Torches

[aznreef99]

Anyone knows what potential pests could have done this? A lot of my torches appeared to have huge bit marks on the skeletons. Tissues pretty healthy and polys extending pretty long. Picture not mine but for reference. I can’t seem to get a good picture.

 

[aznreef99]

Something seems to be eating away the skeletons

 

[Lavey29]

Do you have any urchins?

 

[Kzang]

Anyone knows what potential pests could have done this? A lot of my torches appeared to have huge bit marks on the skeletons. Tissues pretty healthy and polys extending pretty long. Picture not mine but for reference. I can’t seem to get a good picture.

You got a blue tang? Mine was eating it and left marks like that

 

[aznreef99]

Do you have any urchins?

Yes, I have regular and tuxedo urchin

 

[aznreef99]

You got a blue tang? Mine was eating it and left marks like that

Nope. I have blonde naso, purple, yellow and sail fin tangs

 

[aznreef99]

Yes, I have regular and tuxedo urchin

Yes, I have regular and tuxedo urchin

You think that was the case? I had urchin in past tanks and never had a problem

 

[Lavey29]

Yes, I have regular and tuxedo urchin

My tuxedos chew thin layers off my rocks. I supposed they could munch on coral skeleton too if there was something on there they wanted to nibble on.

 

[Lavey29]

You think that was the case? I had urchin in past tanks and never had a problem

Here is a pic today of my urchin nibbling on my torch stock.

 

[aznreef99]

Here is a pic today of my urchin nibbling on my torch stock.

Dang. Does the skeletons show bit marks?

 

[Lavey29]

Dang. Does the skeletons show bit marks?

I'll check tomorrow had to many sips of whiskey. Old eyes can't see them now

 

[Lavey29]

My torch stocks are so tank weathered its hard to say if the urchins bit into them. Nothing stands out but I know they grind off thin layers of rock because that is clearly obvious so not beyond reason for them to grind into a calcium skeleton while taking coraline off it or something.

 

[jkcoral]

Anyone knows what potential pests could have done this? A lot of my torches appeared to have huge bit marks on the skeletons. Tissues pretty healthy and polys extending pretty long. Picture not mine but for reference. I can’t seem to get a good picture.

Have you had them a while? Are your torches still healthy and you are just wondering about those marks?

I ask because the only time I’ve seen that is on torches that were chopped/fragged, kinda like a scar, usually when it’s clear a torch was chopped when the heads were just barely split

 

[Turkey head]

I have pencil urchin that does that to some corals in my tank. I moved the urchin to another tank. I put superglue over the exposed area to help prevent algae attaching or an infection. The corals have been fine since.