Torch Coral with Curly Tentacles

[downonthereef]

Hello,

Please see the below video

My torch coral has twisted, wrinkly tentacles and I'm not sure why it is like this? Does anybody know? My other torches are fine as you can see in the top of the video but this one has always been like this? It was fine when I bought it but as it's grew it's gone curly

 

[friendlyguy]

Funny!
I`ve never seen this before. Curious whether somebody else knows.

 

[fishface NJ]

Mine did that when i had it in flow. For some reason it likes no flow

 

[fishface NJ]

Do you have a hammer or frogspawn near it? If yes I would move the torch

 

[downonthereef]

Do you have a hammer or frogspawn near it? If yes I would move the torch

I have a frogspawn about 4 inches below it on the rock, how come you would move the torch and not the frogspawn?

 

[downonthereef]

Mine did that when i had it in flow. For some reason it likes no flow

I had it in nearly no flow in my old tank and it was still curly and twisted, just 10 x the size

 

[fishface NJ]

Move one of them. Frogspawn and hammers are okay next to each other and can touch each other usually with no issues. Torches need to be separated as they will become aggressive towards either.

 

[downonthereef]

Move one of them. Frogspawn and hammers are okay next to each other and can touch each other usually with no issues. Torches need to be separated as they will become aggressive towards either.

Okay, thanks for this I was planning on a euphyllia island but I guess it'll just have to be a torch island and the frogspawn can go elsrwhere

 

[PicassoClown04]

Mine is curly too, the big green one. Dunno why it doesn’t seem to react to changes in flow and all my other torches look normal and great

 

[downonthereef]

Mine is curly too, the big green one. Dunno why it doesn’t seem to react to changes in flow and all my other torches look normal and great

Very strange! Lovely looking torches tho I just don't want it to happen to my new dragon soul that's all

 

[friendlyguy]

Boy, you guys have some amazing euphyllias! I own a dragon soul too, it was standing next to a frogspawn (like 3-5 cm) for 1-2 months. i didnt notice anything curly though.
I moved it (frogspawn) to another tank in the meantime. maybe it takes more time then 2 months for them to curl. have a look:

 

[JJKK]

Do you know what your Nitrate level is at? I got this torch from a seller and it was crinkly. Here are pics from when I got it. Overtime, it straighten out like a normal torch. The seller follow-up months later said his is back to normal now after lowering his NO3. He didn't tell me how high his was. But my NO3 is 15-20PPM.

 

[downonthereef]

Do you know what your Nitrate level is at? I got this torch from a seller and it was crinkly. Here are pics from when I got it. Overtime, it straighten out like a normal torch. The seller follow-up months later said his is back to normal now after lowering his NO3. He didn't tell me how high his was. But my NO3 is 15-20PPM.

It was in my EVO 13.5 which got neglected for a few months whilst I was setting up my XL 300, my nitrates at the moment are about 3ppm and phosphates are maybe 0.2

 

[JJKK]

It was in my EVO 13.5 which got neglected for a few months whilst I was setting up my XL 300, my nitrates at the moment are about 3ppm and phosphates are maybe 0.2

Be interesting to see now that the nutrients are under control, if the tentacles straighten out over time. Keep us posted.

 

[chrisgold]

Hello,

Please see the below video

My torch coral has twisted, wrinkly tentacles and I'm not sure why it is like this? Does anybody know? My other torches are fine as you can see in the top of the video but this one has always been like this? It was fine when I bought it but as it's grew it's gone curly

Happend to me when i moved a hammer before do you have any hammers?

 

[downonthereef]

Be interesting to see now that the nutrients are under control, if the tentacles straighten out over time. Keep us posted.

The torch has been in my xl 300 for 5 months, it's been curly like that ever since the EVO

 

[downonthereef]

Happend to me when i moved a hammer before do you have any hammers?

No hammers, two small frogspawns

 

[PicassoClown04]

I’ve got a large hammer garden (8 different ones all with more than 2 heads) but the other torches are unaffected. I just put in a frog last week

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

Mine is curly too, the big green one. Dunno why it doesn’t seem to react to changes in flow and all my other torches look normal and great

Hey footgal, do your torches not sting the clove polyps and zoa I see you have close to them? im getting one tomorrow and I need to know how far away from stuff to place it. Thanks!

 

[PicassoClown04]

Hey footgal, do your torches not sting the clove polyps and zoa I see you have close to them? im getting one tomorrow and I need to know how far away from stuff to place it. Thanks!

To be honest, I don’t really care about the clove. The clove grew there so I guess it’s fine with being stung? The zoas were only there for a second because I needed a picture to sell them