Baby Torch?

>>klong<< · May 6, 2023

I've had this red torch for a while, and I've really put it through the ringer, killing several heads over the years. Things have been pretty stable for a while, though.

Today I saw what looks to be a mini-version of this torch on the opposite side of my 20g cube. Could this possibly be a new torch? I don't see any skeleton, just the tentacles in the photo below. Sorry for the bad photo - its at a rough spot.

Red torch I've had for ~3 years:

What looks to be a mini version of the red torch:

javisaman · May 6, 2023

Could be. It looks like on your mother colony that one of the polyps (heads) bailed out and maybe that is the missing head. It could also be a majano anemone.

>>klong<< · May 6, 2023

Thanks. If it is polyps from the mother, is it viable? Can it start to construct its own skeleton?

javisaman · May 6, 2023

technically yes, but it takes a while and may never attach

anthonymckay · May 7, 2023

Last year I found a teeny tiny piece of rubble with some tentacles on it near the base of my NYK torch.. Glued it to a frag plug to see what would happen. 6 months later I have a small NYK torch.