Aussie Gold Torch Almost Gone

[Sunny Goold]

Had this for a week now and I’m pretty sure it’s gone. Nitrates 2.5 l, Alk 8.5 (I think in a week bringing it up from 6.5 was too fast). Temp 25.2 and Salinity 34.7.

The torch never looked happy and was up and down slowly getting worse. I got some other corals and my other torch also doesn’t look good and diatoms have taken off since I added them. I dipped them all with polyp labs prime.

Today I tried a bath with a little bit of honey and benereefs for 20min but no change.

I resisted the urge to move it around except on the 3rd day I moved it forward to give it a tad more flow.

Who knows I have only had corals for 2 months so I have no idea but my guess is it’s the diatoms although maybe increasing my Alk too fast didn’t help. Did a 10% water change yesterday morning helped it look better but today it just went down hill fast from this morning

 

[Kalibur2]

Polyps look like it’s there give it time to adapt to your system. Stop moving it around. Leave and set

 

[Sunny Goold]

Polyps look like it’s there give it time to adapt to your system. Stop moving it around. Leave and set

Thanks Kalibur - so there is hope [emoji3]

It’s actually what I am trying to do but hearing someone say it helps with the temptation [emoji3][emoji119]

 

[Tamberav]

I had a hammer come back from nothing after an alk swing, I thought it was dead. I didn't even see one polyp but I guess some flesh was hiding inside the skeleton.

Probably from bringing up the alk and just general instability of the tank, not diatoms.

 

[dylana407]

I'm facing the same problem. I'm doing an iodine dip atm.

 

[Kudos]

Honestly guys I dont mean to say this in any hostile manner but just leave them alone and let them adapt. Dipping them can cause so much extra stress and actually be the reason your coral dies. Just leave the guy alone and let him sit for a month or two. I have had hammers that I saved from the brink by just leaving them alone. Took a good amount of time but left alone it did what it had too. Just try adding something like fuel to the tank. Amino acids are an easy way for corals to take up nutrients when they are weak. I use Fuel to help corals come back.

 

[Kudos]

Also, how long has that tank been up?

 

[Sunny Goold]

I had a hammer come back from nothing after an alk swing, I thought it was dead. I didn't even see one polyp but I guess some flesh was hiding inside the skeleton.

Probably from bringing up the alk and just general instability of the tank, not diatoms.

Thanks mate [emoji119]

 

[Sunny Goold]

Also, how long has that tank been up?

About 2.5 months and I cycled the rock in another tank for 5 months. I’ve got acros and they (to my untrained eye) seem fine.

Thanks a lot [emoji3]

I sorta hesitated posting but read another post and there was a comment that they should have posted earlier and I thought it may help someone else having the same issues.

 

[Sunny Goold]

I'm facing the same problem. I'm doing an iodine dip atm.

I probably would do the same if I had bought it - but then again I dipped it before I put it in and it doesn’t look like it has brown jelly so I’m just gonna leave it and hope - this is probably the hardest thing to do actually so everyone’s encouragement to leave it is super helpful - thanks all [emoji119]

 

[Kudos]

Wat kind of across? Because hammers like dirtier water in comparison to most acros. This is my Aussie Gold Wall Hammer and he is a little bigger then my hand and he hates clean water!

 

[Sunny Goold]

Wat kind of across? Because hammers like dirtier water in comparison to most acros. This is my Aussie Gold Wall Hammer and he is a little bigger then my hand and he hates clean water!

Pink Cadillac, a Latistella, a youngei and an Efflo (plus a stylocoenellia)

And yes - this is what I was worried about - the water being too clean. The acros were recommended to have nitrates 2-8 (I can’t remember phosphates). My nitrates were 1 - now they are 2.5 ish and I think an Aussie gold is from pretty dirty water.

So that is in the back of my mind and I’m feeding a little heavier now (got a couple more fish). I would doubt it’d be that though. I’m even worried I put too much food at the torch.

But if it makes it through this I’m going to have to get the NO3/PO4 up a little

 

[Sunny Goold]

Wat kind of across? Because hammers like dirtier water in comparison to most acros. This is my Aussie Gold Wall Hammer and he is a little bigger then my hand and he hates clean water!

Sorry I forgot to add how stunning that hammer is - wow [emoji119]

 

[Grootzilla]

About 2.5 months and I cycled the rock in another tank for 5 months. I’ve got acros and they (to my untrained eye) seem fine.

Thanks a lot [emoji3]

I sorta hesitated posting but read another post and there was a comment that they should have posted earlier and I thought it may help someone else having the same issues.

Your tank is super young. Nutrients and other parameters are gonna go wild for the first 6 months to year before it settles.
I don't know much about sps since I'm into lps myself, but I can say that corals are pretty resilient and adapt to a lot of different conditions if they are given the time to do so.
Worry more about maintaining the same numbers instead of chasing specific parameters.
Nothing good in the hobby happens quickly and everything bad happens very quickly.

 

[Sunny Goold]

Your tank is super young. Nutrients and other parameters are gonna go wild for the first 6 months to year before it settles.
I don't know much about sps since I'm into lps myself, but I can say that corals are pretty resilient and adapt to a lot of different conditions if they are given the time to do so.
Worry more about maintaining the same numbers instead of chasing specific parameters.
Nothing good in the hobby happens quickly and everything bad happens very quickly.

Thanks mate ;)