My New Torch Coral

[Musho3210]

eh if they dont attack each other, even better, more room for corals yay lol. They probably have an immunity to each other stings, i wouldnt worry about it.

 

[Sea Turtle]

What are the water parameters like? Any measurements you can share? Provided they are good you may need to adjust the flow i.e move the coral to another location.
Everyone says be careful of the placing of Euphyllia because they have a powerful sting, so I am a little intrigued by the overlapping polyps of my hammer and frogspawn with no real problems. Anyone got ideas on that? Check that out for a sweeper tentacle !! While they are not overlapping in the picture the polyps are frequently in direct contact.

Regards

Ok sure.

Sal 1.025 - 1.026
PH 8.0
MG 1500
Calcium 420
Alk 9-10
Temp 80-82
Ammonia <0.1

I did move him down to the bottom and pushed him down into the sand. He seems to be enjoying it a little more there. That was where he was when I purchased him from the lfs.

 

[SkiFletch]

Yeah, Torchs can be a bit picky so good luck finding a place where its happy

 

[Sea Turtle]

Do torch corals sleep when the light is off? If they do, do they pull inside for the night?

 

[Musho3210]

mine sometimes do, other times mine stretches out its tentacles and attacks the corals around it (it really damaged my candy cane...)

 

[Sea Turtle]

Yeh. He seems to start to come out a little more after the light has been on for a couple of hours. Then when the light goes off, it's back into the skeleton for the night.

 

[cuticom]

Mine retracts at night, the tentacles become thinner and much smaller, though you can't see the skeleton, and depending on how much I annoyed it during the daytime (cleaning the glass etc) is whether or not the sweepers come out, if I haven't disturbed it they generally don't...

The only time mine retracts as much as in your picture is when it's been taken out of water...

 

[Crazy fishes]

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Ok sure.

Sal 1.025 - 1.026
PH 8.0
MG 1500
Calcium 420
Alk 9-10
Temp 80-82
Ammonia <0.1

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Seaturtle, these are fine but you forgot to mention to the most influential; nitrate and phosphate. They can upset corals preventing growth over the long term and extension of polyps over the short. As long as the absolute value is <10ppm for nitrate and <0.03ppm for phosphate you should be ok, however I have noticed that it is sometimes the relative concentrations (i.e the different between the LFS system and your system) which is the most important variable. It is encouraging to hear it likes the move to the bottom and is certainly suggestive that placement and water flow are the key parameters here as opposed to chemistry. I think your best bet is to see if he settles at the bottom and slowly move him up the tank over a number of weeks to see where he likes.

Regards

 

[Sea Turtle]

Ok. Will check that out tonoght and report back to you. I was also thinking of adding in a phosphate reactor soon. Do you use one of these?