Torch damaged?

[N11morales]

Hello I noticed on my torches today they have like these black markings on them is it dying?

 

[N11morales]

My pictures come out so blurry on here idk why. Tried to take some more sure they are blurry also

 

[Copingwithpods]

Do you have any known coral nippers in the tank?

 

[MERKEY]

Do you have a crab or any other inverts or fish that might be nipping or pinching it?

 

[N11morales]

I don’t have any in the tank.

 

[N11morales]

Do you have a crab or any other inverts or fish that might be nipping or pinching it?

I have a pistol shrimp. He’s moved them once but he didn’t grab the coral itself he grabbed the frag plug.

 

[MERKEY]

I have a pistol shrimp. He’s moved them once but he didn’t grab the coral itself he grabbed the frag plug.

Kind of looks like he grabbed thos tenticals.

 

[N11morales]

Only one has been grabbed the the pistol shrimp though. Both of them half these markings.

 

[N11morales]

Kind of looks like he grabbed thos tenticals.

Could the flow be bothering them? I did have to move them a couple times a turbo snail kept knocking them over.

 

[MERKEY]

Only one has been grabbed the the pistol shrimp though. Both of them half these markings.

Thats the only one you have seen him grab.

They are out all night...im not saying its the %100 reason but crabs and shrimp are Jerks to corals lol

 

[MERKEY]

Could the flow be bothering them? I did have to move them a couple times a turbo snail kept knocking them over.

Flow won't cause the pinched look you have.

I'd bet money your shrimp did it.

What are your parameters...your tank looks pretty new.

 

[N11morales]

Thats the only one you have seen him grab.

They are out all night...im not saying its the %100 reason but crabs and shrimp are Jerks to corals lol

Ye idk I don’t think it’s the crab but u might be correct. Could it be anything else? And do I need to move them maybe to low flow to heal?

 

[MERKEY]

Ye idk I don’t think it’s the crab but u might be correct. Could it be anything else? And do I need to move them maybe to low flow to heal?

Low flow and light to heal is good.

But if its the crab or shrimp no matter wher you put it they could mess with it.

 

[N11morales]

Flow won't cause the pinched look you have.

I'd bet money your shrimp did it.

What are your parameters...your tank looks pretty new.

Tanks been up 4 months. Nitrate 10 phosphate 0 nitrite 0 ammonia 0 calcium 450 alkalinity 10 my magnesium is 1300 something

 

[John08007]

Id say its healthy, if there was a problem it wouldn't be extended.

 

[N11morales]

Id say its healthy, if there was a problem it wouldn't be extended.

Okay I just haven’t had torches before and I just didn’t know if they are dying cause of the spots.

 

[MERKEY]

From what I learned here With alk and cal that high you should try to get your phos up to around .05-.1 while keeping nitrates around 10-20. You can naturlly raise phos by feeding reef roids to the corals a couple days a week.

Your tank is still new so just stay on keeping those numbers consistent.

Please take this all with a grain of salt as every reefer is different.

 

[MERKEY]

Id say its healthy, if there was a problem it wouldn't be extended.

Its healthy but those pinch marks are not normal.

I'm not saying there's a huge problem but something is causing it.

 

[N11morales]

From what I learned here With alk and cal that high you should try to get your phos up to around .05-.1 while keeping nitrates around 10-20. You can naturlly raise phos by feeding reef roids to the corals a couple days a week.

Your tank is still new so just stay on keeping those numbers consistent.

Please take this all with a grain of salt as every reefer is different.

I actually just got some reef roids to feed my corals. These torches are newly fragged corals and I have had them only 4 days. They have fallen off the rocks maybe twice. I have moved them far oppposite side of the tank from the pistol shrimp. I’m just gonna monitor them to see if they get better. He doesn’t leave his home if so not even close to the other side he gets scared very easy from my six line and darts back in.