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Old 08-06-2009, 09:59 PM   #1
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Torch Coral


I finally bought a torch coral about a month or so ago and it is doing really well it seems. The clowns hate it and instead lay in the mushrooms all the time. Go figure lol. The one I have has 2 heads and I got a really good deal so I could not pass on it.

I moved him to the top of the tank and they seem to really enjoy being at the top closer to the light.

The one thing I have not done is specifically fed them yet and wonder if it is really needed. They seem to be doing fine and stay open all day and retract at night. They don't show any signs of stress at all.


Almost forgot: It seems to be pretty picky about current, any help would be great on that subject too.
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Old 08-06-2009, 10:06 PM   #2
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i spot feed mine pieces of silversides
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Old 08-06-2009, 10:08 PM   #3
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i spot feed mine pieces of silversides
When you say spot feed is that like whenever you feel like it or do you try to hit them up twice a month or something like that?
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Old 08-06-2009, 10:14 PM   #4
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i just got a torch coral a couple of weeks ago..5 heads for 50 bucks!..mine def likes a lot of light..if i calculated it correctly i have about 83x turnover in my tank..(tonsss of flow) and my torch after putting it in my tank is about 3 times bigger..so im thinking they like lots of flow!good luck-drew
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oo and mine just grabs mysis shrimp flying around when it can..-drew
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Old 08-06-2009, 10:18 PM   #6
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When you say spot feed is that like whenever you feel like it or do you try to hit them up twice a month or something like that?

everyday occasionally missing a day here and there
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i just got a torch coral a couple of weeks ago..5 heads for 50 bucks!..mine def likes a lot of light..if i calculated it correctly i have about 83x turnover in my tank..(tonsss of flow) and my torch after putting it in my tank is about 3 times bigger..so im thinking they like lots of flow!good luck-drew

mine hates flow. if i put a lot of flow on it , it shrivles up
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hmm strange..thats what it took for mine to come out!lol-drew
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Old 08-06-2009, 10:51 PM   #10
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Mine likes the flow too. I'm getting really good growth out of it. It just grabs food here and there, I've never spot fed it.
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Old 08-08-2009, 01:58 PM   #11
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ok, i guess this dates me but euphyllias are some of my favorite corals. i always have the best luck with frogspawns followed by torches. i turn of my sump return about four times a week and feed a mixture of frozen cyclops, brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, and some flashfrozen phytoplankton. i don't target feed my lps corals. i keep my torch in the highest light and what i would call near extreme flow. my polyps split at a rate of about once every 6 weeks. i do 30 percent water changes every saturday and i monitor calcium around wednesday or thursday and dose if needed. usually it is getting down to around 420 around then. i also keep several other lps corals and some milli, monti, and acro. i have three clams, lots of zoos, pom pom xenia, and very limited mushrooms. i have a heavy fish load. i think the clams and xenia like the waste. i skim dry. i run a 400w 20k halide with 1 95w superactinic vho and 1 95w actinic white vho. my tank is 42" wide 24"deep and 24" tall. the halide is centered, the blue runs behind it and the 50/50 is in front. I can only place zoos directly under the halide at the top of the tank. even the milli doesn't like it. the torch actually is the next closest coral. anyway, this is working for me but i'm not saying it's the best method. good luck.
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I target my torch frozen baby brine along with my frogspawn and hammer they react well the torch was one of the first corals I got had 3 heads a year ago and now it has six soon to be 7
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mine hates flow. if i put a lot of flow on it , it shrivles up

mine is not a fan of strong flow either... nor does it like to be spot feed... It opens open nicely, and have it pretty much on the bottom of my tank in med flow between two rocks...
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