Ultra Torch curled and bulged looking polyps

[AlexATL77]

Hi friends,

Quick questions as I am looking for advise with my ultra torch. Lately I started to notice that some of the polyps look a bit curly and bulged (not sure if that's the right term). I did not change the flow however I moved a piece of life rock and ramped up the light as most of my corals on the substrate are stretching for light. My torch is on the upper end of the tank, par is around 200 ish.



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Water parameters:

Alkalinity 8.9
Ammonia 0.00
Calcium 467
Magnesium 1320
Nitrate 0.0 (started to drop lately) used to be around 5-10
Nitrrite 0.0
pH 8.14
Phosphates 0.08
Salinity 1.025

Thanks for your advise.

Alex

 

[gill]

Did it resolve? My torches sometimes retract and get chubby based on time of day. Not sure this is a problem.

 

[billyocean]

@chuck might know something

 

[hzheng33]

If anything it’s your flow. I noticed that one particular variant of my torch collection does this as well when I shut down the flow. But once the flow returns, it becomes stringy again