Torch melting

[Jimbo327]

How do you keep torches healthy and not melting? Mine was doing well, grown from 1 head to 5-6 heads and then just started melting. This is a 24k gold torch. I’m trying to save it with a cipro dip and I also dremel fragged it to see if I can save even 1 head. I had this before to my other HG torch, that I couldn’t save. Sad.

 

[Tangwich]

Any euphyllia eating flatworms?
Wat number do u keep ur mag?
Lastly, have you heard of joker corals infection elimination? I tried it on a few dying torches with pretty good results...heres the link

https://jokercorals.com/products/coral-infection-elimination

 

[JojosReef]

Is this not brown jelly? How did it look in tank?

 

[Jimbo327]

It looked like brown jelly. I have them in cipro dip for now, but not confident it will pull through. The weird thing was this used to have a deep flesh band. Almost all the way down the plug, so very healthy. I didn’t see any flatworms.

 

[JojosReef]

I usually do a 6 day in tank cipro as my go to when brown jelly rears its ugly head (sorry, pun). Could also do a 6 day hospital tank treatment.

 

[cvu]

I just had similar brown jelly problem about 2 or 3 weeksago. I chopped off the affected head right away and dipped the rest in 1:5 hydrogen peroxide solution for 5 minutes one time only. Luckily the rest of the colony stays healthy so far, knock on wood.

 

[bakbay]

I hate torches! I lost 4 of 5 heads on one colony — they literally melted within a day/two. It’s like SPS RTN but worse. I’ve done the iodine and Cipro dip but the whole thing subsequently died.

 

[mescobar]

Any recent additions to tank that could have triggered bacterial infection?

 

[KopperKettleReef]

I’ve tried the KFC dip as well with good results. Basically just throwing the kitchen sink at it. Good luck!

 

[JojosReef]

I’ve tried the KFC dip as well with good results. Basically just throwing the kitchen sink at it. Good luck!

Welcome to the group! And good advice!

 

[KopperKettleReef]

Welcome to the group! And good advice!

Thanks! I’ve been here for a while haha. I’m just a lurker

 

[Reeferkcp]

Haven’t had brown jelly awhile now. But I used to heavily carbon dose and that caused a lot of brown jelly. What worked for me was:

chop off brown jelly head right away
Dip 5 min hydrogen peroxide . 3-5 ml per 500 ml
8 min idodine dip
6 hours in stn rx
Then 5 min hydrogen peroxide wash

Never had brown jelly spread from one colony to the next this way

I get brown jelly back then on Goni too. Got lazy so just dip with hydrogen peroxide alone and that worked too. I felt that h2o2 seems to be the most effective of all the stuff I do.

tried cipro dip 6 hours before too. It seems so so. I recall I had to dip a couple times.

Tbh sometimes it’s too far gone. My method only help save the heads that are not affected by brown jelly. My dragon tamer colony had one jelly head and I saved the other 5-6 heads. Now it’s 10-15 head.

i was never able to save any head with brown jelly on it so amputate anything with jelly on it! Been there done that. Not worth the effort and it just spread to another head

 

[ricecry]

Any euphyllia eating flatworms?
Wat number do u keep ur mag?
Lastly, have you heard of joker corals infection elimination? I tried it on a few dying torches with pretty good results...heres the link

https://jokercorals.com/products/coral-infection-elimination

do you know when it will be in stock again or if its for sale anywhere else?

 

[Tangwich]

do you know when it will be in stock again or if its for sale anywhere else?

I don't but try sending them a message on r2r.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/coral-infection-elimination.1086706/page-6#post-13259846

 

[Xaznkewlguyx]

Let me know if you can’t save it, i may be able to frag you a single if you want to try another one. Had to remove mine from main rock, dam anemone walked into the torch garden

 

[Jimbo327]

I tried to use coral snippers, and couldn’t cut the torch skeleton. So quickly used a small cutting wheel on the dremel and screwdriver.

I dumped the brown jelly parts on the dying head, it stinks bad.

I'm trying to save 2 cut heads by dipping. One I dipped overnight, and put it back into the tank in the morning. The other one (doesn't look good) is still in a dip with cipro. lugol's iodine and little bit of peroxide. It's what I have on hand.

 

[Jimbo327]

The 2nd head in the dip was dripping brown liquid when I took it out of the dip. It's not going to make it. I had to toss it.

 

[Gwhat]

do you know when it will be in stock again or if its for sale anywhere else?

joker coral is actually a local store in Socal here, there address is 14434 valley blvd city of industry. i belive they have few left in the store for walk in customers. i pick up a bottle the other day

 

[joeoliver]

I used the coral infection elimination and it didn't work for me. I was trying to bring back a torch that wasn't doing well in a friend's tank.

I still have some. If anyone wants to try it, lmk (@Jimbo327 @ricecry). It has a shelf life so I'd rather one of you guys use it before it expires.

I'm in Diamond Bar.

 

[Jimbo327]

I used the coral infection elimination and it didn't work for me. I was trying to bring back a torch that wasn't doing well in a friend's tank.

I still have some. If anyone wants to try it, lmk (@Jimbo327 @ricecry). It has a shelf life so I'd rather one of you guys use it before it expires.

I'm in Diamond Bar.

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Thanks for the offer. Let me see how this last torch head goes.

I did test my water. nitrates 26, phosphates 0.23, cal 425, alk 9.5, mag 1350. I like these numbers, so not sure what is going on.