I have doubled the concentration of primer and coral rx and mixed them together and dipped for 10 minutes and they are still on my torch. What i have done is got more flow on it now and its doing well. Raised my mag to 1500 and the torch is actually starting to split with a very small amount of the bugs visible.
My torch wasn't showing any signs of stress from the bugs but I sure am lol I have 5 torches total and 4 hammers, only 1 torch and 1 hammer (side by side) show signs of these little white bugs. I suppose I'm going to do some research on how to get ahold of some interceptor to hopefully get rid of these suckers.
On both torches. They become more apparent when the torch isn’t doing so well. When i stop tinkering and leave them be and the torches look well they are hard to find. The first torch that had it 4 months ago is splitting now.
It's almost like they bore into the tentacles of my torches... they create a bump on the tentacles...it's so bad now for mine. The torches are definitely being affected. Idk what I can do and I hate it.
What helped mine were getting it in some decent flow. Dipping was useless. 2 lads at my LFS are experimenting on ways to kill them without killing the coral. Iv just learned to live with them for now. Made sure i have plenty of magnesium, some phosphates and nitrates, decent flow and left them to it. Ill take some photos tomorrow when the lights are back on. If your at your wits end id start dipping every 4-6 days. Dipping reduced the numbers for me and my final plan was going to be high strength dips every 4 -6 days for 5 weeks.
What dip would you recommend? I just did a freshwater dip for 1 minute on 3 of my torches and they're looking rough now.... I'll raise my mag to 1500 and increase my flow. Thank you for responding!
I mixed reef primer and coral rx, done at slightly higher concentrations for 10 minutes wilst gently blowing dip onto all the polyps the entire time. Didnt dare try fresh water read it wipes out torch corals alot of the time.
I've tried reef dip (iodine), reef primer, and now a FW dip. I just called my vet and asked if they'd give me a RX for interceptor but I have to take my dog in first and get a heartworm test done. I'm going to do that next Monday (my next day off work) and hopefully be done with this once and for all.
Yeah i cant get that in the uk i dont think so just hoping for the best. Let me know how you get on.
I will definitely update, I'd hate for someone else to have to deal with this and have nowhere to turn. Genuinely thank you for responding. I've felt helpless and knowing someone else has delt with this has helped a lot.
I'm battling these right now it seems after doing some research this is definitely the issue. They definitely eat the tentacles or bore into them or something. Does anyone know if these bugs effect any other coral or just euphyllia? I have a bunch or acros am kinda freaking out about this find.
