Gold Torch not doing well

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Have a 2.5 year old gold torch that has started doing very poorly. This started almost a week ago, and has slowly gotten worse (well, if you consider 6 days slowly). No alk swings, and everything else is doing fine (SPS, LPS, etc.).

 

pH 8.1

Alk 9.6 dKH

Temp 75.5-76

SG 1.025

 

Tried a Revive dip yesterday, but that just upset the coral more it seems. Should I move this to the frag system perhaps? Maybe a Lugols dip?

 

Sucks to watch your favorite coral die.

 

You can see the flesh recession in the pictures, as well as a picture of other LPS in the system.

 

 

 

Any ideas?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[YHSublime]

Lighting or flow issue? Et else doing ok?

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Been in the same spot the entire 2.5 years.

 

 

Everything else is fine.

[wildcrazyjoker81]

Lighting or flow change? Mine hated when i put in new T5's.

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No changes at all, though the tank did drop 3 degrees about a week ago when a heated had an issue.

 

Maybe that was it? I'd be surprised though, the tank only dropped to 72

[YHSublime]

No changes at all, though the tank did drop 3 degrees about a week ago when a heated had an issue.

 

Maybe that was it? I'd be surprised though, the tank only dropped to 72

 

Do you have a controller that tracks your temps? 

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I sure do

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Temp always stays between 75.5 and 76. The temp drop was actually only to 73.7 before I caught it.

[YHSublime]

I don't really have any further ideas. When my clam kicked it, the best answer I got was "sometimes it happens." If it keeps receding, maybe consider fragging it up? I have a few colonies of lps that only had 3 or so heads out of 10-15 heads still alive, and they keep on keeping on. I got them from someone else, so I expect that with time they will grow back over the skelleton again, or maybe not. 

[AlanM]

What issue did the heater have? Any possibility that it is putting voltage or metal into the water?

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No, thermostat kept it off even though the controller had it on

[s2nhle]

Have you test your nutrient level? Have you feed it directly? any reduction in fish population? LPS does not do well if water is too clean.

[AlanM]

Any possibility of euphyllia eating flatworms being introduced?

[zygote2k]

I second the, "it just happens" theory over any others mentioned previously.

[gmerek2]

 

 

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[gmerek2]

The only thing that has changed is temp...

 

 

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That's correct, and that was a relatively brief event.

 

I don't believe there's a flatworm issue due to the other euphyllia doing fine. Also, no new adds for over a month or 2.

 

The coral has been fed in the past. I feed it meaty foods any time I feed them to the fish. The system is relatively low population, only 3 fish.

 

I've relocated the torch to the frag tank to rule out an environmental issue I hope. It seems to be doing the same.

[tomtom2245]

The only other thing I can think of is you didn't by chance brush up against with your hands did you? Sometimes the euphyllias can be a little sensitive to any oils or anything on your skin.