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12-30-2006, 07:46 PM
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all zoos and mushrooms have a green star polyp, and a alveopora(i believe thats what its called- its similar to the goniopora but has 12 tentacles on each polyp) I also have a tube anenome that has rooted itself far away from the torch in question. As for livestock I have a foxface, blue cheek goby, 2 black false percs and 2 regular ones. The torch that is sick was about 4 inches from the alveopora( could this have been stinging the torch?).
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12-30-2006, 08:13 PM
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Did you do any kind of acclimatization (sp) when you put the coral in the tank? It could have just been too big of a change in water parameters. Sometimes corals just don't move well no matter what you do. I have never had much luck with torch corals for some reason.
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12-30-2006, 09:16 PM
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I did an acclimitization by the drip method. Your probably right some just dont survive.
Question still remains if all the tentacles have dissapeared but I never found any on the sand or anywhere for that matter does that mean they retracted into the skeleton and the coral still has a chance? or should I just throw it out? Thanks.
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12-30-2006, 09:31 PM
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Because the tentacles on LPS are for the most part filled with water when they disintegrate there is really nothing left to find.
I would leave it for a while - wonders never cease. I know that I had a plate coral that I swore was toast and it came back - until the heat wave this summer that took out just about everything except my fish.
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12-30-2006, 10:37 PM
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To my knowledge, torch coral is much more aggressive than alveopora....so I don't know, I have a hard time believing that the alveopora is responsible.
Could be some form of reproduction? Some infectious agent, perhaps? Tough one.
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12-31-2006, 02:56 PM
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did you check your calcium levels? torch corals dont like high levels of calcium, why it would not affect them both is a mystery but i have had one torch on the verge of death and i dropped my cal level and it came back.
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