mhart032 Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I have a torch coral that is normaly full and blowing every where. came home lastnight and it seemed to be a bit bleached on the ends and was slightly deflated. i did a 10g water change lastnight and this morning its still the same.. its retracted slighty and seems to not be full. my ammoina was a tad high but everything else seems to be in check.. i have been cuting back on the light due to a small algae problem thats now under control. could it just be mad about the light? also the nem that follows it around the tank is a tiny bit bleached too. i been feeding it and i target fed the torch lastnight.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Oh also the torch made 2 new heads a couple days ago.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarathustra2 Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 When your saying ammonia is a tad high do you mean Nitrate or ammonia. You should have 0 ammonia... If nitrate how high is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Ammonia was about .25 Nitrates were a little high 10 but went away with the water change... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 It might not be happy due to all the moving around we have told you to do.... Are you running carbon in the tank? You might have a slight chemical war going on (I just had that happen the other week between a kenya tree and donut coral). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Yep, i have a reactor i run phos and carbon in.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarathustra2 Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 So I'm thinking your ammonia may be the issue. Ammonia should be at 0 point. At least less than .1 PPM. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/index.php Is this the tank that you were thinking was going through a mini cycle? Maybe you have a nutrient sink somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 Yep this is the tank. i did a water change and it was good yesterday it 1/2 puffed back up and looked pretty good. when i dont have the MH on it deflats again .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnoburns Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Matt, How close are the tentacles to rock/corals? I've had a torch retract tentacles from being to close to a rock with zoos on it before. It was only one of 4 heads that retracted, but it was the one closest to the rock with zoas. I'm not sure if it was the rock or the zoas that were irritating it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 Do you think the nem is annoying it? i just looked at it and the nem has moved down from it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 Do you think the nem is annoying it? i just looked at it and the nem has moved down from it.. Posted a better Pic. the zoom iphone app doesnt work as good as the reg cam app. The nem is the quarter sized round thing under and to the left of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarathustra2 Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 So it's out when the lights are on but contracts at night? At least in my experience that is pretty normal. At least I hope it is cause I like my torch and he does the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 The problem is it never did that before not like that. It's looks very bad at night vs the day. And even in the day it's not as full as it was before. It's alot smaller than it used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarathustra2 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Pics maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 /\ l l l l i posted some... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarathustra2 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Doh! It looks a lot like my torch when it goes inactive at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 lol thats what jake said. said it looks good normal. so them before it was extraordinary then.. i dunno gonna watch it closely for the next few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamp Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Man, if your ammonia is at .25, I would be doing heavy water changes every day until they are at 0. I am thinking that you may have stirred up the sand bed? I did that a while back and started a cycle. I did daily 25% changes until it was gone. Ammonia is deadly in your tank. I lost a few fish during mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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