Picked up my first Euphyllia torch this past Thursday. Dipped Thursday evening in a mixture of Brightwell’s MediCoral and API Melafix recommended by my LFS and the process they use. Friday, all corals I purchased looked good and fully open by the end of the day. Picture included. Saturday I did a 50% water change, which is what I’ve always done (I have a 20 gallon Frag/quarantine tank with HOB with aqua clear bio max). No skimmer. I have a couple acans that puff up even bigger each time I do my water change, so I’ve stuck with it. ATO for salinity stability, but trying to make this tank as easy as possible to get me through 76 days for QT before adding to my better equipped DT.
I also turned my small pump (Koralia Nano 240 gph) on after the water change on Saturday. Everything looked the same later on Saturday. Sunday the torch didn’t look great mostly retracted with a few polyps sticking out in the morning. By afternoon, evening it was fully retracted. One of my zoas on Sunday had half the polyps closed, the rest open. A few more look open today, but some still closed. Otherwise, everything else looks fine. Acans look puffy. I try not to be overreactive, but I did turn the koralia pump off yesterday as that was the only thing I could think of that was different. I was just going to wait and not do anything else, as I don’t want to keep adding variables that don’t help and just make it harder to pinpoint the problem. I am worried after reading up more on torch issues.
parameters:
Salinity 1.025 (use a Milwaukee digital refractometer)
Nitrate 2ppm (Red Sea test kit)
Phosphate 0 (Hanna ULR)
Alkalinity 7.8 (Hanna)
Temp 77.6
My phosphates are clearly low. I do have NeoPhos but don’t intend to add as I don’t think that is the source of the problem unless someone thinks otherwise. See pictures, does look like brownish stuff on top of the retracted polyps. Reading I may need an iodine dip, such as Tropic Marin Pro-coral Cure or Brighwell’s MediCora or Lugol’s, but need help/recommendations before I start doing stuff I shouldn’t. Once again, this is my first Euphyllia. I did get a hammer at the same time that looks just fine.
I also turned my small pump (Koralia Nano 240 gph) on after the water change on Saturday. Everything looked the same later on Saturday. Sunday the torch didn’t look great mostly retracted with a few polyps sticking out in the morning. By afternoon, evening it was fully retracted. One of my zoas on Sunday had half the polyps closed, the rest open. A few more look open today, but some still closed. Otherwise, everything else looks fine. Acans look puffy. I try not to be overreactive, but I did turn the koralia pump off yesterday as that was the only thing I could think of that was different. I was just going to wait and not do anything else, as I don’t want to keep adding variables that don’t help and just make it harder to pinpoint the problem. I am worried after reading up more on torch issues.
parameters:
Salinity 1.025 (use a Milwaukee digital refractometer)
Nitrate 2ppm (Red Sea test kit)
Phosphate 0 (Hanna ULR)
Alkalinity 7.8 (Hanna)
Temp 77.6
My phosphates are clearly low. I do have NeoPhos but don’t intend to add as I don’t think that is the source of the problem unless someone thinks otherwise. See pictures, does look like brownish stuff on top of the retracted polyps. Reading I may need an iodine dip, such as Tropic Marin Pro-coral Cure or Brighwell’s MediCora or Lugol’s, but need help/recommendations before I start doing stuff I shouldn’t. Once again, this is my first Euphyllia. I did get a hammer at the same time that looks just fine.