First LPS, a few questions.

[Capsle]

Hey reefers,

So I go my first LPS today. A torch, not sure what kind it is, was announced as a golden so possibly. I has 5 heads and I got it for 70$ so I think that's a pretty fair price.

I also got a small hammer frag about the size of a quarter.

The requirements are medium flow and medium light.

What exactly is medium flow and medium light?

My tank is 24" deep and my lights are about 6" above my tank and they reach 75% on both spectrums (for about 2 hours).

As for flow I have a gyre xf130. The torch is place at the far end on the sand bed so it gets flow on the return down swing from the gyre after it bounces back of the glass.


It's been in my tank for 5 hours now and fully opened even after a 10 minute coralRx dip so I think it's fine but just looking for thoughts and opinions.

Thanks in advance.

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[nereefpat]

Sweet looking torch, caps!

In the case of torch and hammer flow: the best is to have the tentacles waving gently in the current. Get them enough flow to let them move, but not blow them around.

Im not a LED guy. So the best i can say is you probably have sufficient lights, just don't overdo it and burn them.

One more imperative thing. Don't let them get cut on the rock work, or they will get damaged and infected.

 

[billdogg]

I keep my Torch coral at the back corner of the tank on the sand in the lowest flow area and away from the lights as much as possible - no shadows, just diffuse lighting. For reference I use 2 x AI Sol Blues ~14" AW set to 45W/65B/65RB and they are on at that setting for 12 hours a day.

They prefer fairly gently movement - if it is getting thrashed about it will not be happy.

Another note - of the Euphyllia sp corals, it by far has the greatest potential for harming other corals with it's sweeper tentacles so give it at least 6" to it's nearest neighbors.

 

[Capsle]

I keep my Torch coral at the back corner of the tank on the sand in the lowest flow area and away from the lights as much as possible - no shadows, just diffuse lighting. For reference I use 2 x AI Sol Blues ~14" AW set to 45W/65B/65RB and they are on at that setting for 12 hours a day.

They prefer fairly gently movement - if it is getting thrashed about it will not be happy.

Another note - of the Euphyllia sp corals, it by far has the greatest potential for harming other corals with it's sweeper tentacles so give it at least 6" to it's nearest neighbors.

When you say gentle, should the tentacles be upright at all? It doesn't have full direct flow on it but you can defiantly see it's got movement. I don't really have any dead spots in my tank with the gyre and I would say it has the same flow that a RBTA i have has. The RBTA is doing great.

 

[billdogg]

That sounds about right to me. Gentle swaying in the currents.


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[Capsle]

Sweet looking torch, caps!

Thanks

 

[CindyK]

Yay you! Congrats, it looks pretty happy at the moment.

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[Capsle]

First LPS, a few questions.

That sounds about right to me. Gentle swaying in the currents.


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So is this too much flow or is it good?

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[texdoc77]

So is this too much flow or is it good?

For my torch, that would be too much. But it's really nice!!

 

[billdogg]

That might be a bit much but if it seems to stay expanded it may be ok. Time will tell


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[homer1475]

I would think thats just a bit more flow then they really like. The idea is they have sharp skeletons and when their tentacles get blown about they get cut up on their own skeletons which can cause disease to set in. So you want it to sway in the current, not get blown about.

The best advice I got when asking this same exact question when I got my first euphyllia, "So the tentacles just sway in the breeze".

FWIW, nice looking torch!

 

[mcgyvr]

I agree.. a bit too much flow..
Maybe 1/2 to 3/4 of that max..

And yes being damaged by its own skeleton is a problem.. So yes.. a "sway in the breeze" is good..

 

[sde1500]

My torch gets maybe a little less flow than that and is happy. Really the coral will tell you if it likes it or not. If it is constantly pulled into the skeleton, its not happy. If it is out waving in the current, its happy.