torch advice

Hey guys, New to reefing. I have 36 gal bow front tank that has been cycled for about 6 months. Lighting is an AI prime 16. I have a mixed reef tank with frogspawn, hammers, and a few other LPS, SPS, soft corals. Everyone else is doing well and growing. Tank parameters are the following...

Hello there! Purchased a torch coral on Thursday 8th August, seemed fine single head, some softies in the tank and a Duncan, parameters all stable and within range but it's not looking good! The two photos below are day one and today, any help appreciated!!! Ammonia 0.5ppm Calcium 435 KH 9.9dKH...

Hey everyone so I’ve been fighting to get my parameters stable since the tank is relatively new. I tested my parameters 3 weeks ago for the first time after losing 2 torches and saw I had extremely high phosphorus 3.9 ppm trying to feed all my tangs so they’re happy and stop fighting. Since then...

Hello Reefers!! I have a torch coral that seems to be taking a long time to spilt. At a guess I noticed the process begin well over 1 month ago. Any experienced guru's have an idea how long does the process typically take?

Hello all! I just purchased what looked like a healthy torch frag, but when I got it home I noticed an issue. With the polyp receded I could see that part of the skeleton is exposed and flesh is gone from a sliver of the skeleton. It has been in my tank for about an hour and a half now and it...

Anyone know what these eggs on my torch are from? Struggling to find anything similar. Or what the brown/black thing is growing on the base of the torch?

Hi everyone, I don't know what wrong with some of my torches the rest of the tank its perfect. I do a water change every day with AWC my tank parameters are Nitrates 10 Phosphate .04 , Calcium 480, Magensium 1430, Alk 7.4 . I have try dipping them in coral X and in some antibiotic also and...

Hey guys, First ever marine reef tank, this reef is about a month old and i can’t find answers anywhere as to what these are on my torch coral’s skeleton/i probably dont even know how to phrase my google search lol (First pic). Second question i have is what are these things that just popped...

Hi all! For a little while now, my torch has had this clear white spongey stuff growing on its base and the past two days the torch hasn’t been out as much. Last month, I took it out to dip it and I carefully used a knife to scrape this stuff off. It was crunchy and sponge like but I managed to...

Hello, first time poster here. Has anyone seen a torch do this? I’ve found one other thread but it seems there was no conclusion. My parameters: Alk: 11 Cal: 430 Mag: 1500 Nitrates: 10 PO3: .03 Could it he potentially be splitting? It’s been like this for around 2 weeks. Flow could...

One of the heads earlier closed up then opend now these two heads closed up is it splitting or stressed third pic is the torch a couple of days ago

I have a NY Knicks torch that has been doing really well and actually grew a couple of heads. One day noticed 3 of 4 heads weren’t extending and had black tips. The head receded heavily, what covered almost the entire Skelton was gone and looked like it was balling over a couple of days. I did...

Hello! I have a torch I am having problems with. It is usually my largest torch in the tank but I noticed these clusters on my torch today and have zero clue what they are. Any help?

Hello all! So I have a good bit of Dragon Soul, Gold and 24K, Jester, and etc. torches. They look amazing when I first add them Into my tank, but over time I always lose the really bright coloration. The tentacles begin to look somewhat clear under white lights, and I only see the intense...

Been trying to ID this worm on the side of a rescue coral. It is a hard shell with the mouth on the left side. I think the coral is a torch, but still recovering. The coral has white milky stuff coming off every few days.

I’ve done researching and can’t figure out what it is. all of my parameters are stable and normal. Fish store says my water test is good. All my other corals look very happy. Went to get myself a new Christmas present a nice torch coral and in within a day I could already see him starting to...

Morning All. I woke up this morning to find my torch coral like this. Has it been attacked by something or is it just on its way out? Sods law its the most expensive coral in the tank aswell. Tank parameters that I check are. dkh:- 11 Phosphate:-0.01 Salinity:- 1.024 amonia:- 0 I have...

Acquired this Torch coral at the end of August. It seems to be doing well, but I am having an issue with it's base. Over the last month it's been coming apart: I have seen bristleworms in my tank, and added a peppermint shrimp at the same time as the torch.. Could my Halloween hermit crab be...

Hey everyone! Need some help! Does this look like aptaisia on my torch? Or maybe tube worms? In any case any tips would be helpful. The torch is already one week in my tank, properly dipped and have been looking healthy since day one and still does but I noticed this earlier today and thought I...

Good afternoon reefers. So i have read that the trunk splits first then the flesh part. Is this splitting or just going to have multiple heads? How do torch corals get a wider trunk? It looks too top heavy. Had it less than 2 weeks and this has happened rather quickly. Is there anything i should...

Hi Reefers! I purchased a Hellfire Torch and got it into the tank today. I did do a CoralRX dip before putting it in there, but when I came home from work I noticed a bunch of these black little dots on the tentacles and what seems to be some of the tentacle tips to be “ripped” off. Any clue...

I got my first torch! The bluest photo was from when I brought it home from the lfs. I have had it about a week. I don’t seems to see the skin receding but the tentacles are reaching. Is this just due to it acclimating to my light and flow? Or is it a sign of a bigger problem? Thanks!

Can some one tell me why my torch coral look like this??? I’m very new to keeping corals and I don’t know what to do! Only thing that changed today was the weather, it got cold today but my heater working just fine.

I upsized tanks about a month ago and everyone is happy except for my torch coral. My torch seems flaccid/deflated, and it is not extending out its tentacles like normal. I have moved it twice after trying a spot for 2 weeks at a time. Currently it’s half way up in my water column and getting...

got it as a gift for doing a favor and want to know if it’s a good deal or not.