Torch Coral Not extending anymore

[ibrat82]

Hi guys

I have a torch coral that I've had for 4 months and suddenly it's stopped extending for 4 days now. One head stopped opening then now the other is slowly starting to hide.

Here's pictures. I noticed these 2 holes on the side of one of the heads that's not opening up. Does this have to do with anything?

 

[cloak]

You might want to look into Brown Jelly Disease/Syndrome.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/10/corals

 

[ibrat82]

what I don't understand is my water parameters have been stable for months the only thing different is I had to dose chemiclean for cyano since it's a new tank and I heard it's very common..since then the torch has been acting this way. But I've done large water changes to remove chemiclean and I run carbon, uv, skimmer etc to remove it.

bmy water is at
salinity 1.025
temp 79
ph 8.01
alk 8.2
calcium 455
nitrate 0
ammonia 0
Nitrite 2.5
phosphates 0

 

[jml1149]

This doesn't look great, sorry. Do you have any pictures of it healthy?

Just curious, what do you keep your tank temperature at, and how do you control it?

 

[ibrat82]

I use 2 cobalt neo therm heaters controlled via apex neptune. my heat is steady at 79 all the time

 

[magranche]

If the heads completely separate from one another I would clip off the affected head with bone cutters. it does not look good. Unfortunately, it looks like the other head is receding as well so it may be a futile effort.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

what I don't understand is my water parameters have been stable for months the only thing different is I had to dose chemiclean for cyano since it's a new tank and I heard it's very common..since then the torch has been acting this way. But I've done large water changes to remove chemiclean and I run carbon, uv, skimmer etc to remove it.

bmy water is at
salinity 1.025
temp 79
ph 8.01
alk 8.2
calcium 455
nitrate 0
ammonia 0
Nitrite 2.5phosphates 0

I suggest that you take those readings again and make sure you are testing them correctly. Also what is your Mg?

Also I notice that you have several different threads with different issues. Might be good to do at least a full paragraph here of all of the issues that you're having so might be able to figure out what is all going on. But if you do indeed have 2.5 nitrites and truly have 0 phosphates and 0 Nitrates then that is your problem.

Sure you could have Brown Jelly disease but I don't think so from looking at the pictures, but in case you do here is a link on how to get rid of it.

http://www.athiel.com/lib/bacterial.html

 

[JWClark]

One of the tests are wrong. If you detect nitrites then a nitrate test will register 25ppm or more nitrate because the nitrite interferes w/ the test. Nitrate tests convert nitrate to nitrite and measure this converted nitrite. So if you already have nitrite in the water then the nitrate kit will be fooled into reading a much higher nitrate number then is actually there. This is why it is pointless to test for nitrate when you have nitrite present.

Now, if you are registering nitrite and the tank has been up for several months, then something major caused a die off. Whether the die off was macro organisms or just your bacterial filter, something knocked everything out of equilibrium.

Hate to say it but torches are usually goners once they look like that--at least from my experience.

 

[sde1500]

I'd assume he mixed up the nitrite/nitrate label, but definitely retest to confirm. Also, with a newer tank I would avoid just dosing stuff. New tanks go through phases, cycles, then algae, then diatoms, and cyano, all of this stuff can come and go. Sometimes some of that doesn't happen, but dosing products to kill it off really isn't necessary if you ask me. Focus more on keeping parameters in their target ranges, and less about waging chemical warfare on stuff.

 

[ibrat82]

I do not have any nitrites. It's a typo! 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 2.5 nitrate

 

[jml1149]

Any update on this?

 

[Percula9]

Has the flow changed to the coral?Could be STN OR RTN. This happens with no explanation.

 

[leviburns89]

My frogspawn has been finicky the last couple weeks too.

When I bought it, it was huge and under a copious amount of flow.

But a month after I got it in my tank, it split into two heads, and hasn't been full since.

I have lowered light, changed flow, spot fed, and nothing changes.

Water has been stable and I keep up with bi weekly wc.

This may be my last attempt with euphylia, which saddens me because it's one of the species that got me into this hobby.

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