Torch coral hitchhiker

[babajuju]

Hey guys, just recently started a 5g fluval all in one.(first saltwater attempt) it’s been running for nearly a month and a half. I’ve got this torch coral that was doing great for a while then started acting weird. Just not fully extending some polyps shrinking and becoming fat and stubby. I noticed a hitchhiker and I don’t know if it’s a feather duster or what. And I don’t know if I should just leave it or remove it. I dipped the torch and acclimated before placing it in my tank as well.

 

[dedragon]

its too blurry to make any id

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Hey guys, just recently started a 5g fluval all in one.(first saltwater attempt) it’s been running for nearly a month and a half. I’ve got this torch coral that was doing great for a while then started acting weird. Just not fully extending some polyps shrinking and becoming fat and stubby. I noticed a hitchhiker and I don’t know if it’s a feather duster or what. And I don’t know if I should just leave it or remove it. I dipped the torch and acclimated before placing it in my tank as well.

Hard to say for sure with the pics, but I’d guess it’s a barnacle.

 

[Cyanohater]

Hey guys, just recently started a 5g fluval all in one.(first saltwater attempt) it’s been running for nearly a month and a half. I’ve got this torch coral that was doing great for a while then started acting weird. Just not fully extending some polyps shrinking and becoming fat and stubby. I noticed a hitchhiker and I don’t know if it’s a feather duster or what. And I don’t know if I should just leave it or remove it. I dipped the torch and acclimated before placing it in my tank as well.

looks like a feather duster to me, though it's hard to tell. I'd be willing to bet the weird behavior is maybe your tank is just right yet. maybe start trying some coral aminos or Red Sea AB+

 

[babajuju]

So it’s not harmful? Would you leave it or remove it?

 

[babajuju]

Hard to say for sure with the pics, but I’d guess it’s a barnacle.

So it’s not harmful? Should I coral dip or just remove manually?

 

[Cyanohater]

if it is a feather du

So it’s not harmful? Would you leave it or removed it?

ster I'd leave it. And when it gets big I might would try to transplant it somewhere.

 

[Tired]

Looks like either a feather duster or a barnacle, probably a barnacle. If it makes grabbing motions, it's a barnacle. If not, feather duster. Either way, harmless- leave it alone.

Tank might be too new for torches, they can be finicky.

 

[babajuju]

This is what it looked like a couple of days prior

 

[babajuju]

Looks like either a feather duster or a barnacle, probably a barnacle. If it makes grabbing motions, it's a barnacle. If not, feather duster. Either way, harmless- leave it alone.

Tank might be too new for torches, they can be finicky.

Okay awesome, I appreciate it. And yea I may have rushed getting the torch. I’d had the other coral(including a hammer) that was doing well and growing so I threw it in there. I hope I don’t regret it

 

[babajuju]

if it is a feather du

ster I'd leave it. And when it gets big I might would try to transplant it somewhere.

Okay thank you

 

[dedragon]

This is what it looked like a couple of days prior

its not extended more likely because this is a very new tank that hasnt had a chance to mature. They also benefit from tracking nitrate, phosphate, alk and calcium and in that size tank you will need to dose alk and calcium

 

[Cyanohater]

Looks like either a feather duster or a barnacle, probably a barnacle. If it makes grabbing motions, it's a barnacle. If not, feather duster. Either way, harmless- leave it alone.

Tank might be too new for torches, they can be finicky.

I'm thinking this.

 

[Kasrift]

This is what it looked like a couple of days prior

It looks great, but man are torches finicky. I think everyone gets attracted to them. The thing that makes them hard is that there is practically no recourse if they start going downhill. SPS you can frag a branch, zoas might have one melt but you can adjust with the rest, etc etc. Torches once parameters are not right will just melt, so they are unforgiving.

As for the hitchhiker, looks like a harmless filter feeder as everyone pointed out.

 

[babajuju]

Figured out my fish store gave me sea water at 26 ppm. I’m crazy so I test almost daily. And I noticed my salinity was dropping and I was losing my mind. I finally tested my salt jug to find it testing 26 ppm which also killed my cleaner shrimp who recently molted I believe

 

[Tired]

Sorry, is that a typo?

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