Hi everyone, got home from work and noticed one of my torches “bubbling” / inflating near the mouth. Is this normal? Any insight is much appreciated! As well as any tips on taking pictures with an iPhone haha
Joking aside, does anyone know what might cause it to over inflate so much? It always looks like this, not just occasionally overinflated, always super puffed up. Other corals in the tank are looking normal and happy.
I keep my water parameters at about:
KH- 8.6
CA- 430
MAG- 1320
Nitrate- 10-15
I recently read an article by reef builders about these large polyp stoney corals that made a look over my collection ! Here it is--------------
Acanthastrea pachysepta is a reclassification of a coral that has stumped us for well over a decade. Formerly classified as a Lophyllia (which now includes all Symphyllia too), the majority of orange lobos exhibit a different color, pattern, morphology and especially behavior than any other typical Lobos.
Superficially, the coral formerly known as ‘Lobophyllia’ pachysepta looks pretty much like any other Lobo – it has typical one to two inch diameter polyps which are semi-circular, and occasionally grow out into meandering valleys just like a lobo. However this species never really grows quite as massively large as a typical Lobophyllia colony and they usually have a more lustrous, almost metallic quality of orange coloration that reminds us of another familiar coral, Acanthastrea.
Coloration and basic…
Great write up and awesome info thanks Gaurdian for taking the time to drop some knowledge!!!
Was able to pick up some nice additions this past weekend
Now that things are settling I have a bigger problem new tank has filled in so nicely it's sucking up 1.5dkh a day. For a smallerish tank that's a good amount. So far so good manually dosing but gonna have to step it up soon and throw a doser on this puppy
Oh yeah and I would say it's heavily stocked with coral and fish has the bubble magus curve 3 on it and pulling skimmate out like crazy but still at 10ppm nitrate .03 phos with a crazy over growing huge. No gfo on the systems anymore due to some advice from @Steve Turney. Also no more carbon dosing. This system though I am very proud of. It takes anything thrown at it.
Torches will do all kinds of crazy stuff with respect to inflating and deflating. I don't think to much about it unless it's deflated and/or receding towards the edge of the skeleton for multiple days. That would indicate some type of problem