Finally i seem to able to keep a torch

I must have gone through 4 or 5 in the 3 years iv been in the hobby.

Had this guy for 6 months now, had two more heads but a rock tumbled on it and damaged them badly enough that they started loosing tissue, to avoid contamination i was forced to frag ( i gave it a week and monitored for improvement but it was getting worse by the day)

Since then iv epoxed the rock above it to make sure it would not happen again.

 

Awesome addition, i have had 1 for a month, 2 head green tip i love it, what i have noticed is when the torch recedes at lights off, one of the heads in the centre a shrimp tube worm thing keeps popping in and out, totally wierd, think its filter feeding.

 

hmmm could you be a little more specific on the looks of your critter? its common for duster feeders and others to come attached to out coral colonies, most are harmless and eventually die out from starvation....

here is a good reference site to get you on the right path to identifying your hitch-hicker

Live Rock Hitch Hikers

 

Sounds like a barnacle to me.Harmless as well.
Keep me updated too. I had a single head Frogspawn for 6 months.It didn't die just never grew.lol Finally gave it away.

 

Hope you dont mind, i uploaded a small video of it, you can see it popping up in the centre of the torch

MOV_0487.mp4 Video by srimarcsri | Photobucket

 

that is so cool stingray! Love your torch swiss! Love the color of it!

 

From what I can see, it does appear to be a barnacle. Most don't survive long as we tend to keep our tanks too clean for them.

Very beautiful torch, Jeff. Hope you have better luck with it in the future.

 

Thanks, I have tried feeding it when lights off, small krill or my sis but not really working.

 

My torch doesn't seem to grow either. My hammer, bubble, frogspawn and everything else has gotten a lot bigger. Can't figure it out. It doesn't response to feeding either like my other corals.

 

Iv seen my catch chunks of the fishfood i make for my fish