torch coral advice?

[lazycouch]

hey guys. just wondering if anyone has tips when it comes to caring for torches? i fell in love with these torches at the warehouse i’m working at they’re real unique but bossman is letting them go for $180 they’re gold blue and purple or something, don’t remember the exact color scheme but they were wonderful. it’ll only be my third lps (have 2 favias)

anyways, i was wondering if i could get some tips from first hand experience? would you recommend i start with a frag sized one or bit more mature? i read they eat meatier foods, would they accept reefroids and marine snow too? thanks!!

 

[WallyB]

Do you mean this kind of torch? Aussie Gold Torch?

https://www.google.com/search?q=gol...UFg3IEHU12CEMQ_AUoAXoECA4QAw&biw=1505&bih=969

My favorite too. I have one....

I actually love ALL torches, and they should be easy to keep being part of the Euphylia Family of Corals.
I've had success and the odd time trouble with Torches. My biggest mistakes have been too strong light, or drastic changes in lighting.

SPOT Feeding them a little can help (if they accept) but it's not necessary since they actually make their own food from absorbing light.
It's worse to over feed your tank with Wasted food then not feed your torches.

They just need clean water. Medium Low flow, nothing Direct at them.

Low-Medium light (Start Low and slowly bring up the light watching to see if they are getting too much. If too much (they don't open up as much, or close up early), back off and slow down the increases. Eventually they will reach a limit on how much light they can handle. (How much light they need is a combination of Intensity and How long they are exposed to light).

When Purchasing, alway get a torch that looks healthy at the top. The Flesh is all the way around the stem, and no skelton showing). If you buy an unhealthy or damaged torch healing it is tough.

Be super careful not to damage your torch before it goes into your tank. No firm pressure on the flesh. Shake the torch gently in the bag while it's in water so it closes up. Then gently get it into your tank holding it up side down (tentacles downward).

If you decide you want to dip your Torch in Revive for Pest control, don't go over the time limit on the treatment. They can be senstive to dip.

Here is a good article about Torch Care.

https://www.tidalgardens.com/blog/torch-coral-care/

All the best and hope you get and have success with the torch.

 

[Easy Reefing]

I spot feed mine reef roids and they’re are doing great ! I put mine in med flow and med lighting .

 

[lazycouch]

Do you mean this kind of torch? Aussie Gold Torch?

https://www.google.com/search?q=gol...UFg3IEHU12CEMQ_AUoAXoECA4QAw&biw=1505&bih=969

My favorite too. I have one....

I actually love ALL torches, and they should be easy to keep being part of the Euphylia Family of Corals.
I've had success and the odd time trouble with Torches. My biggest mistakes have been too strong light, or drastic changes in lighting.

SPOT Feeding them a little can help (if they accept) but it's not necessary since they actually make their own food from absorbing light.
It's worse to over feed your tank with Wasted food then not feed your torches.

They just need clean water. Medium Low flow, nothing Direct at them.

Low-Medium light (Start Low and slowly bring up the light watching to see if they are getting too much. If too much (they don't open up as much, or close up early), back off and slow down the increases. Eventually they will reach a limit on how much light they can handle. (How much light they need is a combination of Intensity and How long they are exposed to light).

When Purchasing, alway get a torch that looks healthy at the top. The Flesh is all the way around the stem, and no skelton showing). If you buy an unhealthy or damaged torch healing it is tough.

Be super careful not to damage your torch before it goes into your tank. No firm pressure on the flesh. Shake the torch gently in the bag while it's in water so it closes up. Then gently get it into your tank holding it up side down (tentacles downward).

If you decide you want to dip your Torch in Revive for Pest control, don't go over the time limit on the treatment. They can be senstive to dip.

