Excited for my new torch!

[aggie13reef]

Well I finally pulled the trigger on a torch today. My euphyllia collection is coming along nicely just need a hammer now :thumbsup:! As far as the torch goes it is a rather large piece I would say 10-13 heads (LFS had it for 60 dollars!). Normally I like buying 2-3 head pieces and growing them up but just couldnt pass this one up for the price. Trying to save one head currently that is about half out of the skeleton. I realize heads will die off every once in a while but I would sure hate to lose one now. I might frag off a good piece for myself and try and sell the rest!

 

[aggie13reef]

Well noticed some brown jelly on the head that I was trying to save. I cut it off and placed the colony back in my tank. This is my first encounter with brown jelly. I have some nice LPS pieces and would sure hate for that junk to spread to them. What are my chances that that was the only head I will lose to the jelly?

 

[oseymour]

Sorry can't help you with the brown jelly question..

But it's good to see a fellow reefer with a 37 gallon tank like mine. I put in a torch with 2 heads 3 weeks ago and i was a little worried because it wouldn't fully open. Today it finally did and is fully extended. (It's close to a Xenia so I might have to move it)

 

[Stevenliu9]

I have brown jelly forming on my hammer last time before they started dying, the brown jelly is actually like their dying tissue shedding off. Personal experience torch cant tolerate too strong of water flow, also you should check your alkalinity

 

[mcfa2403]

You did the right thing removing the infected head. I would just watch the others closely for the next few days and maintain good water quality.

My thin stalk/tentacle neon green torch seems to like moderate flow and moderate-moderately high light while my thick stalk/tentacle gold torch likes low flow and moderately low light. To determine its flow preference simply watch the tentacles, they should be able to move against the current at times rather than simply blowing one direction like they are in a hurricane.

My euphyllia seem to like a dKH of 9 calc around 420 and mag around 1350

Remember a happy coral is more likely to fend off infection. Hope this helps

 

[aggie13reef]

Thanks for the replies guys, It has been about 8 days since I removed the dying head, and thankfully no more have died. All looks healthy I even picked up a 2 head duncan today! I cant wait until it starts showing some growth.

 

[aggie13reef]

Well as I say that everything is good. I come home from work and 2 more heads have disintegrated. I am almost to the point of fragging what I can and tossing whatever looks bad. I do not want to take a chance and possibly lose my large frogspawn.

 

[aggie13reef]

Well I am now down to a 2 head frag which looks healthy, and a 6 head frag that has had 2 heads die overnight. I have multiple other LPS that are thriving in my tank. This is a headache for me as this is my first real speed bump in the hobby. I have had my tank about 6 months now and have only lost a 2 head frogspawn in the beginning. I feel like I wasted my money, the only thing I can hope is the 2 head piece I have eventually can grow to a nice colony.

 

[Fish Biscuit]

Did you check your Alk? I have a gold torch, got it in March or April. It is overly sensitive to Alk & Phosphate.

I had 4 branches & just lost one about a month ago. Everything else in the tank looked great except for the branch I lost. Checked Alk & it was 4 something. Big pia to keep happy but great for letting you know when there's a water issue.

 

[aggie13reef]

Did you check your Alk? I have a gold torch, got it in March or April. It is overly sensitive to Alk & Phosphate.

I had 4 branches & just lost one about a month ago. Everything else in the tank looked great except for the branch I lost. Checked Alk & it was 4 something. Big pia to keep happy but great for letting you know when there's a water issue.

yeah I checked my alk it is 9, hopefully I wont have any more issues with the fragged pieces.