Quiet Tempest
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Okay, I bought a 5-headed torch from Coral Reef a little over a year ago, maybe a bit longer. Anyway, after I'd had it for only a few weeks, it suddenly lost all but 2 of its heads within just a few days' time. I'm still not sure what happened to cause it. The remaining two heads have done really well despite whatever caused the loss of the others.
My question concerns one of the two remaining heads. I've noticed that some of the tentacles have changed. A few have sprouted additional bulbs along the end portion of tentacles and some are actually forking at the ends, much like frogspawn tentacles. Is this normal?
I have an old pic of a split tentacle on the torch though the quality isn't wonderful. My camera isn't working right so I can't get a better pic at the moment.
Oh, yeah. While I'm on the topic, I wanted to mention that I've occasionally seen mucous slough off from the aforementioned dead torch heads when I moved things around in the tank. Does this mean that there is still some life in them? I've spoken with a few other people and I've gotten different answers. A couple of people have told me that it may be possible for these dead heads to come back over time. Is this true?
Thanks, as always, for replies and answers.

My question concerns one of the two remaining heads. I've noticed that some of the tentacles have changed. A few have sprouted additional bulbs along the end portion of tentacles and some are actually forking at the ends, much like frogspawn tentacles. Is this normal?
I have an old pic of a split tentacle on the torch though the quality isn't wonderful. My camera isn't working right so I can't get a better pic at the moment.

Oh, yeah. While I'm on the topic, I wanted to mention that I've occasionally seen mucous slough off from the aforementioned dead torch heads when I moved things around in the tank. Does this mean that there is still some life in them? I've spoken with a few other people and I've gotten different answers. A couple of people have told me that it may be possible for these dead heads to come back over time. Is this true?
Thanks, as always, for replies and answers.
