Golden Aussie Torch Retracted - Help!

[Bfactor84]

So I purchased this Aussie Gold Torch 2 days ago and its tentacles have barely come out of the skeleton. Then today morning, I noticed some brown discoloration at the head.


Is this coral ok or is there something I should be doing to help? I see the tips floating under flow but it has been in this state ever since I got it. It was H2o2 dipped and then drip acclimated. IT was placed in the tank with the powerheads off for 24 hours.

Tank:
Reeger 450 - Age ~ 3 months
0 ammonia and nitirtes
5 ppm Nitrates
Phosphates are undetectable
Ph 8.2
Calcium 440
Magnesium 1380
KH 9
Salinity 1.025
Temp 75 - 80 F
Running activated carbon and 5 gallon fuge with marinepure ceramic spheres.

Other tank inhabitatnbts

2 clowns
1 yellow tang
2 Yellow tail chromis
1 six line wrasse
1 bicolor dottyback
~40 assorted critters (hermits, scarlets, turbos, ceriths, nasserius, turban, trochus)

1 GSP frag
1 Purple tip green Torch - this one is doing fine and mostly extended
1 Orange Ricordia frag
7~8 assorted zoa frags

Any input from is appreciated.

 

[TheHarold]

That looks like a grape coral, not torch coral. Looks fine though.

 

[Bfactor84]

Here is the other torch in the tank:


Edit ... fixed video

 

[KrisReef]

It's fine, but feed the fish a bit. Undetectable phosphate might not be the best.

 

[Bfactor84]

That looks like a grape coral, not torch coral. Looks fine though.

Facepalm ...... that explains a lot .....

 

[John3]

Hhhmmm, I’m not a fan of H2o2 dipping lps unless it’s a last resort. I’m not a drip acclimator fan either. My personal experience is these stress the coral out more. I normally float the bag for 15-30 min to get the temps the same and then do a coral rx dip to get hikers off.

Looking at the video it seems like its in a spot with some pretty high flow. I would move it to less flow.

 

[John3]

Were the tentacles that small at the LFS? I have an indo gold torch that can look like that if something bothers it or they can be 4” long....... Guess we need to really know if this is a torch or a grape coral and tentacle length when you bought it will help determine that.

 

[lapin]

As you know they can look like that at night when retracted. At one lfs they never fully extend. I would give it time. Could be too much light compared to what it was used to or a flow problem. I would give it 3 days if its not expanded, I would try other locations.

 

[Bfactor84]

So I went back to the LFS and it seems my bag was switched with someone else’s. When I showed them the picture, they said that What I have is a Grape Coral. I am going to get store credit for the difference in price since the Grape is cheaper.