Here is a good article about Torch Care.

https://www.tidalgardens.com/blog/torch-coral-care/

All the best and hope you get and have success with the torch.

i appreciate you very much. honestly i cant remember entirely how it looks because i tried erasing it from my memory once i heard the price hahahaahahaah especially after buying a bounce for $400. now that i’m thinking about it i feel i am ready for some torches and found a good spot. my lights are unfortunately 32 watt LEDs so that’d be my biggest concern but my favias are doing good so far. will definitely check out the tissue but do you mean the tissue should be wrapped all around the skeleton or just the top?

 

[lazycouch]

I spot feed mine reef roids and they’re are doing great ! I put mine in med flow and med lighting .

beautiful ! thanks for confirming.

 

[WallyB]

Just the top (all around), but the more flesh, thicker flesh the better (If you are picking between one torch and another).

Usually you can tell the Tips are all out and bushy.

 

[lazycouch]

Just the top (all around), but the more flesh, thicker flesh the better (If you are picking between one torch and another).

Usually you can tell the Tips are all out and bushy.

yeah good thing we have a lot! thanks. ;Bookworm

 

[WallyB]

yeah good thing we have a lot! thanks. ;Bookworm

Most Photo's you see show the Torch Top.
This video shows what I mean.
Healthy two head torch with Flesh at the top but around and onto the Skeleton Stem/Trunk.

 

[scdigby]

i directed my flow above my torches and not right at them. i have a gold torch and a green torch, and they seem pretty happy. Something weird though. For the last year or so, one of my ocellaris clown fish seems to think my gold torch is a nem, and has really been beating it up. After a year, the torch has not been phased in the slightest bit. it's well fed, and extended, swaying with currents. i just don't aim my pumps at them, and they're happy, even with a clownfish biting it's tips and beating the crap out of it. Just aim your flow above them and they'll extend and sway back and forth, and you'll love it! My other ocellaris clownfish does this same thing with one of my elegance corals, but my torches have never looked better!

 

[lazycouch]

Most Photo's you see show the Torch Top.
This video shows what I mean.
Healthy two head torch with Flesh at the top but around and onto the Skeleton Stem/Trunk.

thank you.

i directed my flow above my torches and not right at them. i have a gold torch and a green torch, and they seem pretty happy. Something weird though. For the last year or so, one of my ocellaris clown fish seems to think my gold torch is a nem, and has really been beating it up. After a year, the torch has not been phased in the slightest bit. it's well fed, and extended, swaying with currents. i just don't aim my pumps at them, and they're happy, even with a clownfish biting it's tips and beating the crap out of it. Just aim your flow above them and they'll extend and sway back and forth, and you'll love it! My other ocellaris clownfish does this same thing with one of my elegance corals, but my torches have never looked better!

thanks for the tips! i’d like to place them at the bottom left corner where it’s circled in pink. was wondering if this may be too much flow? i have my power head installed at the opposite back wall corner (mid level) which runs all day(425gph). it kind of wraps around the tank with the glass and where i’d place the torches would be in the flow zone as you can see in the pic. then at night i run a wavemaker for some janitorial stuff and it’s installed at the opposite side of where i’d place them directly on the top right in the middle, facing at the surface, running at the lowest setting of 132gph. it hits the surface drags down the left glass pane and circulates to the other side. so my point is there’s a good amount of flow going to that area but i wouldn’t call it direct flow and i’d obviously place it as far from the glass as possible in that corner but i’d like to know if that’s considered more than moderate and may be too much? (red = wavemaker yellow = powerhead)

 

[WallyB]

For flow, just look, don't calculate. The torch will tell you when it's happy. Extended tentacles, flowing, moving, swaying gently...If it get's a current blast one in a while, it's ok.

 

[lazycouch]

For flow, just look, don't calculate. The torch will tell you when it's happy. Extended tentacles, flowing, moving, swaying gently...If it get's a current blast one in a while, it's ok.

yeah i understand! but it’s just that it’s the only spot i can put the torches really and i can’t move the pumps anywhere else as that’s the spot where all my other corals are satisfied with the flow! i’ll try and see what i can do to make sure it’s not too crazy at that corner