Dakotapi3rc3 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Hi all. I had a pretty sweet torch coral for a while but over the past couple weeks its been bleaching/drooping pretty heavily. Ive tried moving it around but no dice. Is it too far gone? Is someone able to potentially foster or advise what could be the issue? Currently have a skimmer and hob filter with filter floss and purigen. As it stands now its 6 inches under water line sitting by a monti cap. (Not bleached, just took an unfortunate spill into the sand bed and scraped it recovering) Alk. 9 Mag 1250 Calc 400 Nitrate 10 Po4 0 PH 8.2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmas_one Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Try putting it somewhere more permanent. I’ve seen euphyllia look shrunk up and crappy like that just because once they start to open up the flow will make it wiggle and it stay small. Wedge it in some of your live rock and see if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I Believe you have this coral up to high in your tank, they like low light and med flow. Try a lower flow/light area hope this helps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorW Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I've always tended to mount torch, hammer, frogspawn on a rock and set it in the sand or mount them very low on larger rocks. Like someone mentioned above they definitely seem to do better in lower lighting, at least in my experience. Sent from my BLU R1 HD using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 PO4 at zero could be part of the problem. My torch, duncans, and hammers retract when PO4 is undetectable. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregonic Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 1 hour ago, SuncrestReef said: PO4 at zero could be part of the problem. My torch, duncans, and hammers retract when PO4 is undetectable. +1 on this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremevans Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Phosphate could be the problem.I'd also take a close look and make sure you don't have flat worms. Torches sometimes come with eggs that hatch and the flat worms hug right up against the rim of the skeleton.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbird Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Euphillia corals tend to be hardy if you give them low to mid par and stable conditions. That being said sometimes giving a struggling coral an iodine or similar dip could be helpful. The seem to be susceptible to bacterial infection =[ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakotapi3rc3 Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 Hi all. Thank you for the help. The lovely Mr.Bret has agreed to watch it for the short term. Looks like i have some research to do on gaining phosphates... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregonic Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 5 hours ago, Dakotapi3rc3 said: Hi all. Thank you for the help. The lovely Mr.Bret has agreed to watch it for the short term. Looks like i have some research to do on gaining phosphates... I dose NeoPhos by Brightwell to my ATO water, works great and is cheap. I dose 1 cap per 5 gallons of fresh water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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