Help ID torch dying

[learn2reef]

Please help ID. My torch just closed up today and now there is this black looking hair algae in the tentacles. Tank parameters have been stable for a long time.

 

[learn2reef]

Coral constipation? I just shut off pumps, pulled it out with tongs and sucked it up. Doesn’t look like algae. Coral poo?

 

[afrokobe]

poop or expelling zooxanthellae

 

[learn2reef]

poop or expelling zooxanthellae

Yeah, torch is extended today and looks nearly back to normally. That was crazy. It looked terrible for a day there.

 

[SasquatchReefer]

Keep some cipro on hand just in case, in my experience it’s been a life saver, can be used as a full tank treatment and a dip. I’ve watched a tank full of torches melt away within a week and cipro was the only thing that saved the rest.