I need help!!

Something is wrong with my tank however I do not know enough to figure it out I'm freaking out because I'm afraid of losing everything nothing in the tank is open except green star polyps and my xenia my ph is 7.3 I just dosed to bring it up my ammonia is 0 nitrate is 0 nitrite is 0 and my salinity is 1.023 and I usually keep it at 1.025 so it's a lil low as well would them two being low cause this what I would really like is for someone with more experience then I have to maybe come check my system out and tell me what I'm doing wrong if anyone is willing to come to Mingo feel free to call or text 515 782 6507 as for anyone that lives far away with any suggestions feel free to post or pm me

 

It started with two being closed for a couple day's and now today all of them the only thing I've done was put in a algae scrubber about three weeks ago but this all started about three day's ago ohh and I started doseing four drops a day of nualgi to an 85 gallon system

 

Turbo I felt the same about nualgi and the scrubber I looked to see if you could/should run them together I put the scrubber in the hope it would starve the hair algae and cyno that I could never seem to get to stay out of the display I use ro water I was out of salt so I just went and picked some up I'm in the middle of changing my ro filters because they are about six months old but the water from my city is not the best so I don't know what kind of life I can get out of them fighting this algae is becoming a full time job I have to be missing something or doing something wrong it's getting costly and stressful if the tank wasn't in the wall I'm sure I'd call it quits

 

Well where do I begin I don't have a test kit for alkalinity or calcium not something I really new I should be testing for but that's the reason for this post because I'm obviously missing something or doing something wrong so tomorrow I'll probably go out and get a kit for alkalinity and calcium and as far TDS this is something that I knew I needed to get however I've not purchased one yet so you have many great questions however the only question I can honestly answer is I'm running a coralife supper skimmer

 

I'm in the middle of a water change that will probably let everything open back up but as stated there is a lot I wasn't testing for simply because I didn't do enough research before I dove in but now that people state I should be testing for alkalinity calcium phosphate and magnesium I will begin to do that but as I've said I didn't know any better I know testing is very important

 

I also think I'm going to get a good book and do some extensive reading and learn all that I can

 

I've just finished my water change I'm going to pickup the stuff to test for alkalinity,calcium and magnesium sounds like most of my problem is with poor husbandry and lack of knowledge a big thanks to everyone who was willing to say hey dummy why aren't you doing this or that you should be and a special thanks to Zach and Bud

 

Well I think I figured my problem out tonight. I happened to have a hang nail on my finger and lone and behold I got shocked. It wasn't strong enough to shock threw the normal everyday skin. I also thought maybe it's just the saltwater so I put my hand in my fresh made ro saltwater and nothing. So I started unplugging things and found a bad pump. Just so happens it's the pump I happened to put in about three weeks ago. So fingers crossed let's hope all my coral will be open tomorrow!

 

Anyone use aquarium ground probes?