Torch Coral

[rednwhite barmy]

am thinking of splashing the cash on a torch coral (euphyllia gladrescens) just hoping any of you guys have any words of wisdon or can suggest any other which would enhance my tank (240lt)

 

[SkiFletch]

They're relatively easy corals to keep. Don't need much light and typcially prefer moderate flowrate. They are the most sensetive of the euphyllia genus to shipping and transport, but once established in a tank, they are very hardy. They also require sufficient alkalinity and will suffer without it.

 

[piranha_trader]

They're relatively easy corals to keep. Don't need much light and typcially prefer moderate flowrate. They are the most sensetive of the euphyllia genus to shipping and transport, but once established in a tank, they are very hardy. They also require sufficient alkalinity and will suffer without it.

what about feeding? time to time with cyclops?

 

[Crazy fishes]

Not absolutely necessary but Euphyllia generally appreciate a little food once or twice a week. I have a hammer and frogspawn and feed them a little brine shrimp every now and again. I do also feed the xenia with Phytochrome from time to time as well. If you are new to keeping Euphyllia the hammer coral (Euphyllia ancora) is generally the hardiest but as Ski says it is the shipping and acclimatisation that is the most dangerous times since they have very soft polyps that are easily damaged.

Hope this helps

Regards

 

[rednwhite barmy]

aye thats champion fellas, top stuff, how do u do your coral feeding? do you fellas use a turkey baster?

 

[Musho3210]

torches are great, i never feed my corals directly, instead i use a large blend of food including coral food (in my case, baby brine shrimp) and i feed very heavily around 3 times a week, all my lps corals send out their feeder tentacles to grab a bite, and my clowns as well as ample water flow feeds the torch. But even so, spot feeding is not necessary IME/IMO. Growth has improved though.

 

[SkiFletch]

I let my corals fend for themselves. Usually they pick up a bit of food here and there. The only ones I baste directly are my Acans (only cause I want them to grow faster). I'm not a fan of coral foods early on in a tank's life as they are often a source of nutrients that an immature tank does not need

 

[rednwhite barmy]

cheers ski n musho, top stuff, truely u fellas are the fountain's of all knowledge.

 

[Mrs jflowers]

We recently bought a torch coral. We placed it high up in our tank near the weir. It likes the light and flow of the water. We don't feed it directly, we put marine snow and a mixture of other foods in the tank and the corals take what they want from the water. It seems to be doing very well and we even discovered a barnacle on it which is fun to watch

Sheena

 

[rednwhite barmy]

We recently bought a torch coral. We placed it high up in our tank near the weir. It likes the light and flow of the water. We don't feed it directly, we put marine snow and a mixture of other foods in the tank and the corals take what they want from the water. It seems to be doing very well and we even discovered a barnacle on it which is fun to watch

Sheena

cheers mrs f, do u recommend any others to poss join it in my tank.

 

[Mrs jflowers]

If you like that sort of coral, plate corals can be very pretty. Malu anemone's are also nice but you have to be careful as we had one that wouldn't settle in the tank at all and it went round stinging everything else.

Good luck
Sheena

 

[Musho3210]

anemones are quite different from lps (in a reef sense).


There are other similar corals to torch, such as frogspawn, hammer etc. Other lps corals include bubble, blastos, acans, types of brain corals, candy cane.