Candy Cane Coral Troubles

[Mackenzy]

I've had this coral for three months, he's slowly withered away since the beginning. Ate the First night, never opened up again.
Calcium 500 ppm
alk 179 ppm
phosphate between .5 an 1 ppm
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Ph 8
Temp 78-79
Salinity 1.025
Led lighting

 

[RGS2]

Your phosphate is very high. You might want to take steps to lower it to a target level of less that .1 ppm. (.03 is often recommended.)

 

[Mackenzy]

The bleaching you might notice, started further down the stock and in the last few weeks has turned a green and is working its way up to the polyps. I have many other soft corals doing well.

 

[Mackenzy]

Gotcha water changes then. ty

 

[Mackenzy]

Is it also strange that algea cant seem to survive in my tank?

 

[RGS2]

Is it also strange that algea cant seem to survive in my tank?

Try a different test kit to be sure you are getting an accurate reading. With P04 truly that high I think you would have algae issues.

 

[Mackenzy]

Just went to the LFS to get water tested. They've actually confirmed all my reading to be accurate or close. (calcium is actually 480, phosphate .8) I've introduced Bryopsis, Hair, an bubble algae's since its establishment 8 months ago. None of which survived or is making any appearance what so ever. I find it strange honestly, but im thankful.
The two inhabitants struggling for survival in my tank are the Seabea Anemone and as said above the Candy cane coral. I have many other creatures that are doing well.

 

[Mackenzy]

Which leads me to believe its a lighting issue. ( maybe ) The anemone has been struggling for 2 weeks. (Lots of bad signs at first but slowly he seems to be stabilizing an doing less bizarre stuff. (but the entire time hes been bleaching slowly) I've been trying to combat this by feeding him daily (when he's not hanging upside-down like a bat) with, hikari Mysis shrimp, Rods Rotifers, Coral Frenzy, and larger shrimp from super market. ALL of which is pushed away by the anemone as a nuisance. Lighting source are Two Strip light Led. One is a 135 $ marineland 880 lumens(has 12 super bright led) the other was a 40 $ Beams work product with 36 lights but not as bright) sufficient? maybe >,< I hope so

 

[Mark9]

Mine do not like alot of light, have always kept them on the sandbed.
Those are looking rough, i'd move them to a less light area.
They look on their way out.

 

[Mackenzy]

Good idea, its the one thing I haven't tried. ill move them to some shade an hope for the best.