What’s happening to my Torch?

[kozik]

Hi my torch seems to be retracting, any idea what could be goin wrong? Pictures below, you can see a healthy green torch and hammer just behind it. Could it be too much light or flow or not enough?

 

[ndrwater]

Is it new? Looks like it might just be acclimating

 

[AC1211]

Hi my torch seems to be retracting, any idea what could be goin wrong? Pictures below, you can see a healthy green torch and hammer just behind it. Could it be too much light or flow or not enough?

Water parameters? Any recent new additions?

 

[kozik]

Is it new? Looks like it might just be acclimating

Yea it’s new been in the tank maybe a week, should I lower the lights and flow while its acclimating.

Water parameters? Any recent new additions?

the torch itself is only about a week in the tank.

Salinity 1.026
Calcium 400ppm
Alkalinity 10.5dkh
Phosphate 0
Nitrate 0

 

[DeniableArc]

What test kit are you using for nitrate phosphate? 0 of both is not good and eventually will cause big problems

 

[kozik]

What test kit are you using for nitrate phosphate? 0 of both is not good and eventually will cause big problems

Red Sea nitrate
Hanna phosphate

Admittedly I see phosphate go up every now and again even as high as 0.2 throw in a little gfo back to 0.05 but yea sometimes 0.

nitrates have been like a solid 0 always :S

 

[kozik]

So that torch completely died...

any thoughts what went wrong?

my green torch is still going strong:

So the parameters in my tank are capable of successfully holding torches...