Whats happen to my torch?

[wimby]

I just got home from work and this is what I found my torch looking like

Any ideas? Is it going to die? How do I fix it?

 

[crox99]

It's pretty much dead. Did you drop something on it? What are you water levels? Do you have any other corals in the proximity that might have stung it?

 

[wimby]

No I dropped nothing just did a water change yesterday like I do every Sunday. Everything else is fine didn't look like that this morn when I left for work. It's all by itself has the whole right side of the tank. Just weird.

 

[prattreef]

That is just one head of a larger colony right? It is not uncommon for Euphyllia sp. to develop infections that will rapidly take out heads of a colony. It could spread or it could be isolated. I'd carefully siphon off all the brown slimy stuff ( bacteria and possibly protozoans) and increase flow to the area and keep an eye on it. If you see it spread to the next nearest head, I' d frag it ASAP and try to prevent the spread.

 

[wimby]

yes 1 head and I did syphon off the goo I'll keep an eye on it flow is good in that area Thanks should I just cut it off now or wait and see?

 

[prattreef]

I'd wait and see--- no need to stress the colony unless there is a reason.

 

[wimby]

Ok I will wait and see. I still see a little bit more of the goo. 1 of the other heads is pretty close when I get back I'll try to get the rest of the goo off Thanks for your help

 

[stoneriff]

Same thing happened to mine a couple of weeks ago. First one head got infected, then the other three. It died in 3 days.:irked: It was beautiful. Very frustrating. I spoke with Jim at House of Fish. The same happened to him. My parameters were perfect. The only thing that could've done it was a slight temperature increase. I just got a new one. I'll keep you posted. Good luck.

 

[wimby]

Yeah I think thats it the tank was at 81.6 when I got home usually only 79 maybe it was the temp.I just got in and well all that goo is on the same head again like I never syphoned it off. i'm ging to cut the head off thanks everyone for the help.

 

[georgelc86]

Whats your salinity, the heads on mine sometimes dont open if I forget to top off the tank.

 

[wimby]

The salt is fine. I have head thistorch for 2 years all was fine till I came home oday and the tank was hotter then normal. I cut it off before the goo takes over the other heads. Thanks everyone