip and Zoas won't open

[Keen4]

Apart from the ammonia fro the tetra strip that can't really be trusted anyway everything looks close to ideal, Salinity is a tad high and cal a tad low, nothing that won't resolve its self with weekly 10 percent water changes.

Glad to hear you figured the test kit out! Believe me it took me 3 trys lol you'll be a testing pro in no time.

THANKS FOR THE HOPE-
These results are after I dripped a tiny bit of Kalkwasser into the tank then luckily I read your post in time to realize I need to see a youtube video. Good thing my tested course BRStv had one on the same test kit. They talked about the exact issue I had with the confusion of reading the syringe from whats left to 1.0 vs. the syringe available to read whats left and the ml's written from high to low.

 

[Darsh]

Per RedSea Tests:
Magnesium: 1440ppm
Alkaline: 8.8
Cal: 400pp
Salinity 1.027

Salifert tests
Nitrates- 25ppm
PH: 8.0


Per tetra Strip
Ammonia: 1.0ppm

These look much better now! Agreed with copingwithpods about test strips etc.

 

[Keen4]

So here is an update! My zoas are finally starting to open after this last water change yesterday. I started feeding Reefroids just this week. I also bought a new light. The same that I had before. Seems they really liked my old lamp that I ended up taking from this tank and using in the 20 gal. Lumini Pixie30

 

[Keen4]

Heres an update on my zoas and my acid rain bta:

The Zoas finally opened up completely. I think feeding them reefroids and changing the lighting really seemed to do the trick in helping then come back. Now to get their color back. I will never switch lights again. That was a horrible mistake.
The bta is in another tank, a 20 gal, and from what Ive researched, he's in starvation mode. So I just started feeding him daily to help him get back to normal. Doesn't seem to be dying because hes not coming apart or anything. Just hungry. I realized I have to guard my bta's when feeding because my clowns and my shrimp steal their food.