torch letting go of skeleton

[frnkynlop]

Hey Guys,

Something weird is going on with my green metalic torch. for some reason it's letting go of it's skeleton. I had the same type of torch do the same thing a few weeks ago. I have other torches and hammers and all look good. just the two metalic are acting weird. With the previous one that let go of the skeleton, I tried moving it to a lower flow area and it didn't work and it eventually died.
I've done some research and I've found that they do that as a last ditch effort to survive, the only thing I don't understand is why is it so streesed. Like I'd mentioned before all other corals are looking great.

(On a side note: the way the coral is letting go of skeleton is right from underneath of the center of the mouth.

Here is my tank info:
8bulb tech light
0 nitrates
8.3 ph
.026 salinity
420 calcium
and all other params in line

Any suggestions or advice would greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking.
sorry for the long post :sad2:

 

[frnkynlop]

bump

 

[marrone]

It's more common then you think. It could possible be from too much light or that the conditions aren't the best.

What salt are you using? I had the same problem when I was using Coral Life salt, once I switched over I didn't have the problem anymore.

 

[jf2381]

What is your mag level?
I had similar thing with my frogspawns and it turned out to be that the mag was too low. Once I raised it the corals started to recover.

 

[frnkynlop]

Hey guys thanx for the replies. I'm currently using instant ocean reef crystals. which I've always used and I don't know what my mag is at. I don't have a test kit for that, but I'll invest in one. The weird thing that it's only the metalic green torchs are doing it. all other torches and frogspawns are doing great.
thanks again
frank