Torch acclimation, Is this normal?!

[Drewposi]

Do your torches close at night?

Torch has been in tank for 3 days. About halfway open during the day and seems to close at night. Does everything look ok? Is that normal?

 

[Rtaylor]

Yeah, that’s pretty normal

 

[Drewposi]

What the heck?!! It’s mouth is like 5 times wider than normal?!? And puffy?! Normal??

 

[Reef Devils]

Do your torches close at night?

Torch has been in tank for 3 days. About halfway open during the day and seems to close at night. Does everything look ok? Is that normal?

Yes that is normal. Coral is getting acclimated to tank and is not comfortable yet. If it does not open fully in a week it may not like that spot. What are you parameters?

 

[Drewposi]

Yes that is normal. Coral is getting acclimated to tank and is not comfortable yet. If it does not open fully in a week it may not like that spot. What are you parameters?

Waiting on phos, alk and calcium tests. (Will be here tomorrow)
Salinity 1.025
Nitrate - 1-2ppm
Ph - 8.2
tanks about 6 weeks old and just getting first diatoms in the last couple days.

 

[Reef Devils]

Waiting on phos, alk and calcium tests. (Will be here tomorrow)
Salinity 1.025
Nitrate - 1-2ppm
Ph - 8.2
tanks about 6 weeks old and just getting first diatoms in the last couple days.

Need to test for alk, calcium, and magnesium. Adding a torch to a 6 week old tank is a risky move. Hopefully it does well. Let me know about other parameters.

 

[Wrassenaround]

Looks normal, I had similar issues with my torches when I added them in the first 6 months. Speaking from experience they HATE Alk swings.

 

[Drewposi]

Looks normal, I had similar issues with my torches when I added them in the first 6 months. Speaking from experience they HATE Alk swings.

It’s funny I had them in for about 6 hours and then did a decent sized water change and cleaned some algae. I wonder if that could have ticked them off. Also started dosing reef energy every other day. Tests will tell the tale Thursday I guess. Hope he’s all good. Other than not coming out 100 percent seems to be happy during the day.

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

@MERKEY @Lost in the Sauce thoughts..typically when the mouth is gaping that is a bad sign meaning its not happy...could be water issues lighting havent seen this often due to flow....but i would run testing asap....

 

[Reef Devils]

It’s funny I had them in for about 6 hours and then did a decent sized water change and cleaned some algae. I wonder if that could have ticked them off. Also started dosing reef energy every other day. Tests will tell the tale Thursday I guess. Hope he’s all good. Other than not coming out 100 percent seems to be happy during the day.

I think he should be fine. Just test water when those test come in.

 

[Reef Devils]

@MERKEY @Lost in the Sauce thoughts..typically when the mouth is gaping that is a bad sign meaning its not happy...could be water issues lighting havent seen this often due to flow....but i would run testing asap....

Yup. I told them to run test asap. Also adding torches at week 6 is crazy

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

I know a thing or 2 about torch coral but @MERKEY and @Lost in the Sauce are legends among men.....hopefully they chime in but not knowing your parameters and putting coral in is a no no....i even ask what the parameters of the coral is kept in b4 purchase to avoid any swings that could stress and kill the coral some people have success with all kinds of diff. Parameters tbh and knowing could help b4 introducing just in case.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Waiting on phos, alk and calcium tests. (Will be here tomorrow)
Salinity 1.025
Nitrate - 1-2ppm
Ph - 8.2
tanks about 6 weeks old and just getting first diatoms in the last couple days.

Nitrates are WAY too low for LPS coral. It may be starving.

 

[Rugops]

How long has its mouth been opened? Even if its slightly retracted, it wouldn't be all bad but it really looks uncomfortable.

Did you use live rock for your tank?

 

[hexcolor reef]

Did you add bacteria to your tank? And how is the flow? The chemistry may not be correct yet

 

[52728299]

I wouldn't overreact either way, it's been in there only a couple days and it looks like it has pretty good extension during the day. I'm assuming this is pretty fresh saltwater and I doubt anything in there right now is able to deplete the waters alk mag or ca. Same with po4, not seeing much nutrients in there so while they most likely are present i doubt you will see elevated phosphate numbers. As long as ammonia is 0 my concern would be pretty low here.

 

[Drewposi]

I wouldn't overreact either way, it's been in there only a couple days and it looks like it has pretty good extension during the day. I'm assuming this is pretty fresh saltwater and I doubt anything in there right now is able to deplete the waters alk mag or ca. Same with po4, not seeing much nutrients in there so while they most likely are present i doubt you will see elevated phosphate numbers. As long as ammonia is 0 my concern would be pretty low here.

Ammonia is zero. I had my water checked a week ago at my Lfs. He said everything was in the normal range. Calcium 440, phosphate I believe almost 0 and I don’t remember alkalinity or magnesium but “normal” according to him. I will be able to test in my own tomorrow. Thanks for all the input. Been feeding somewhat light the past couple weeks but gonna ramp it up here soon.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

any coral will struggle in a 6 week old tank, and torch is one of the more sensitive delicate corals.

Good luck with it, but genuinely trying to offer helpful suggestion, get yourself some good quality test kits (not API) before buying any more corals. Water testing is really the only one way we can know what we are putting our corals into. When there is a problem, water test is the first thing to do. If you post here, its always the first question asked; what are the water parameters?

 

[Drewposi]

any coral will struggle in a 6 week old tank, and torch is one of the more sensitive delicate corals.

Good luck with it, but genuinely trying to offer helpful suggestion, get yourself some good quality test kits (not API) before buying any more corals. Water testing is really the only one way we can know what we are putting our corals into. When there is a problem, water test is the first thing to do. If you post here, its always the first question asked; what are the water parameters?

I appreciate it, and I completely understand. Thank you for the input.

 

[Drewposi]

Did you add bacteria to your tank? And how is the flow? The chemistry may not be correct yet

flow is medium where the torch is, and yes, I cycled with Dr Tims with no issues.