Feeding purple with gold torch

[StephyC09]

I think of of the issues my poor torch is having is not enough food. I did not realize I needed to be direct feeding it shrimp! We pellet feed our clowns daily and give our tang a piece of seaweed and then feed the whole tank with shrimp a couple times a week. How often should I be direct feeding my coral? We have several other corals as well... I just dont know what they all are! I know we have 2 mushrooms and a very sad candy cane as well and a couple others. This is really my husbands tank but I run a daycare so feeding is an activity for my kids to watch!

 

[Lizbeli]

I have never spot fed my torch corals. They don’t need it. Just light flow and parameters with some nitrate and phosphate.

 

[StephyC09]

I think its dying!

 

[Matt1997]

It’s bleached. Tip down usually indicates lights are to intense. Base up lights to dim.

 

[tehmadreefer]

I think its dying!

Ya it’s starving alright, but it’s starving of light it looks like.

 

[tehmadreefer]

It’s bleached. Tip down usually indicates lights are to intense. Base up lights to dim.

Lps and softies turn white/clear from not enough light. Unlike sps.

 

[StephyC09]

Ya it’s starving alright, but it’s starving of light it looks like.

Moving as soon as I am done with lunch!

 

[Natedogg1978]

As far as feeding, I strongly recommend broadcast feeding Red Sea Reef Energy AB+. Easy, no hassle. Does the job.

 

[LegendaryCG]

I think of of the issues my poor torch is having is not enough food. I did not realize I needed to be direct feeding it shrimp! We pellet feed our clowns daily and give our tang a piece of seaweed and then feed the whole tank with shrimp a couple times a week. How often should I be direct feeding my coral? We have several other corals as well... I just dont know what they all are! I know we have 2 mushrooms and a very sad candy cane as well and a couple others. This is really my husbands tank but I run a daycare so feeding is an activity for my kids to watch!

I try to drop a mysis in my torch every couple days and it seems to love it.

 

[StephyC09]

As far as feeding, I strongly recommend broadcast feeding Red Sea Reef Energy AB+. Easy, no hassle. Does the job.

I will look that up! We do pellets and shrimp for our clowns, dried seaweed for my lemon tang, and some seaweed flakes. We dose the tank with reef roids too.

 

[StephyC09]

Lps and softies turn white/clear from not enough light. Unlike sps.

How much light should it be getting? Where I had it before is when it started to bleach so I moved it to a more shady spot.... It was so happy for a good 5m! Where the red arrow is was where it was before then I moved it back and now I moved it again.... Thanks foe taking time to help!

 

[MohrReefs]

I will look that up! We do pellets and shrimp for our clowns, dried seaweed for my lemon tang, and some seaweed flakes. We dose the tank with reef roids too.

AB+ is insane. My corals have exploded in growth since I've been feeding it.

 

[kartrsu]

Lps and softies turn white/clear from not enough light. Unlike sps.

Hmmm, is that really the case? I have a bleached torch that is not recovering in low light and low flow and I'm perplexed cause I'm feeding it daily. Should I move it to higher light and hope it will recover? It's been over 1 month like this and tissue has recessed a lot, but not over the ridge.

 

[Matt1997]

Lps and softies turn white/clear from not enough light. Unlike sps.

They also turn white from to much light to quick

 

[tehmadreefer]

Ya

They also turn white from to much light to quick

ya, no, not in this case.

 

[tehmadreefer]

Hmmm, is that really the case? I have a bleached torch that is not recovering in low light and low flow and I'm perplexed cause I'm feeding it daily. Should I move it to higher light and hope it will recover? It's been over 1 month like this and tissue has recessed a lot, but not over the ridge.

One, stop feeding so much and yes move it up some and in more of a moderate flow. Make sure it’s a gentle but stinger flow so the torch is waving but not tearing.
Not gonna say it’s gonna completely recover overnight but would have a better chance.

 

[Matt1997]

Ya

ya, no, not in this case.

Well let’s hope he updates. Consensus on the other thread was WAY TO MUCH LIGHT

 

[BobbyCline]

I feed my torches daily...with light.

I think they like it.

 

[Matt1997]

I’ve had torches as well. Currently only have 6 colonies of about 6-10 heads each. Not in my interest to keep them anymore. To simple. Few months back when I was LPS dominant, over 150 heads.