0 nitrate and phosphate

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one of my torches (most expensive one obviously) and my favorite alveopora coral have started bleaching pretty bad. I feed like twice a day and do weekly water changes so I poorly assumed they were within reason but I just tested both with a salifert kit and had literally zero color change. Could this explain the bleaching? Should I begin dosing? I added some red ogo to the refugium section a couple weeks ago, this is my only method of nutrient control
 

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It's not great but it's probably zero because the macro algae is soaking it all up. I'd feed more before I dosed anything.
 
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My fiancée squirts some roe or oyster feast once or twice during the day and I come home and feed mysis etc so actually they get three feedings most days. I guess I could feed more per feeding but there’s always extra. I put a few drops of neophos in the phosphate kit and it turned dark blue so it works, not sure how else I could verify
 
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