Torch coral

Drake29 · Jul 20, 2022

Can anyone help me get my torch coral back to normal cal is 432, alk is 10.3 ,phosphate is.06 , salinity is 1.025, MAg is 1320, nitrate is 8.8

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Jul 20, 2022

Pic under white light?

Cell · Jul 20, 2022

Doesn't look like a torch to me.

JGT · Jul 20, 2022

That’s not a torch.

Drake29 · Jul 20, 2022

It’s a torch the tentacles won’t extend

JGT · Jul 20, 2022

Wow, apologies. That has to be the weirdest torch I’ve ever seen. Looks like 2 blastos. You water params seem OK. How long has it been this way?

Drake29 · Jul 20, 2022

about a month

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Jul 21, 2022

Drake29 said:
about a month

Still need a pic in whiter light as the first pic you posted looks nothing like a torch...

James5214 · Jul 21, 2022

Seems more like a trumpet than a torch even when my torch closes up at night it doesn't look like that lol

BryznNguyen · Jul 21, 2022

that is so weird its like it lost all its polyps and left the mouth lol, polyp bailout?

JGT · Jul 21, 2022

If it was polyp bailout nothing would be left. Any chance you have fish or inverts that ate the tentacles?

Cell · Jul 21, 2022

@MERKEY @ADAM

Ever see torch tentacles shrink up like a bta?

Mr. Mojo Rising · Jul 21, 2022

the alk is, IMHO, higher than "average". If it came from a tank with 7-8-9 range of alk, then it might be shocked by the change. In my experience, my doser failure brought my alk from 9.1 to 11.1, all my corals closed. If your other corals are fine, they may be used to the higher alk, but the torch would need to acclimate. Something to consider

Drake29 · Jul 21, 2022

JGT said:
If it was polyp bailout nothing would be left. Any chance you have fish or inverts that ate the tentacles?

All I have are 2 clownfish

tankstudy · Jul 21, 2022

How long have you had this torch?

Drake29 · Jul 21, 2022

tankstudy said:
How long have you had this torch?

Since march

Rick's Reviews · Jul 21, 2022

Following.
Could something be bothering the stalk/ (unsure of name) ..underneath? From frag plug ?

mdb_talon · Jul 21, 2022

I am not having any luck finding it now but there was a thread on here about someone whose torch ended up looking very similar. In his case it seemed to be caused from going from low to very high par light and it ended up recovering if i remember right.

madlos123 · Jul 21, 2022

Looks somewhat familiar what I had encountered in the past. Sometimes that happens when I put my unwashed hands in the water to clean my tank. Maybe theres somekind of lotion or chemicals that are on your skin?
It only happens for a day though.
How long has this been going on and is it all the time?