Fungus and Coralline Algae on NY Nick's Torch

[Alexander1312]

I have had a NY Nick's Torch for about 1.5 years or longer. It opens up fully, etc., but it has already lost two heads (slowly over several months). A brown fungus and coralline are growing towards the heads from its base.

The picture below was taken after much of the fungus had been scraped off, where possible. The coraline is hard/impossible to remove manually.

I recognize that the fungus and the coralline could not be the cause, but rather symptoms of the coral dying.

Any advice on what can be done to reverse the slow death of this torch?

 

[MichaelB]

I have had a NY Nick's Torch for about 1.5 years or longer. It opens up fully, etc., but it has already lost two heads (slowly over several months). A brown fungus and coralline are growing towards the heads from its base.

The picture below was taken after much of the fungus had been scraped off, where possible. The coraline is hard/impossible to remove manually.

I recognize that the fungus and the coralline could not be the cause, but rather symptoms of the coral dying.

Any advice on what can be done to reverse the slow death of this torch?

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No expert but I would frag it. Would increase odds in my mind of some of it making it.

By fungus I hope you don't be the brown jelly that looks like snot? If it has that I wouldn't put that back into display it has high chances of spreading to other torches and hammers.

Hard to tell with it out of the water like that.

 

[Alexander1312]

No expert but I would frag it. Would increase odds in my mind of some of it making it.

By fungus I hope you don't be the brown jelly that looks like snot? If it has that I wouldn't put that back into display it has high chances of spreading to other torches and hammers.

Hard to tell with it out of the water like that.

Yes, not brown jelly. More like a brown paper type of fungus.

 

[Invictus]

That looks like it could be similar coralline to an aggressive strain ive encountered. If so, it will work its way to the flesh band and slowly cover it. Hydrogen Peroxide should work on it.


Whats going on on the far left side of the left heads? those brown protrusions.

 

[fishy408]

How are the other torches in your tank? Do they have similar symptoms, or is it isolated to this one torch.