HELP - Torch melting?

[rueric]

Hi all,

Looking for some emergency help with this one.
I received this torch exactly two weeks ago.

It hasn't been extending as much as of the last few days, so upon closer inspection, I see the membrane on the skeleton is peeling/melting.
I can also see that the skeleton itself is now exposed.

Is there ANYTHING I can do to save it?

For parameters:

Alk:9.7dkh
Phosphate: 0.02
Nitrate: 5ppm
Salinity: 1.026
Mag: 1370

All other corals are doing just fine, including my other torch.
When I received this coral, it had black chicken liver sponge on it, right up to where the membrane is.
I carefully scraped it off and applied some hydrogen peroxide to the skeleton but not the membrane where it was.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi all,

Looking for some emergency help with this one.
I received this torch exactly two weeks ago.

It hasn't been extending as much as of the last few days, so upon closer inspection, I see the membrane on the skeleton is peeling/melting.
I can also see that the skeleton itself is now exposed.

Is there ANYTHING I can do to save it?

For parameters:

Alk:9.7dkh
Phosphate: 0.02
Nitrate: 5ppm
Salinity: 1.026
Mag: 1370

All other corals are doing just fine, including my other torch.
When I received this coral, it had black chicken liver sponge on it, right up to where the membrane is.
I carefully scraped it off and applied some hydrogen peroxide to the skeleton but not the membrane where it was.

Placement important with these guys but mainly water flow and lighting
I suspect strong water flow in which if polyps are bent to one side will weaken and fall off
Calcium below 380 will also cause this as well as high alk

 

[rueric]

I’ve reduced the flow. But what should I do in terms of trying to help this coral recover?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I’ve reduced the flow. But what should I do in terms of trying to help this coral recover?

Can you post a 15-30 second video of the torches?

That should help determine if flow is an issue.

 

[rueric]

Can you post a 15-30 second video of the torches?

That should help determine if flow is an issue.

 

[rueric]

Lights are turning off soon so the top one is a bit retracted.

 

[JGT]

Can’t see the flesh in the pic but your tank looks new based on the rock. How old is it?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Ok so we can cross too intense of flow off of the list. Those are on the Low end of enough.

 

[rueric]

It was certainly higher, I lowered it and moved it further from the light.
Trying to give it some low flow right now to let it heal.. Not sure if I can dip it in anything to help it heal

 

[rueric]

Can’t see the flesh in the pic but your tank looks new based on the rock. How old is it?

Tank is about 6 months old.
the rock on the top looks new because it was a frag rack rock I put in last week

 

[JGT]

Still a bit immature for torches but the pic of the torch doesn’t look that bad. See how it does in its new location.

 

[rueric]

Praying for the best

I also found a post from Chumingham on a dip for torches.. includes cipro/witch hazel/chemiclean/Iodine. If things don't look like it's going to pick up by tomorrow, I'll give that a try