Torch anemone decaying

[michaelabellz]

My new torch anemone has been doing great for 2 weeks always open. I’ve been spot feeding him at least every 4 days I’d say with reef roids and he all of a sudden closed up earlier today. I assumed it was just cause of the dimmed light because of the morning and thought that he would open back up soon. I had to go to work all day so I wasn’t home, when I got home I found him still closed and when I shined my light on him I realized he was decaying. I immediately put him in a frag recover and he started to decay even more (only left him in for 5 minutes like it says on the bottle) I took him out and put him back in the tank but he’s still dying. I tested ammonia (0) nitrate (0) and calcium was a little high (460) salt (1.026)

 

[michaelabellz]

It’s just odd because usually a coral will show signs of it being unhappy or unhealthy like not ever opening etc. But my torch has been super healthy.

 

[MERKEY]

Hello I'm sorry you are going through this.

Do you have any pics of the coral?

 

[Hincapiej4]

Pics.

 

[michaelabellz]

 

[michaelabellz]

Hello I'm sorry you are going through this.

Do you have any pics of the coral?

I added some pics of the coral, it’s not so much releasing any more tentacles but you can see where it’s missing some.

 

[michaelabellz]

I feel so terrible, especially because I don’t know what’s happening to the poor little guy or how to stop it. Do I let him die in the tank or should I take him out? Ugh this is so sad.

 

[michaelabellz]

 

[MERKEY]

Corals can be tough at the beginning.

Alk cal and mag are the big 3 that you should start testing on a regular basis.

The torch is a gonner im sorry, you can pull it if you want.

 

[Hincapiej4]

It's done.

 

[mar.deezy]

I feel your pain i just lost 4 pricey ones today.

 

[michaelabellz]

I feel your pain i just lost 4 pricey ones today.

Oh nooo that’s terrible I’m sorry to hear that. Do you know what happened?

 

[tnewell]

Sounds like BJD, any jelly brown substance on it?

 

[michaelabellz]

Sounds like BJD, any jelly brown substance on it?

Yea there was a little, what is BJD?

 

[tnewell]

Yea there was a little, what is BJD?

Brown jelly disease, it will kill any euphyllia in the matter of hours

 

[terraincognita]

How olds this tank?

Seems like youve had a rough time with a few different things in here (i was looking for a build thread and saw some of your other losses)

Most probably you're an excited new reefer which is great! Welcome to the Saltwater world!

But I think you're probably moving a little too fast. Based on your other posts I think you have something going on with your water quality beyond the nitrification cycle (I believe you've fully cycled by now)

But what's your water source? Are you mixing it yourself or buying it from a store?

 

[RVA REEF]

these are tough and expensive, I would start off with other torch corals that were grown in captivity by hobbyists before trying this one. if you raised your salinity while this was in there that could have killed it too. I would not add this to a 3 month old tank, wait till it hits a year. Can you post some pictures of your tank and sump/filtration?

 

[vetteguy53081]

These do best at lower third of tank moderate light and water flow with occasional feedings
BJD stems from an injury in most cases in which I don’t suspect jelly disease but related to water chemistry

temp 76-79
Salinity. 1.025
Alk. 8/9
CA. 450
Mag. 1309
Pho’s. < .05
Nitrate. < .04
Ph. 8.1-8.3

 

[terraincognita]

Definitely does not look like BJD.

3 Months isn't necessarily too quick as long as you really understand reef chemistry.

You didn't post your Phosphates?

I've had Pho spikes wipe out all my euphyllia at once.

 

[RVA REEF]

3 months is way too early for someone still figuring out their tank. If you've been doing this for a long time and are very experienced you might be able to get away with having a gold torch in a 3 month tank.