Rare Color Torch Coral

[jedi31]

At the LFS there is a nice looking Torch coral in their Display tank. It's dark green with pink tips. I never seen a torch like this one before. Does anyone else own a torch in this color? I like to buy one. The owner said he hasn't seen one come in for sale in awhile. I know there are frogsspawn this color because I own one of those. Let me know what kind and color torch corals everyone has and where you purchased it. Pictures will help.

Thanks

 

[r00onmac]

i have one like what you describe.. i got it as a 2 headed and it quickly split to 7... but 4 died this summer as a result of me lowering my lights too quickly... hopefully itll split out again and make more soon because it was very beautiful when it was softball sized... ill see if i can find some pics...

 

[jedi31]

I would love to see a pic of this coral.

Thanks

 

[AndyB4784]

I got mine at my LFS. this is kind of a bad picture. i couldn't figure out how to turn the flash off on my parents camera.

 

[jedi31]

Hey cool coral but that looks like a Fropspawn to me. I have a similar one in my tank lighter in color. I could be wrong but the torch I saw in the LFS had long tentacles.

 

[AndyB4784]

nope it's a torch. frog spawn have multiple tips on each tentacle.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

nope... its a hammer lol looks like Euphylia parancora.

I have seen torch coral with that color pattern before, though it doesnt seem to be as common as all green in the trade.

 

[nmprisons]

yeah, it is a hammer coral ... real nice, though

 

[bitis316]

Yea its with out a dought a hammer.....Very nice though..

 

[paininthewrasse]

def hammer

 

[AndyB4784]

i thought E. Ancora was commonly refered to as a Hammer. what's the difference between a torch and a hammer?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Euphyllia ancora = "wall" hammer
Euphyllia parancora = "branching" hammer

 

[Hormigaquatica]

Just for fun.. some common names and some proper names~

E. cristata, E. glabrescens : Torch Coral (glabrescens is more common in the hobby I believe)

E. paraglabrescens : A variety of Torch found only in a small portion of Japanese waters- Im unaware of this coming to the US

E. ancora : Wall Hammer

E. parancora : Branching Hammer

E. divisa : Wall Frogspawn (skeleton virtually identical to ancora, but distinct tentacles)

E. paradivisa : Branching Frogspawn

E. yaeyamensis : Frogspawn/Octopus (similar to divisa, but easily distinguishable if you see them side-by-side)

There were several other 'species' described at one time or another, but I think these listed are the only ones that are considered to be valid right now.

 

[DSanders]

I have had 2 different types of torch coral one like the above & one all pink the both dissolved after months of having them everyone I asked they just said they do that some time. & to keep the lower part because sometime they return its been about 6 months no luck. Any idea as to what happened.

 

[coreno16]

Mine has green centers, with pale pink/purple tips. However, i can never seem to get a good pic of it. It has about 7 heads with a few that are splitting. I got it for a steal from a lfs. I'll try to see if i can get some pictures some time.

- Cory

 

[reefez]

99.999% a hammer

 

[jedi31]

It's good to see others owning this torch coral. They have a brownish green torch with pink tips for sale at another LFS, it looks green under the attinics and brown under there MH. I was wondering if I brought it home if it would turn green over time. I run attinics with 14k MH.

 

[cediss]

Just for clarifying what a torch looks like, here is mine.

I have not seen one of those purple tipped torch corals in over 5 years and even then they were rare. The last one I saw was going for $100 and again that was more than 5 years ago. Sure would be nice to have someone fragging one.

 

[GrowDammit]

Hormigaquatica, your description of E. Cristata is incorrect. It is called Fine Grape Frogspawn. It's skeleton has the big rounded septula similar to a bubble coral on the skeleton. It's tentacles are smaller than those with the regular frogspawn yayaemaensis.

 

[jdmhonda954]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8529383#post8529383 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cediss
Just for clarifying what a torch looks like, here is mine.

I have not seen one of those purple tipped torch corals in over 5 years and even then they were rare. The last one I saw was going for $100 and again that was more than 5 years ago. Sure would be nice to have someone fragging one.

come to south florida lfs' their everywhere. i have one in my moms 56 and i fragged it for my g/fs 24 aquapod and now since i got the new 65 inwall its gonna get fragged again.