Update: Candy Cane Coral and more

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So this is an update to my first post. Just a recap, I feed seachem zooplankton to my candy cane coral and I forgot to add Hammer coral as I didn't notice him until later on, and this is the aftermath of the damage. (Photos below) Now my question is, is how can I bring them back or should I toss them?

The very last two are from today, the previous are from yesterday morning.

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So this is an update to my first post. Just a recap, I feed seachem zooplankton to my candy cane coral and I forgot to add Hammer coral as I didn't notice him until later on, and this is the aftermath of the damage. (Photos below) Now my question is, is how can I bring them back or should I toss them?

The very last two are from today, the previous are from yesterday morning.

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Hi, so they are not looking so good.
I had to go and read two other threads just to get an idea what is/did happen. If you can, just stick to one thread with the updates or most people won't know what your talking about.

So, anyway, you fed some food and coral went south. They are new to you in a relatively new tank. You have no no3/po4 even tho you have been feeding heavy. You also did post other parameters and what I saw was mostly normal but did see alk at 11.8...which is really high.
What salt are you using and do you do weekly water changes?
Po4 needs to be dosed heavy to start cuz rock/sand suck it up and store it.
As said in the other thread par around 100/150 is good.
You didn't see any brown jelly?
How is the flow where you have them?
Generally, the hole you see is the mouth. I have noticed my candy cane mouths open in the past. Sometimes it's from stress, sometimes not. Dipping at this point may or may not help. They look like they are just melting. I could be from shipping or earlier.
Offer them a gentle flow and 100ish par. Maybe a coral cleaner dip, nothing to harsh right now.
 
Hi, so they are not looking so good.
I had to go and read two other threads just to get an idea what is/did happen. If you can, just stick to one thread with the updates or most people won't know what your talking about.

So, anyway, you fed some food and coral went south. They are new to you in a relatively new tank. You have no no3/po4 even tho you have been feeding heavy. You also did post other parameters and what I saw was mostly normal but did see alk at 11.8...which is really high.
What salt are you using and do you do weekly water changes?
Po4 needs to be dosed heavy to start cuz rock/sand suck it up and store it.
As said in the other thread par around 100/150 is good.
You didn't see any brown jelly?
How is the flow where you have them?
Generally, the hole you see is the mouth. I have noticed my candy cane mouths open in the past. Sometimes it's from stress, sometimes not. Dipping at this point may or may not help. They look like they are just melting. I could be from shipping or earlier.
Offer them a gentle flow and 100ish par. Maybe a coral cleaner dip, nothing to harsh right now.
Oh okay, I'm new to this forum and I'll do that. I did order some nitrate supplement for my tank. I do keep in the range of 8-12 by the chart I see everyone using from BRS. I use Reef Crystals, no brown jelly just clear slim which stopped. How is medium as they are in the corner of my tank. And I got my hammer about a month prior from a shop and hammers that shipped where fine until this point.
 
Oh okay, I'm new to this forum and I'll do that. I did order some nitrate supplement for my tank. I do keep in the range of 8-12 by the chart I see everyone using from BRS. I use Reef Crystals, no brown jelly just clear slim which stopped. How is medium as they are in the corner of my tank. And I got my hammer about a month prior from a shop and hammers that shipped where fine until this point.
My LPS love the ends of the tank, all the gunk ends up there. ;) is there anyway some chemical got in the tank? Sanitizer from hands, aerosol from a can, ect.
I would put a bag of carbon in also.
 
My LPS love the ends of the tank, all the gunk ends up there. ;) is there anyway some chemical got in the tank? Sanitizer from hands, aerosol from a can, ect.
I would put a bag of carbon in also.
I just replaced the carbon, I burn a candle and I do spray however when I do I do it like to the ground and away from my tank and shut off my ceiling fan.
 

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