Torch dying?

[Jon0807]

I got a torch coral last week and it was doing fine when all of the sudden it started losing it's tentacles. They're all but gone now but I still see the "hand" coming out of the mouth to feed. I'm not sure if it was brown jelly that took it over, or if it's the cyano that I'm currently battling but there is some brownish algae like stuff on it. Is it a gonner or is there still a chance it'll come back? I'll try to get a picture of it when the lights come on.

 

[shadowmonster]

That "hand" you speak of might just be a Barnacle. (harmless) As far as the Torch goes, it kind of hard to say without that picture, but if all the tentacles are gone and your just left with a bare skeleton you might want to look into Polyp Bailout. This is sometimes brought on by sudden changes in the system such as parameter spikes. If you are seeing what looks like Brown Jelly, then you might want to give the coral an Iodine dip and cross your fingers.

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

 

[Jon0807]

Heres a pic. Not that great, I think my DSLR is going out on me. But now looking at this pic, it looks like the cyano is covering it

 

[Dkuhlmann]

The brown stuff coming out of it is brown jelly disease and sadly we lose most corals that get it. It seems to affect LPS namely Euphyllia's which torches are a member of also includes hammers and frogspawn. Duncan's can also get the bjd. Sadly yours doesn't look very good.

What you can try is an iodine dip to try and kill the bacteria, I use to have a link to a great site about it but that site has been closed down

Do a search for iodine dipping LPS corals or how to treat brown jelly disease and you should find a lot of information on it.

One other thing is that when the LPS corals lose their flesh always leave them in the tank for another 6-8 weeks just in case they decide to grow other heads. It does happen.

Good luck.

 

[Jon0807]

I was hoping it wasn't brown jelly disease . I do have a duncan and a candy cane that seems to still be doing fine. I'll try an iodine dip and QT it

 

[Dkuhlmann]

QTing it won't really help anything IMO and IME. The bacteria lives in your tank and it is dormant until there is damage done to the coral like fish nipping on them hermits or other crabs and shrimp taking a taste etc. Euphyllia and Duncan's are most susceptible. All you can really do is do the iodine dip maybe 3 times over 2 days and hope for the best. But you certainly can quarantine it if you wish.

EDIT to add: This is why it's usually best to do an iodine dip after fragging your corals too. Some say it's a waste of time, but I figure anything you can do to try and prevent something is better than not trying at all.

 

[BigEZ77]

I was hoping it wasn't brown jelly disease . I do have a duncan and a candy cane that seems to still be doing fine. I'll try an iodine dip and QT it

I've had it with more than one torch. I don't know why they are so susceptible to it...my hammers and frogspawns (or anything else for that matter) has ever had an issue. One thing I noticed is that torch's are really picky on flow...I think even moderate flow is too much. They can cut their their tentacles on their own skeleton if they're shook around too much.

 

[anthonys51]

also before you go adding more corals you really should get the cryno under control. do your homework and solve that problem, bet the rest of your corals will be happy once you do

 

[Percula9]

That coral is dead.Remove it from the tank to reduce contamination.Sorry for your loss.