Euphyllia torch TENTACLES turning BLACK

[jeanwang]

hi all

I have 8 euphyllia torches and one of them starting to have there black stuff in their tips and comes down to the t, and others are literally turning black. anyone know what is this and how to deal with?

Ca 430
Kh 8
po4 0.03
no3 25
Mag 1320
Salinity 35
Ph 8

Thank you

 

[fishguy242]

Hi, welcome to the reef...
@MERKEY @Lost in the Sauce

 

[jeanwang]

Problem solved, just dip the coral for 10 minutes and recovered already thanks

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Problem solved, just dip the coral for 10 minutes and recovered already thanks

Dipping it helps yes and acts as almost like a bandaid. but there is something going on you shouldnt need too dip a coral often. @MERKEY @Lost in the Sauce are awesome for torch advice i would still wonder what caused the issue in the first place

 

[MERKEY]

Something is definitely causing the torch to do this.

Did you notice any tenticles floating in the tank?

Sometimes my tangs nip at tenticles and tips and rip them off.

I've also sucked up tenticles with a siphon tube and it has caused this.

I'm glad it recovered and let us know if you see it again.

 

[cdarcy]

Something is definitely causing the torch to do this.

Did you notice any tenticles floating in the tank?

Sometimes my tangs nip at tenticles and tips and rip them off.

I've also sucked up tenticles with a siphon tube and it has caused this.

I'm glad it recovered and let us know if you see it again.

What causes this to happen and what exactly is happening is it bruised? Or damaged? Think I’m having a similar thing happen and wasn’t sure why?

 

[jeanwang]

Something is definitely causing the torch to do this.

Did you notice any tenticles floating in the tank?

Sometimes my tangs nip at tenticles and tips and rip them off.

I've also sucked up tenticles with a siphon tube and it has caused this.

I'm glad it recovered and let us know if you see it again.

Yes I see sometimes tenticles floating, just don’t know what fish is niping the torch, maybe the foxface? All other fishes should be reef safe, tangs in geral, I have dijardini, truncatus, hepatus, powder blue, purple tang
I also suck tenticles sometimes with a siphon
The torch is better but not like before the tenticles are fatter and not that long like it used to be

 

[MERKEY]

Yes I see sometimes tenticles floating, just don’t know what fish is niping the torch, maybe the foxface? All other fishes should be reef safe, tangs in geral, I have dijardini, truncatus, hepatus, powder blue, purple tang
I also suck tenticles sometimes with a siphon
The torch is better but not like before the tenticles are fatter and not that long like it used to be

How are your parameters?

Any swings since tha incident has started?

 

[jeanwang]

How are your parameters?

Any swings since tha incident has started?

Calcium 440

Kh 7.7 (usually between 7.7 and 8)

nitrate 50 (usually between 10 and 25)

Phosphate 0.1

Mag 1320

The nitrate and phosphate are high in this test cause I had a chelmon and wanted him to start to eat so I tried a lot of types of food lol