What’s wrong with my dragon soul torch?

[Afaylenerich88]

Did you blast it with a pipette or Turkey baster? When I speak of high flow I'm talking acro flow. And I cant tell honestly the picture is too blury when I zoom in to provide you with proper analysis. Can you shut lights off and use a flashlight to take the pic please and thank you!

Also has the torch been closed up alot?

 

[canadianeh]

Did you blast it with a pipette or Turkey baster? When I speak of high flow I'm talking acro flow. And I cant tell honestly the picture is too blury when I zoom in to provide you with proper analysis. Can you shut lights off and use a flashlight to take the pic please and thank you!

Also has the torch been closed up alot?

No I didn’t. It has been fully opened and extended except today. My MP40 only sets at 24% in 3 ft tank

 

[Afaylenerich88]

Here are some pics of my 20 gal in my room with some euphelia sorry for lighting it's just starting to ramp up for the day

 

[PeterC99]

The problem with torches is. If in too high of flow they can get cut by there own skeleton causing BJD (brown jelly). This can lead to death of the entire animal. Accidental bumps with scraper or cleaning equipment. I'm talking the slightest bump can cause it to slice there soft tissue. If you move the coral around, if you have any pistol shrimp, coral banded, hermit crabs, urchin. General CUC one of them could have been cleaning and pinched the coral. My pistol shrimp will attack any coral within 10inches of its den/burro. It has attacked my dragon soul torch. I lost one head because he decided to pinch the polyps. So just an example of how easily affected this animal is by its surroundings.

I wouldn't suggest a torch to any new reefer. Or any reefer that hasent had there tank set up for a min of 1 year. These coral need absolutly 100% stability. They are very picky coral. Unlike there cousin the hammer coral that can withstand whatever you basically throw at it. And they will still be begging for more love hammers so peaceful and just hardy as heck. Unlike torches. Same genus but weaker immune and tissue development.

Thank you for this great information!

 

[Afaylenerich88]

No problem I'm been there done that already so anyway I can help I will.

Most likely its brown jelly. You may lose that head. If it spreads to the second head then you will most likely lose both. Depending on the corals immune system and how its handling it.

Keep and eye on it. Remove if getting bad. Dip the coral in coral RX and gently pipette the brown jelly off the coral. Make sure you get it all off. Then replace coral in tank after a good rinse in tank water to insure you dont spread brown jelly around the tank. If it lands on another coral it will kill it

 

[Afaylenerich88]

Also if at all possible Can you post you water peramertes For today?

 

[canadianeh]

Also if at all possible Can you post you water peramertes For today?

1.026
Alk 8.96
Cal 392
Mag 1468
Nitrate from Saturday 5
Phosphate 0.031