just curious...did all this coincide with the addition of refresh and waste away?
Which part?
The torch damage I would say no. The exact same thing happened to a torch head of mine when the return pump was facing the glass too directly and the flow was blasting the torch. The fleshy rim around the skeleton was damaged and the head died. The exact thing happened with this head. A powerhead was pointed in a way that allowed a stream of flow to directly hit the head of the torch coral on one side. This is the only area that the flesh was stripped and caused damaged. The protected sides of the torch are fine. I believe the torch species I have (aussie purple with neon green tips) is more succeptible and prefers indirect flow if not very little flow at all. Some types of torch coral may be fine in high flow but I do not believe my particular specimen is.
I only used waste away twice. Once when I had major cyano couple months ago. I used refresh and waste away for one week and th cyano disappeared. I used waste away by itself again only, a week ago to fight the cyano on the back wall. The first time I used waste away and refresh was well after the original torch died from too much direct flow. The most recent torch damage was at the same time as waste away but I am sure the two are not related. I do believe the waste away lowers your nutrients signifigantly. I did wonders to clear up my dirty sand and cyano. It had little effect on algae.
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