Torch damaged?

N11morales · May 20, 2020

Hello I noticed on my torches today they have like these black markings on them is it dying?

N11morales · May 20, 2020

My pictures come out so blurry on here idk why. Tried to take some more sure they are blurry also

Copingwithpods · May 20, 2020

Do you have any known coral nippers in the tank?

MERKEY · May 20, 2020

Do you have a crab or any other inverts or fish that might be nipping or pinching it?

N11morales · May 20, 2020

I don’t have any in the tank.

N11morales · May 20, 2020

MERKEY said:
Do you have a crab or any other inverts or fish that might be nipping or pinching it?

I have a pistol shrimp. He’s moved them once but he didn’t grab the coral itself he grabbed the frag plug.

MERKEY · May 20, 2020

N11morales said:
I have a pistol shrimp. He’s moved them once but he didn’t grab the coral itself he grabbed the frag plug.

Kind of looks like he grabbed thos tenticals.

N11morales · May 20, 2020

Only one has been grabbed the the pistol shrimp though. Both of them half these markings.

N11morales · May 20, 2020

MERKEY said:
Kind of looks like he grabbed thos tenticals.

Could the flow be bothering them? I did have to move them a couple times a turbo snail kept knocking them over.

MERKEY · May 20, 2020

N11morales said:
Only one has been grabbed the the pistol shrimp though. Both of them half these markings.

Thats the only one you have seen him grab.

They are out all night...im not saying its the %100 reason but crabs and shrimp are Jerks to corals lol

MERKEY · May 20, 2020

N11morales said:
Could the flow be bothering them? I did have to move them a couple times a turbo snail kept knocking them over.

Flow won't cause the pinched look you have.

I'd bet money your shrimp did it.

What are your parameters...your tank looks pretty new.

N11morales · May 20, 2020

MERKEY said:
Thats the only one you have seen him grab.

They are out all night...im not saying its the %100 reason but crabs and shrimp are Jerks to corals lol

Ye idk I don’t think it’s the crab but u might be correct. Could it be anything else? And do I need to move them maybe to low flow to heal?

MERKEY · May 20, 2020

N11morales said:
Ye idk I don’t think it’s the crab but u might be correct. Could it be anything else? And do I need to move them maybe to low flow to heal?

Low flow and light to heal is good.

But if its the crab or shrimp no matter wher you put it they could mess with it.

N11morales · May 20, 2020

MERKEY said:
Flow won't cause the pinched look you have.

I'd bet money your shrimp did it.

What are your parameters...your tank looks pretty new.

Tanks been up 4 months. Nitrate 10 phosphate 0 nitrite 0 ammonia 0 calcium 450 alkalinity 10 my magnesium is 1300 something

John08007 · May 20, 2020

Id say its healthy, if there was a problem it wouldn't be extended.

N11morales · May 20, 2020

John08007 said:
Id say its healthy, if there was a problem it wouldn't be extended.

Okay I just haven’t had torches before and I just didn’t know if they are dying cause of the spots.

MERKEY · May 20, 2020

From what I learned here With alk and cal that high you should try to get your phos up to around .05-.1 while keeping nitrates around 10-20. You can naturlly raise phos by feeding reef roids to the corals a couple days a week.

Your tank is still new so just stay on keeping those numbers consistent.

Please take this all with a grain of salt as every reefer is different.

MERKEY · May 20, 2020

John08007 said:
Id say its healthy, if there was a problem it wouldn't be extended.

Its healthy but those pinch marks are not normal.

I'm not saying there's a huge problem but something is causing it.

N11morales · May 20, 2020

MERKEY said:
From what I learned here With alk and cal that high you should try to get your phos up to around .05-.1 while keeping nitrates around 10-20. You can naturlly raise phos by feeding reef roids to the corals a couple days a week.

Your tank is still new so just stay on keeping those numbers consistent.

Please take this all with a grain of salt as every reefer is different.

I actually just got some reef roids to feed my corals. These torches are newly fragged corals and I have had them only 4 days. They have fallen off the rocks maybe twice. I have moved them far oppposite side of the tank from the pistol shrimp. I’m just gonna monitor them to see if they get better. He doesn’t leave his home if so not even close to the other side he gets scared very easy from my six line and darts back in.