Reef tank starting to fail

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Hi guys, my 29g mixed reef tank is starting to fail and unsure what to do anymore. Before moving across country my tank was thriving parameteres was stable corals was growing everything was great but since moving my tank has been going through its downfall.
My old parameter
cal-430
Mag-1600
Alk-8.2
Phos- 0.1
Nitrate- 20
Ph-8.2

New parameter
Cal-500
Mag-1100 consistently with dosing
Alk-4
Phos- .25
Nitrate- 40
Ph-8.6

The test kits I use are salifert and Red Sea. I’ve been dosing baking soda,ALF,mag but nothing seems to be working. I’ve done water changes any possible. I’m lost for words. I don’t want to give up but I’m on the urge to just shut it down
 

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Welcome to Reef2Reef! I'm sorry you're experiencing this.

How old was your tank? Sometimes when you disturb a mature sandbed you can release toxic hydrogen sulfide gas, or at least stir up some detritus.

And just to clarify, you're dosing baking soda and "ALF"? Did you mean AFR, which is All For Reef?
 
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Hi guys, my 29g mixed reef tank is starting to fail and unsure what to do anymore. Before moving across country my tank was thriving parameteres was stable corals was growing everything was great but since moving my tank has been going through its downfall.
My old parameter
cal-430
Mag-1600
Alk-8.2
Phos- 0.1
Nitrate- 20
Ph-8.2

New parameter
Cal-500
Mag-1100 consistently with dosing
Alk-4
Phos- .25
Nitrate- 40
Ph-8.6

The test kits I use are salifert and Red Sea. I’ve been dosing baking soda,ALF,mag but nothing seems to be working. I’ve done water changes any possible. I’m lost for words. I don’t want to give up but I’m on the urge to just shut it down
Did you use new sand or substrate when you moved the tank?
 

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Any pictures of the tank as it is now? Did you change salt mixes? If it was my tank I would stop with the dosing and do more water changes to get some base line test results. Then go from there. An ICP test wouldn't hurt either. Perhaps something got contaminated during the move.
 

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Your ALK dropped almost 4 points, you should start to bring it back up to around 8
 

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