I was moving my torches around (I guess bad decision) and one had a plug that was glued down pretty good to the rock. I was pulling on the plug and as soon as I get it off (with some pressure) the torch basically exploded and tentacles flew off. It’s now super retracted. I am not sure how that even happens. Has this happened to anyone else?
Torch exploded?
- Thread starter Baronen
- Start date
- Tagged users None
I moved it to a new tank (going through major uglies because my cleaner shrimp seemed to take an interest in it afterwards and I wanted it in lower flow and light). But as you can see a majority of its tentacles are now short and stubby. Was this a defense mechanism? Like a lizard dropping its tail??
Last edited:
vetteguy53081
Well known Member and monster tank lover
Ultimate Member
Reef Squad
Excellence Award
Reef Tank 365
RGB
Photo of the Month
R2R Secret Santa 2024
R2R App User
Secret Santa
Article Contributor
Tampa Bay Reef Keepers
West Palm Beach Reefer
Hospitality Award
Ocala Reef Club Member
305 Reef Club
Wisco Reefers
Midwest Reefer
Fish Medic
MAC of SW Florida
Rock Pool Reef Keepers
ThreadAward
My Tank Thread
My Aquarium Showcase
Cant tell from pics but also concerned with brown substance. Torch need good light and flow
What is your nitrate and phos levels?
This is a new tank that I am quarantining the torch in after the explosion. Not sure if it was the best idea or not moving it but I’d rather not move it back into the main tank. Want to make sure it doesnt BJD on me too. The brown everywhere is diatoms. In the tank it came from it has been established for years and nitrate is usually 15 or so and phos is like .05
Uncle99
10K Club member
Shattered.
Could have been weak skeletal growth.
I done that a few times when fragging.
I doubt it causes any grief, except maybe the loss of that head.
They don’t take much.
Guys the weird thing is the skeletal structure is totally fine. I pulled from the plug, not the skeleton. The polyp is still contained in the structure and tissue band is still below the ridges by a good amount. This was an otherwise healthy torch that somehow detached most of its tentacles halfway down.
I never finish anythi
Valuable Member
What torch is it ? Looks like it's gonna have some nice colour to it when it gets back to full health. Think you should just send it my way to look after for you , and I'll cut you off a frag when it's looking good again.
lol. It’s a 24k torch something or another. Got it from seacocorals for about 80 bucks I think. It was doing great. The head seems to be dividing into three as of now. You can even tell the tentacles that cleaved off because they are missing the color pearls at the tip. Funny enough, one tentacle lodged itself into a goni colony and I found it super retracted last night and had to get some tweezers to pull it out. Very weird!!
Last edited:
I never finish anythi
Valuable Member
Yes very strange that indeed. Maybe @VintageReefer will have an idea
GreatLakeReefer
Community Member
Whelp this literally just happened to me with my gold hammer… wanted to rearrange and my epoxy/superglue worked a little too well so had to really pull and it popped off into my palm and literally exploded like confetti… so devastated and now just did the same thing. Moved tk low flow and now praying for the best. Was afraid I nuked the tank from all the gold head floating around. ***
Similar threads
