Torch mouth open and deflated

[Icryhard]

Today I noticed a torch its mouth open and now has gotten deflated and it looks like I can see the inside skeleton(?)

Params:
Kh 8
Po4 0.11
No3 20
No2 0
nh3 0
Ca 450
Mg 1425
Light hydra 26 AI HD
PAR at the depth of the coral: 100+/-
Temp 25-26 degrees Celsius
Salinity 1026

It doesn’t look like it has caught anything to eat (I haven’t fed anything which could do this) and it has been like this for an hour now.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

How is the flow in the tank? also, how old is this tank?

 

[doubleshot00]

I don’t have much to add but every once in a while my Euphyllia look terrible for a few days but come right back. Mostly frogspawn. Also vermited snails will bug them to.

Any swings in parameters lately?

 

[Icryhard]

I don’t have much to add but every once in a while my Euphyllia look terrible for a few days but come right back. Mostly frogspawn. Also vermited snails will bug them to.

Any swings in parameters lately?

no swings. It just went like this and throughout the day it looked like it started to somewhat regain itself(?) I still have to see how it’ll do tomorrow. Hopefully it was him just being irritated and no more. I’d be bummed out to lose these.

 

[Icryhard]

How is the flow in the tank? also, how old is this tank?

A year and a couple of months. The flow is pretty low/medium back and forth.

 

[Coinzmans Reef]

Mine do this when the defecate, black stringy poop. However the colony never goes all at once, usually a few at a time.

 

[Icryhard]

I don’t have much to add but every once in a while my Euphyllia look terrible for a few days but come right back. Mostly frogspawn. Also vermited snails will bug them to.

Any swings in parameters lately?

Update:

Yesterday after a couple of hours it seemed inflated and happy again, today the first couple of hours also fine, now back to being deflated and whatnot. Going to check after a couple of hours to see whether it’s back to normal again.

 

[kevgib67]

Mine look awful before and during the head splitting, perhaps yours about to split. The same, as mentioned above, when they poop.

 

[Icryhard]

Mine look awful before and during the head splitting, perhaps yours about to split. The same, as mentioned above, when they poop.

hmmm, I am hoping it's splitting heads. I'd be bummed if it were to die. On a sidenote: Indeed after about 1.5 hours later it inflated somewhat again and is swaying around again. The mouth has gotten tinier as well again, albeit still a bit open. I honestly do think (and hope) its splitting.

 

[kevgib67]

hmmm, I am hoping it's splitting heads. I'd be bummed if it were to die. On a sidenote: Indeed after about 1.5 hours later it inflated somewhat again and is swaying around again. The mouth has gotten tinier as well again, albeit still a bit open. I honestly do think (and hope) its splitting.

Keep us updated.

 

[Icryhard]

Keep us updated.

Any particular time it takes for heads to split when they're like this? That way I can update around that timeframe.

 

[kevgib67]

Any particular time it takes for heads to split when they're like this? That way I can update around that timeframe.

It can vary from each type of torch and water conditions . Anywhere from a week to a couple months. If I recall for mine, I really haven’t been paying attention like I did at the beginning, 2-3 weeks with some skeletal flesh still attached for a longer period of time.

 

[Reef Puncher]

mine are all doing this.....no one has figured out yet, on any forum, on any post why they do this.... mine are all droopy with mouths gaping...still looking for an answer