Coral Of The Week - Euphyllias

[TigerIssey]

In that case, put it at either end as long as it doesn't rip the tentacles about and height wise either bottom or middle. Euphyllias actually handle low light very well.

EDIT missed letters

 

[SkiFletch]

Love Euphyllia genus corals myself too . Very hardy in the home aquarium likely because they're deeper water corals and thus used to lower light in the first place. Once acclimated to the home aquarium they tend to grow and do very well. IME the Torch is the most sensetive of it's bretheren to shipping injury and heat stress. Frogspawns, Galaxea, and Hammer corals are much hardier.

Here's a pic of my unique colored Torch. I rarely see one with this toxic green look to it

Then on the left here is a frogspawn colony showing what happens when mouths split. Momentarily the coral shrinks up and looks really bad but 30-60 mins later it puffs back up and looks normal

 

[kj23502]

thx tina

All these pictures are really cool. Thx for sharing everyone

 

[milkton]

great pics!!!

will a clown hosting to torch frogspawn or hammer corals bother the coral?

 

[seffieuk]

great pics!!!

will a clown hosting to torch frogspawn or hammer corals bother the coral?

Sometimes, sometimes not - it's a bit hit and miss, although I would find something a bit more suitable and hope that they change over, Hairy mushrooms, clove polyps, xenia, long polyped toadstool, pussy coral all seem to work

Seffie x

 

[seffieuk]

my maiden head have a huge tank with frogspawn which is like two foot sqaure its huge

bet that is a sight to behold

As you know i recently got a lovely australian torch - will get a photo of it later

Just wanted share an observation with you and a thought:

I was going to have several torches sitting close to each other, so put the orange one fairly close (about three inches) to my other green one. No stinger tenticales where shown by either coral, which is what i expected but the orange, australian torch was not fully expanding - decided to move it a further six or so inches away and hey presto, it's now starting to expand more, so, my qustion is even though torches are supposed to be able to sit next to each other does the region they come from also have a bearing, as they come from different continents?

Seffie x

 

[Buddyboy67]

May be the old dominance factor again seffie..if placed too close these guys can communicate chemically with each other and if similar species will not then resort to the stinging tactics..this stops any overgrowing then and choking each other out

 

[TigerIssey]

My new Torch

I am looking to find a little more information on this one. Sold as a Fuji Short Tentacled Torch coral.

I had been admiring the coral on the stores web site, asked what it was when I got there and Ste saw my eyes light up. A Euphyllia I had not seen before, wow, that could mean rare.

As Seffie will appreciate, stick rare or uncommon in front of any Euphyllia and thats it, it comes home with us.

Has anyone seen them before or have any experience with them??

 

[seffieuk]

It sure looks like an orange australian to me and a big un, how much Tina? and does it have an ultra green mouth?

Seffie x



ps can we have one of your lovely close-ups please?
pps can you remind us again which store it is

 

[TigerIssey]

Fishworld at Chadderton in Oldham. The store will be selling corals online in about 4 weeks time, the owner informed me.

I paid £36 less 10% discount (For the site I mod on) so £32.40 and actually swapped my 2 headed torch frag which I got £10 for, so would you believe I paid £22.40

I have not seen a mouth as such yet Seffie, the skeleton is like the skeleton on my old bubble coral and it does not branch.

The coral is from Fuji, so is not classed as Australian, could be geographic variance though.

I am really pleased with it though.

The top half is not expanding as much as the bottom, this is my fault as that is where I held it while the glue dried when placing it. I will however try to get a nice close up with true colours for you.

 

[seffieuk]

OMG you only paid how much, choke, cough, you lucky girl, i'm green with envy

I have also gone and had a look re: cristata and I think you could be right, what a find woo hoo

Get that camera out and take some close-ups pleeeeese

Seffie x

 

[TigerIssey]

Here is the best I canget atm, haaving a little trouble focusing. It is near the ack of the tank and the angle through the glass I am having to shoot from is a bit weird.

This one of the plating Monti shows some tentacles well

I even tried to photograph from above, but the lights were interfering with the shot. May have a go later with just blue light.

 

[TigerIssey]

This may be a little better, you can see the area at the back that is not expanding quite as much, look at the skeleton.

 

[seffieuk]

I agree with you Tina, whose a lucky girl then

Seffie x

 

[Buddyboy67]

That's a lovely coral..reminds me of a massive ric in the pics so deffo gets my vote.....