florida joe
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just got one and need all the help i can get
torch coral help
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florida joe
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Originally Posted by reefkprZ
exact same care and requirements as frogspawn, can acclimate to any light range, likes ow flow.
thanks friend will post a pic today
exact same care and requirements as frogspawn, can acclimate to any light range, likes ow flow.
thanks friend will post a pic today
florida joe
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ok friends give me some in put
florida joe
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pic was taken with higher flow i just cut it down some and i think it likes it better will post a pic soon but im thinking low flow is the way to go
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jesses89
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Torch likes high flow.
got a huge green Torch with about 13 heads a while ago... kept it in very low flow..... because i also "thought" it liked it better.....
but no.. it shrunk overtime.. i didnt know why? i lost one head and it looked like i was going to lose it, but i put it in real good flow about two months ago... looks MUCH better... growing steadily fast.
Hope it gets back to what it used to be... when i first got it... its still big but not as big as it used to be. Hope i helped some.
got a huge green Torch with about 13 heads a while ago... kept it in very low flow..... because i also "thought" it liked it better.....
but no.. it shrunk overtime.. i didnt know why? i lost one head and it looked like i was going to lose it, but i put it in real good flow about two months ago... looks MUCH better... growing steadily fast.
Hope it gets back to what it used to be... when i first got it... its still big but not as big as it used to be. Hope i helped some.
reefkprz
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Originally Posted by HowardJ
Cool! I was thinking about getting one myself.
reefkprZ - what do you mean by "can acclimate to any light range"
I have 24 watts compact flourscent (12 nano cube)
What I mean by can acclimate to any light range, is, euphyllia originate in the wild from turbid water (cloudy, high suspended sediment ratio) so they are perfectly well at home in low light (thats one of the reasons they are adapted to feediing is the abundance of food in their natural waters) they can easily adapt to higher light even halides, by light acclimation, start them out low in a shady area and slowly over several weeks time move them into higher light they will shed excess zoooxanthellae to reduce photosynthesis and build a higher resistance to UV, if you take a low light acclimated euphyllia and place it high up in a hiogh light spot chances are pretty good that it will light shock, bleach then die. most tank raised specimines are already acclimated to medium or high light (most coral growers use halides for speed of growth) so acclimation either way is very easy.
In your case I would start a new specimine high in the tank and slowly move it down. I would think you would have just enough light to handle one.
Cool! I was thinking about getting one myself.
reefkprZ - what do you mean by "can acclimate to any light range"
I have 24 watts compact flourscent (12 nano cube)
What I mean by can acclimate to any light range, is, euphyllia originate in the wild from turbid water (cloudy, high suspended sediment ratio) so they are perfectly well at home in low light (thats one of the reasons they are adapted to feediing is the abundance of food in their natural waters) they can easily adapt to higher light even halides, by light acclimation, start them out low in a shady area and slowly over several weeks time move them into higher light they will shed excess zoooxanthellae to reduce photosynthesis and build a higher resistance to UV, if you take a low light acclimated euphyllia and place it high up in a hiogh light spot chances are pretty good that it will light shock, bleach then die. most tank raised specimines are already acclimated to medium or high light (most coral growers use halides for speed of growth) so acclimation either way is very easy.
In your case I would start a new specimine high in the tank and slowly move it down. I would think you would have just enough light to handle one.
arod268
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Originally Posted by reefkprZ
What I mean by can acclimate to any light range, is, euphyllia originate in the wild from turbid water (cloudy, high suspended sediment ratio) so they are perfectly well at home in low light (thats one of the reasons they are adapted to feediing is the abundance of food in their natural waters) they can easily adapt to higher light even halides, by light acclimation, start them out low in a shady area and slowly over several weeks time move them into higher light they will shed excess zoooxanthellae to reduce photosynthesis and build a higher resistance to UV, if you take a low light acclimated euphyllia and place it high up in a hiogh light spot chances are pretty good that it will light shock, bleach then die. most tank raised specimines are already acclimated to medium or high light (most coral growers use halides for speed of growth) so acclimation either way is very easy.
In your case I would start a new specimine high in the tank and slowly move it down. I would think you would have just enough light to handle one.
so your saying it can kept under stock lighting?
What I mean by can acclimate to any light range, is, euphyllia originate in the wild from turbid water (cloudy, high suspended sediment ratio) so they are perfectly well at home in low light (thats one of the reasons they are adapted to feediing is the abundance of food in their natural waters) they can easily adapt to higher light even halides, by light acclimation, start them out low in a shady area and slowly over several weeks time move them into higher light they will shed excess zoooxanthellae to reduce photosynthesis and build a higher resistance to UV, if you take a low light acclimated euphyllia and place it high up in a hiogh light spot chances are pretty good that it will light shock, bleach then die. most tank raised specimines are already acclimated to medium or high light (most coral growers use halides for speed of growth) so acclimation either way is very easy.
In your case I would start a new specimine high in the tank and slowly move it down. I would think you would have just enough light to handle one.
so your saying it can kept under stock lighting?
reefkprz
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Originally Posted by arod268
so your saying it can kept under stock lighting?
as long as powercompacs come stock with the tank your buying (like the nano cubes) yes. If by stock you mean regular flourescent lighting thats sold with most regular glass tanks I would be inclined to say no.
so your saying it can kept under stock lighting?
as long as powercompacs come stock with the tank your buying (like the nano cubes) yes. If by stock you mean regular flourescent lighting thats sold with most regular glass tanks I would be inclined to say no.
florida joe
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med light very low flow think i will go this way for a while
tinmanny
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I have 2 one with 4 heads and one with 10 heads they love any light like stated and they love to wave in the current they wave back and forth tenticles will get very long when they are happy so take care to watch where you put them near other corals this coral is a stinger most fish do not go to close my clowns love it though they run in it untill it closes sometimes very nice looking coral easy to keep too
Good luck
Manny
Good luck
Manny
florida joe
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Originally Posted by tinmanny
I have 2 one with 4 heads and one with 10 heads they love any light like stated and they love to wave in the current they wave back and forth tenticles will get very long when they are happy so take care to watch where you put them near other corals this coral is a stinger most fish do not go to close my clowns love it though they run in it untill it closes sometimes very nice looking coral easy to keep too
Good luck
Manny
thanks Manny
I have 2 one with 4 heads and one with 10 heads they love any light like stated and they love to wave in the current they wave back and forth tenticles will get very long when they are happy so take care to watch where you put them near other corals this coral is a stinger most fish do not go to close my clowns love it though they run in it untill it closes sometimes very nice looking coral easy to keep too
Good luck
Manny
thanks Manny
florida joe
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Originally Posted by reefkprZ
looks good! nice and open.
Now that’s a Fraggin Freak complement
Now that’s a Fraggin Freak complement
cpbirds407
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Question: Can torch corals touch with a frogspawn?
