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HELP! unhappy torch coral!


awpong

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I've had my torch coral for the past 3 months and he's been super happy. He was always open up, with his huge tentacles extending out approx 5-6 inches.

 

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When he was happy!

 

However, about 2 weeks ago I decided to re-arrange the current in my tank to better suit my leather's preferences (he has been really droopy ever since I got him; till this day he is still droopy!). Since then, I haven't been able to please my torch. I've moved him around to different locations, trying to shield him from strong currents, but he never really opened up.

 

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After changing currents.

 

A few days ago I moved him again, but I think I made it even worse. He kept falling over in his new location, so I burrowed the base of his exoskeleton into the sand. Unfortunately I think I was a little too "hands on," and may have pinched part of his flesh. :angry:

 

Since then, he has hardly opened at all, and about half of his tentacles are flat (not inflated at all)! He's still alive; he moves his tentacles in and out of his base... but not far.

 

I'm just going to leave him alone for a while to see if he recovers... Hopefully he does!

 

Is there anything that I could do to help him?

 

Also, I don't know if this is related, I only noticed because all I'm staring at now is the exoskeleton, but he has all sorts of organisms growing on his skeleton. I've seen a few tunicates, a snail that has borrowed into the skeleton (only 2 antennae are visible), and a few feather dusters. Their presence wouldn't be bothering him would they?

 

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My unhappy torch :'(

You can see a weird green feather duster in this picture, as well as a few tunicates and other random crap.

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those little dealies probably grew after the recession , it would probably be a good time to check some parameters

 

Parameters are perfect

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How much time should I expect? He hasn't been himself for the past few weeks, and has been really bad (only extending tentacles ~1 inch, and the tentacles are, for the most part, deflated) for the past 3 days.

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mine has his pissed off days,

 

But dosent last more then a few hours,

 

How long are the lights on for?

 

 

mine has his pissed off days,

 

But dosent last more then a few hours,

 

How long are the lights on for?

 

 

I also hear leathers can foil the water if they think an agressive coral is around.

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maybe it isn't getting enough flow? don't blast it but give it some random gentle flow. could also be chemical warfare on the leather's behalf.

 

i had my torches close up like that for two reasons: too much flow and too little flow. to mee it seems you have to find a happy medium for them.

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Lights are on for 12 hours a day, and the leather and torch are on opposite sides of the tank. I only placed them near each other once (within 6 inches). Granted that was around the time my torch began to act a little weird, I am blaming that on the increased current near him (that's why the leather was moved near him).

 

I have done 2-3 water changes since that time, and ever since, the two have been opposite sides of the tank from each other. I know that the leather can release chemicals that can agitate LPS, but in my opinion, it's not the case in this scenario.

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maybe it isn't getting enough flow? don't blast it but give it some random gentle flow. could also be chemical warfare on the leather's behalf.

 

i had my torches close up like that for two reasons: too much flow and too little flow. to mee it seems you have to find a happy medium for them.

 

He was happy for the first 2 months in my tank, and then started to look like crap after I changed the flows to try and better suit my leather. I have tried everything to reproduce the original currents that the torch loved before, but he hasn't shown any signs of improvement. I know that mine prefers very minimal current.

 

My main concern is that I may have been a little "too rough" with him. As I stated, although he wasn't fully expanding after I changed the currents, he didn't get the deflated tentacles until after I dug his base into the sand. I feared I might have been a little rough when I first did it, because my fingers were slimy after moving him. I'm just curious if anyone else has ever had a similar situation, and if so, did the torch recover? how long did it take? If no one has had a similar experience, do y'all believe in your expert opinion, that he should just be left alone? Will he recover after some X amount of time?

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Bump.

I don't know if he's going to make it... a few of his tentacles are hanging off him by a strand of flesh.... and part of his flesh has retreated from around the exoskeleton :'(

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Yea I think he's dead. I'm pretty sure I accidentally rubbed off his slime coat, and he ended up stinging himself. Most of his flesh has just disappeared :'(... I guess I should throw him away and do a water change?

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