Is my New York Knicks Torch Splitting?

[dburke732]

My father in law bought me a NY knicks torch with 2 heads about 2 1/2 months ago for my bday… both heads had great round white flesh that encompassed the skeleton down to where the stem split for each head. A few days ago I noticed brown stringy sludge coming from the torch and the heads kind of receded. Next day torch’s we’re fully back to normal and looked great. Last night coming home from my late work shift I thought I’d glance at the tank with the lights off to see if I saw anything I normally don’t see during the day and I noticed the torch’s upper head now has kind of a V forming where the flesh was round and smooth around the stem. My question is is the torch splitting? Im relatively new to owning torch’s so idk what to look for just yet. Before anyone asks my parameters are as follows
Salinity 1.025
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5ppm
Ph 8.1
Calcium 390-400

 

[Lil'Fish]

My father in law bought me a NY knicks torch with 2 heads about 2 1/2 months ago for my bday… both heads had great round white flesh that encompassed the skeleton down to where the stem split for each head. A few days ago I noticed brown stringy sludge coming from the torch and the heads kind of receded. Next day torch’s we’re fully back to normal and looked great. Last night coming home from my late work shift I thought I’d glance at the tank with the lights off to see if I saw anything I normally don’t see during the day and I noticed the torch’s upper head now has kind of a V forming where the flesh was round and smooth around the stem. My question is is the torch splitting? Im relatively new to owning torch’s so idk what to look for just yet. Before anyone asks my parameters are as follows
Salinity 1.025
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5ppm
Ph 8.1
Calcium 390-400

Not always, but normally, when torches split, they will get a big bubble in the middle.

Large bubble in the center of torch coral??

So this is something I have never seen my torch coral do? Their is a large bubble in the center of the coral near were maybe it's mouth is?? Has anyone ever seen this before? And if so do you know what it is? Should I be concerned? Here are a couple pictures of it

www.reef2reef.com

That's been my only tale-tell sign.

what you said about the brown sludge-stuff is concerning though. IF you think you see anything else of concern, give the torch a dip tomorrow.... Look up the best torch dips for BJD.

 

[dburke732]

Not always, but normally, when torches split, they will get a big bubble in the middle.

Large bubble in the center of torch coral??

So this is something I have never seen my torch coral do? Their is a large bubble in the center of the coral near were maybe it's mouth is?? Has anyone ever seen this before? And if so do you know what it is? Should I be concerned? Here are a couple pictures of it

www.reef2reef.com

That's been my only tale-tell sign.

what you said about the brown sludge-stuff is concerning though. IF you think you see anything else of concern, give the torch a dip tomorrow.... Look up the best torch dips for BJD.

It’s hard to explain the brown stuff may not have even been from the torch itself may have came from something else and just got caught on the tentacles, I never physically saw it coming out of it and it hasn’t happened since but the bubble in that post you showed forms where the mouth is and stays that way untill it splits or it’s just a symptom that happens for like a day and than goes away untill it splits

 

[Lil'Fish]

It’s hard to explain the brown stuff may not have even been from the torch itself may have came from something else and just got caught on the tentacles, I never physically saw it coming out of it and it hasn’t happened since but the bubble in that post you showed forms where the mouth is and stays that way untill it splits or it’s just a symptom that happens for like a day and than goes away untill it splits

Normally a couple weeks, and then you'll see the new mouths forming and it goes away. It'll make new mouths on the same head, before it makes a new head.