Torch Coral

[Mike]

I just purchased a nice piece of Torch Coral.

I was wondering do I need to feed this? or and anything to the tank for this
piece of coral to grow?

Mike

[Terry]

A copy-paste from nano-reef.com:

Torch Coral

Euphyllia glabrescens

Common Names: Torch Coral, Branching Hammer or Branching Anchor Coral,
Pom-Pom Coral.

Lighting: Medium to High

Current: Medium to High

Agressiveness: High

Difficulty: Medium

The Torch Coral is a beautiful addition to any aquarium with proper lighting
and current. Identification is simple when compared to other members of the
Euphyllia family, the polyps are long with a lighter colored tip and compact
corallites. Colors can range from drab faded browns to bright pink and green
with translucent polyps. The skeleton is a branching one, starting with one
stalk at the bottom and branching into several as it grows. Each stalk has
another head on it consisting of hundreds of small polyps.

The Torch Coral does not require direct feeding but does benefit from
occasional supplementation. Often food will fall into it?s central mouth
when the fish or invertebrates of the aquarium are fed. High lighting of
proper spectrum is favored.

The Torch is a perfect candidate for fragging and propagating as it?s
skeleton is remarkably easy to divide. It is an aggressive species with long
sweeper tentacles and no fear to defend itself from neighboring corals.
Avoid placing the Torch near other corals. Contact with a sweeper tentacle
will cause extreme pain to even large humans.

The Torch is a common sight at LFS?s, but should be avoided by novice
aquarists. In nature they are commonly found in reef slopes in large
colonies, deeper than most other LPS corals.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" >
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 9:51 PM
Subject: Torch Coral


>I just purchased a nice piece of Torch Coral.
>
> I was wondering do I need to feed this? or and anything to the tank for
> this
> piece of coral to grow?
>
> Mike
>

[Wayne Sallee]

The main thing is lighing and water quality. Some
suplemental food is fine.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Mike wrote on 11/26/2005 4:51 PM:
> I just purchased a nice piece of Torch Coral.
>
> I was wondering do I need to feed this? or and anything to the tank for this
> piece of coral to grow?
>
> Mike
>