Spawned Aussie torch help

[mpw213]

Hey everyone. I bought a spawned super small Aussie gold at a show about 1.5 months ago and I’ve had it in frag racks the whole time. Initially it expanded a lot but now it’s much less expanded but still opens and I accepts food. I did notice that it’s growing it’s skeleton pretty quick so maybe it’s using energy for that? I started off completely flat on the plug and now it’s got a 1 cm skeleton. I’ve been moving the plug to try to adjust lighting and flow but I think I need to choose a spot and leave it. For reference my Malaysian banana torch and all other LPS are thriving.

Here’s when I first got it, not opened fully



Here’s when it was at its biggest



Here it is now (can it growing upward)




And for fun my other torch

 

[rayadog]

Still looks fine imo. Is your other torch always a consistent size?

 

[mpw213]

Still looks fine imo. Is your other torch always a consistent size?

Ok that’s a relief! The other one really doesn’t change much. It has days where it looks a bit better or worse but it looks like it does in that pic 99% of the time

 

[Channas]

Just leave it at it’s spot since you have both seen good growth and polyp extension, nothing wrong with the flow and placement i reccon and yes they do grow upwards. My guess its some creature bothering it like Hermit, Fish etc or water params, maybe a minor swing ticked it off a little or something like it.

 

[BryanM]

I think it looks decent too. If you're still worrying about it I would manually inspect it for flatworms.

Check this thread out, I still have this torch and it still does this quite often.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/healthy-joker-torch-but-its-deflated-picture-would-freak-most-people-out.1149635/

 

[mpw213]

Thanks for the advice! Unfortunately it melted away progressively and I finally threw out the skeleton last week. On the bright side my banana torch is starting to split. I’ll probably avoid aussies for now, at least until I have a tank big enough to have the stability it needs