Does my torch still have a chance?

[marcingo]

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.

[Ruth]

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.

[marcingo]

thanks for the help

[Der_Iron_Chef]

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.

[marcingo]

I guess it just wasnt meant to live in my tank. Kinda sucks since its not the cheapest coral out there.

[Montana]

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.

[marcingo]

i dont supplement with calcium at all- dont have a calcium test kit. There hadnt been a water change for about a week when the torch went in. So I dont think the calcium would have been so high.