Torch

Brief description of the problem.
Last night my torch looked fine and today it looks almost gone! Is there anyhelp for it? Should I remove it? The green head has been in the tank since the begining of my tank. One of my first corals. I added a yellow head about 5 months ago and they are fine together. Couple days ago I left the RO water running and dropped my SG to 1.20 (Ouch) I have brought it back up! I moved a new devils hand coral into the tank about 2 weeks ago on a large rock so I had to move things around in the tank. My galexia is now close to the torch but I dont think they could touch! Please help! I am going to go check the rest of the parameters now and will post as soon as I know!
A picture(s) will also help.
These are today


These are about a month ago


PARAMETERS (important)
Temperature: 78-80
PH:Testing all parameters as soon as I am done typing
Ammonia:
Nitrite:
Nitrate:
Salinity:1.026
dKH/KH/Alkalinity:
Magnesium:
Calcium:
Phosphate:
Test kits you own:
Liquid or Strips:liquid
Brand Name:api
Are they Expired?:no


Tank size?75
Estimated total system?90
Reef, fish only or, freshwater?reef

Current inhabitants? What and how many? convict tang, kole tang, marron clown, false perc clown, starry bleeny, yellow watchman, pistol shrimp, urchin, arc eyed hawk,2 anenameas(split from 1), feather duster
Clean up crew? hermies, snails, sally light foot,

How long has your tank been set-up? 10 months

Substrate.
Type? sand
Depth? 4"

Live rock?
How much? 83#
Did you recently add some? 2 weeks ago

Filtration.
Type? sump
Protein skimmer? yes
Do you wet or dry skim? wet
Maintenance schedule for filtration? sump water change once weekly
Drilled tank/hang on back overflow? built in overflow/drilled tank
Sump/refugium. What's in it and how much? cheeto large amount, carbon, skimmer, 1 snail
Macro? What kind?

Lighting.
Lighting type? MH 175W x2 on for 6 hours a day, actinic blue bulbs x4 on for 10 hours aday
Age of bulbs? 3months

Feeding
What? seaweed, rods, mysis, cyclopeez, brine, sliversides but not all at once- rotating
How much? small amount? all perspective
How often? Every other day

Water change schedule.
How much? about 12 gal
How often? once weekly
What salt brand? coralife
Water source? ro/di

Additives/supplements used? alk and cal

Do you have a ground probe? yes
What kind of flow does your tank have? overflow heads, koreline #2 & #3

Any additional info you would like to share.... Including anything different that you have done/not done.

Let's get to the bottom of this. Any of the above info that is questionable to you is pertinent to keeping a happy/healthy tank/wallet.

 

Is there any browm slime coming from the heads???

 

Doesn't look good. The change in salinity could have done it. When you got these new corals, did you happen to move/touch the torch at all? If you did, did the coral come into contact with the air or did you happen to touch any of the flesh?
I would be tempted to frag off the dead/dieing heads and hope for the best with the one remaining.

 

OK all parameters are normal but hardness was low so I added some! Here they are

Temperature: 78-80
PH:7.8
Ammonia:0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:5
Salinity:1.026
dKH/KH/Alkalinity:125
Magnesium: dont test
Calcium:440
Phosphate:0

The brown ooze is all over it...well it was all over it it has since floated away! It wasn't coming from the inside of the head like it was pooping. One head is a skeloton now. I still have a little green left on the one head and it still has a mouth! I did move it it didn't touch air but I touched it! But I have moved my corals around often and have touched the flesh and this didn't happen before! Does anyone think there is hope for the other green head?

 

The oils on your skin can cause infection on the torch, specially if you touch the white fleshy part near the base where it attaches to the skeleton. This is most likely what happened.
I would frag off the affected heads, dip the good one in Lugol's, and hope for the best.

 

Agree with packleader, frag and hope for the best.

 

Thank you! I hope for the best! The brown ooze wont do anything to the tank will it? I never touched the white part of it but just the tenticles! But now I am worried about the brown ooze