Good Torch receding

[Dean]

Hey guys about 2 weeks ago one of my BTA nems scooted across the front of my tank and tagged my gold torch. Since then it has slowly been receding and the polyp extension has gone almost to nothing. I dipped it in Lugols a week ago but it hasn't helped at all. Any other suggestions?

[Zack]

Are you running carbon? Any changes in lighting or equipment?

[mkengr45]

I've had good luck with Revive but that's typically used for bacterial problems. How does the tissue around the shaft look (that sounded bad). I mean is the tissue pulling away from the stalk? I'd probably put it in low flow and low light and hope for the best. If you see brown jelly that suckers toast... Got any pics?

Randy

[Dean]

Are you running carbon? Any changes in lighting or equipment?

It's a nem sting. Yea I do have carbon running. Always

[Dean]

I've had good luck with Revive but that's typically used for bacterial problems. How does the tissue around the shaft look (that sounded bad). I mean is the tissue pulling away from the stalk? I'd probably put it in low flow and low light and hope for the best. If you see brown jelly that suckers toast... Got any pics?

Randy

The tentacles are just extending less and less and now skeleton is starting to show a little more each day.

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[Dean]

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[Dean]

After the sting happened the tentacles just retracted in that one small spot where it got tagged and the rest were still fully extending out up to 3 inches. Every day the extend less and now a small part of skeleton is visible. No jelly yet. I was hoping the Lugols would stop it but apparently it didn't.

[Cammed_02]

When one of the heads of my torch started receeding i cut them in two and separated it from the rest of the colony. Thats the only thing that saved the rest of the colony from turning to jelly. The infected head died but the other half was back to normal after a few days. If the rest of the colony didnt get stung i would frag the infected head and see if that works.

[Zack]

It's a nem sting. Yea I do have carbon running. Always

I was just worried that it could be releasing things to harm your other corals. I think Robert has a great idea if fragging is a possibility.

[Dean]

It's not brown jellied at all though. I have had other torch corals die before and they either polyp bail out or turn to jelly. This one is just receding. Very strange. Also no chance of fragging as it is just one large head.

[quicksilverz]

sorry to hear your gold torch is hurt bud I know them things are nice.

[Dean]

Thanks Mike. My fingers are crossed that it can get over the hump. It's such a brilliant piece.

[Bill S]

I'd do the Lugols every couple or 3 days.

[Dean]

I will do that Bill.
Thanks