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I have a total of 3 torches, indo gold, green torch, and holy grail. The indo gold and green torch seem upset, they aren't opening nearly as much as they used to. I have moved them around a bit and let them set for 3 days total to see if it would get any better. As of now they are till retracted a bit. No signs of colors loss or tissue loss.

Are they just "growing/splitting?"
And what do the usually look like when doing so.

Are they dying?

I have a few frag dips by brightwell aquatics, should I try them?

Lastly what makes your torchs happy and growing? I really want a huge colony of them.

-thanks in advance
 

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Pictures would help a lot. Your light could be a little bright or they could still be acclimating to the light. Your flow could be to low? Could also be your water parameters.
 
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Pictures would help a lot. Your light could be a little bright or they could still be acclimating to the light. Your flow could be to low? Could also be your water parameters.
I have not adjusted the flow. They've been in the same light for quite some time now, but I lowered them anyway. I'll attach a screenshot below of my parameters one sec.

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LEAVE THEM THE HELL ALONE.
This is kinda true. Euphyllia are real homebodies.
I had for roughly 2 weeks, and worried time wasn't going to help here I moved them. Not to mention my other corals hammers, frog spawn, acan, and montipora all seem alright.

So I'll just let them sit?
 

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Your magnesium is around 700-900ppm low.

Edit: which as I think about it, it has to be a false reading. If you’re doing water changes I don’t know how you’d even get that low.
 

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I have not adjusted the flow. They've been in the same light for quite some time now, but I lowered them anyway. I'll attach a screenshot below of my parameters one sec.

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Is that right? 500 ppm magnesium? That seems way low
 

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I have a total of 3 torches, indo gold, green torch, and holy grail. The indo gold and green torch seem upset, they aren't opening nearly as much as they used to. I have moved them around a bit and let them set for 3 days total to see if it would get any better. As of now they are till retracted a bit. No signs of colors loss or tissue loss.

Are they just "growing/splitting?"
And what do the usually look like when doing so.

Are they dying?

I have a few frag dips by brightwell aquatics, should I try them?

Lastly what makes your torchs happy and growing? I really want a huge colony of them.

-thanks in advance
I have 2 really nice sized colonies of Duncan's in 2 locations in my tank. For about the past week they have retracted. My plan....LEAVE THEM ALONE!
 
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Well going by majority, I'm going to leave them alone and hope for the best, thanks again.

But hey if you still have any growing techniques feel free to share.
 
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