What is wrong with these zoas

Aikachinatsu

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I ordered these and got them in the mail about a week ago. There was a slight shipping delay so they were in the bag for a couple extra days. I put them into a QT with LED lights and some polyps opened right away, so after a couple of days I moved them into the DT with actinic lighting... They haven't opened up once and they have his brown goo over them. Some white fungus like stuff covered a few polyps but those disintegrated.. These are what are left
I switched the lights to full spectrum daylight thinking the lighting wasn't enough but still no improvements.

Parameters
Ammonia 0 or barely detectable
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0
PH 8.4
Salinity 1.024
Calcium 460 ppm
Phosphates 0
Temp 78° F

I add trace minerals and an iodide supplement, also an ammonia detox (ammo-lock) since my salt mix contains a small amount of ammonia

What could be wrong?

There is carbon and purigen in the filter
 

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I have heard that too much iodine can be toxic to them. Your Calcium sound a little high too but I don't know if that affects them. I'm no expert but I've never seen any long timers with calcium that high.
 
Hmmmm lighting might be too strong. How far are your actinic lights off the water? Are they in a direct path of a powerhead?
 
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