Torch Coral Issues

[alexcorals54]

Hi All, quick question for the group!
I have had a tank for the past 8 months, it was doing pretty well until recently when we had a bug/detritus worm breakout and feeding tube like spiderwebs all over the rockwork. Felt like had no choice but to restart, so removed old arch rockwork, syphoned out 70% of water, and syphoned out 3/4ths of sand bed as it had those spiderwebs in seen/affected areas.

Got new aragalive Fiji pink sand, (same as previous), new rockwork, and put in new saltwater (nutri-seawater) love this brand.

Then reintroduced all my corals and fish gradually over the course of a week, testing and looking and everyone looks great!

Except for the newest torch just recently bought…


Put it in the tank next to my other two torches, without touching, and first day seemed ok, but now day 3, it looks like it’s dying and I’m not sure why. (See photos attached of what I bought, and how it looks now)




All I see now is skeleton and brown flesh for top head, and bottom right head is starting to flesh out, left most head still has some life to it.

Not sure what to do. Any help would be much appreciated!!


20 gallon tank
Ph 8
Alk 8.4
Salinity 1.025
Temp 78F
Nitrates 0-5
Nitrites 0-10
Otherwise test strip I use says parameters seem fine. (Maybe I need a new test kit)

Thanks in advance!!
(I do have a 2 gallon isolation tank I could throw it in with new saltwater to see if it recovers)

Also have a ton of chems but rather not use if not needed, or maybe need a different one

 

[Reginald Reefer III]

Need to know Magnesium and PO4 also. Nitrates being 0-5 from a paper strip test? Throw that in the trash and get some good test kits (Hanna/Salifert). I would be willing to bet that your nutrients are closer to 0 than to 5 and the coral is starving, which causes weakness, which makes things like BJD take hold VERY quickly.

Euphyllia are also notoriously finnicky and can just die for no good reason. Only thing I have ever been somewhat successful with are hammers, and even then I have to constantly monitor my NO3 and dose to keep it stable at ~5ppm.