Awesome new Euphyllia addition

[AwwNuts]

So I thought I would share one of my latest purchases which I'm pretty pumped for. This weekend I was able to pick up this amazing gold torch. This Euphyllia is going to go great along with my other gold tip purple torch and various frog spawn and hammer head in the tank.

I drove 3 hours and a half to get my gold tip purple torch and this gold torch luckily landed in my lfs which doesn't occur that often.

Just wanted to share

 

[loves2reef]

beautiful torch. I keep going back and forth with them, ive had some friends tell me they dont do well for long in tanks. Good luck though

 

[rogersb]

Nice looking piece. If it's Aussie it's probably pretty hearty but they seem to be slow growers.

 

[JJ650]

Nice looking piece. If it's Aussie it's probably pretty hearty but they seem to be slow growers.

why is that? Are the Aussie wild caught? Could explain that please?

Thanks!

 

[Amoore311]

beautiful torch. I keep going back and forth with them, ive had some friends tell me they dont do well for long in tanks. Good luck though

I kept the same Aussie Orange Torch pictured in the OP, and the Aussie Orange Wall Hammer as well, in my 90 and 180 Reefs. They are just as hearty as any old torch/hammer you can buy.

They are slow growers though. The torch started as 2 heads and it was 6-8 when my entire tank crashed. The Hammer grew maybe 2-3 inches in width at the skeleton. That one was a pretty large piece when I get it though.

 

[AwwNuts]

Same w I th this one. This torch has large stalks and base easily 3 inches. It's stalks are much larger than any of my other euphyllias. It's 2 large heads right now but in the process if splitting

 

[SloppyJ]

Mine has been very healthy but it is a slow grower.

 

[AwwNuts]

Here is an ok quality video I a made while playing with my phone on Monday. Sorry for the poor quality but you'll get to see the Euphellyas. The hardest part is waiting for some of these corals to start getting to a nice sice but it is fun seeing them grow on a day to day basis. All my corals started out as frags and just recently added a tone more.


http://youtu.be/bvhM0t2FA1Y

 

[MondoBongo]

that is an awesome new addition.

here is my gold torch, it lost a little of its coloration due to being in a very shady spot, but i've moved it to a higher light recently and it is already coloring back up nicely.

 

[AwwNuts]

Nice and your gold torch has purple tips?

Mine has gold tips

 

[SloppyJ]

Mine isn't really purple or gold on the tips. I'll get a picture of it today.

 

[AwwNuts]

Sounds good Sloppy J. Its definitely neat to see the variations in color out there.

 

[SloppyJ]

Here's a shot I found of it. It's tips are almost white. It's on the left.

 

[ryanerickson]

The torch above looks more like a green torch but what do I know this is mine

 

[SloppyJ]

Not green my man. I'll get a legit pic when I get home.

 

[AwwNuts]

Camera settings can throw the color off if not picked right. You got a nice colony there SloppyJ. I like ur frag rack and frags. I had tons of extra frags in my tank and decided to do a frag tank to clear up space in the DT.
Healthy green torch ryan, ur clam looks awesome.

 

[SloppyJ]

Here's a better one I just took.

 

[AwwNuts]

How many heads does your colony have. looks nice filling the crevice. The tips on the picture lean more towards whitish right.

 

[SloppyJ]

Yeah they're white-ish. There are only 2 heads. That's not normally where it goes. I just moved that tank last weekend when I moved my new 93g inside so I'm still rearranging.

 

[AwwNuts]

Good deal. Well its looking good. Is this the only Euphyllia u have