Only noticed it open late last night after a feeding (of the tank). In the 3 days I have had it originally opened almost fully for the first 6 hours, then I did a water change, and it went to about 50% I would say. I'm hoping it's just getting acclimated to the water and lights. Guess time will tell and obviously my water results tomorrow.
Roger. Thanks for the advice. Hammer took like a full week but it’s almost all out now. I’m adding a small wave maker to the other side as well to help with flow. It’s decent now but the back corners have a little dead spot. Hoping I can ramp it down and help the torch and hammer get a little more flow.
I agree with this statement i would raise to anywhere from 15 to 20 with phos being at a .2
Are you target feeding this coral? If so, it might be spitting it back out...
I fed earlier tonight. Mysis shrimp. Some reef roids and I think it caught a piece of flake food.
Man, you're watching this torch too closely! They can change in appearance frequently throughout the day. Just keep an eye out for longer periods of possibly problematic issues. Don't stress out about changes in the normal range of their behavior. Especially since it's new!
Lol. I just looked at the little ball. It’s all little mysis shrimp eyeballs and food in a little ball.
Don't target feed it for a while. That can be detrimental to a coral that's already stressed.
It does look like it's getting a third head, doesn't really have anything to do with extension. It will go through ebbs and flows but you have some good fleshy bits on this torch, just work on keeping the system stable, make sure its not getting too blasted with flow and continue to let the coral get comfortable.
