Should I be concerned about this? It’s a hole on the side of one of my torches.
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It's hard to tell where it's at from the picture. Can you do one not so zoomed in?
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And one that’s not completely blue. Merry Christmas 
That does not look like a good sign. I’m gonna go full Capt. obvious here and say Holes in the body probably bad.
also, is that like a d&d map on your avatar? pirates cove guide? please explain haha.
Merry Christmas !!
also, is that like a d&d map on your avatar? pirates cove guide? please explain haha.
Merry Christmas !!
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Close. It’s a Zork map. I was feeling nostalgic.
Lol Zork 
.. I just watched halt and catch fire on nf and so cool. Have you seen that?
.. I just watched halt and catch fire on nf and so cool. Have you seen that?
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@webster1234 what do you think?
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In my opinion, based on my experience only, I tend to judge the health of euphyllias by the flesh wrapping around the edge of the skeleton. Although, I have some that have lived for a long time with no flesh at all wrapping around, just the tentacles or whatever you call them, so that's not a black and white gauge. The ones that are starved for light are usually the ones that start losing tissue in that area,
I would be more interested in the change from here now that you noticed something odd.
The question is....how did it get there in the first place? Did a fish take a bite out of it? My hippo loves to chomp on my LPS but they usually grow back pretty quickly. If the head has an infection or is starting to degrade, then you will see that hole start to grow larger.
Don't focus so much on the hole right now. A healthy torch will repair itself. If it's not healthy, the hole will get larger. Depending on the size of the colony, you might try a 10-15 min dip in Lugols to rid any bacteria that might be trying to form. Try to position it to where you can not only watch it, but there is a little flow to keep anything like bacteria from harboring in there. Worst case, you might have to amputate that head before it gets a bacterial infection and risks spreading to the other heads.
I would be more interested in the change from here now that you noticed something odd.
The question is....how did it get there in the first place? Did a fish take a bite out of it? My hippo loves to chomp on my LPS but they usually grow back pretty quickly. If the head has an infection or is starting to degrade, then you will see that hole start to grow larger.
Don't focus so much on the hole right now. A healthy torch will repair itself. If it's not healthy, the hole will get larger. Depending on the size of the colony, you might try a 10-15 min dip in Lugols to rid any bacteria that might be trying to form. Try to position it to where you can not only watch it, but there is a little flow to keep anything like bacteria from harboring in there. Worst case, you might have to amputate that head before it gets a bacterial infection and risks spreading to the other heads.
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Also...what is that red on the rocks? Is that red slime? If so, that will also get on your corals and cause an infection. You might try blasting the area with a turkey baster to get it away from there.
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It’s just an algae. Snails and urchins are eating it. It’s actually green under white lights.
photoperiod is 10 hour all blue at the moment.
Alk is averaging 8.58 dkh, Ca is 446 and Mg is 1516
I need to take PO4 and NO3 readings when I get back in town. I’m running an automated water change that is changing around 5g/day.
photoperiod is 10 hour all blue at the moment.
Alk is averaging 8.58 dkh, Ca is 446 and Mg is 1516
I need to take PO4 and NO3 readings when I get back in town. I’m running an automated water change that is changing around 5g/day.
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Lol Zork
sorry, wrong place, wrong time.
logic would dictate that near perfect water parameters would only contribute to better health. one singular head with symptoms instead of all further reenforces that.
negatory on fish as well, can’t imagine a goby or tile fish chomping on a torch. could it be a crab or something of that nature? Just monitor for further decline and dip in Lugols.
