TOrch Coral

[Conski]

Can 2 of these touch each other?! i have a brown white tipped one and another with green tips touching each other is this okay?!

[Ace25]

Most of the time, yes, it is ok for them to touch. Just watch closely the first few days to make sure.

[Conski]

i decided to separate them anyways, the green tipped one is the ones my clowns have actually taken too and rest in so its very nice to see :)! thanks anyways and next up is a chiller hopefully by the 31st!

[Reefkid 07]

I recently got a torch...When you feed them, do you put a piece of food on each of the heads or just one?

-Jake

[mcsassy]

I recently got a torch...When you feed them, do you put a piece of food on each of the heads or just one?

-Jake

Each head is a separate entity. I have a frogspawn and each head eats on their own. One of the heads has gotten so big, it's starting to split too! Keep up your calcium for that...they need it to grow their skeleton.

[xsdbs]

Each head is a separate entity. I have a frogspawn and each head eats on their own. One of the heads has gotten so big, it's starting to split too! Keep up your calcium for that...they need it to grow their skeleton.
curious about the feeding of these corals, do you turn your pumps off and then place food on the heads of each and do you feed these after the lights are off or is it ok to feed them when the fish are fed? thanks

[mcsassy]

curious about the feeding of these corals, do you turn your pumps off and then place food on the heads of each and do you feed these after the lights are off or is it ok to feed them when the fish are fed? thanks

If your pumps make their tentacles sway a lot, it might be hard for them to hold onto the food...my pump has a "feeding mode" that slows it down for 10 minutes...usually they will take what they want and then when the pump turns back on, the flow clears off what they reject. I feed them the same time as the fish and the same food as well. They grab the food out of the water column and take it to their mouths with their tentacles. If you directly feed them, just try not to blast them with the baster or whatever you're using.

[xsdbs]

If your pumps make their tentacles sway a lot, it might be hard for them to hold onto the food...my pump has a "feeding mode" that slows it down for 10 minutes...usually they will take what they want and then when the pump turns back on, the flow clears off what they reject. I feed them the same time as the fish and the same food as well. They grab the food out of the water column and take it to their mouths with their tentacles. If you directly feed them, just try not to blast them with the baster or whatever you're using.


Thanks for the info and I didn't mean to hi jack the thread but I saw it and I have been thinking about getting a frogspawn and thought I would ask. Thanks again.
Robert

[mcsassy]

Thanks for the info and I didn't mean to hi jack the thread but I saw it and I have been thinking about getting a frogspawn and thought I would ask. Thanks again.
Robert

No problem. No worries...threads bounce topics all the time. I love my frogspawn...it's real fun to watch swoosh around in the current and does very well. They can also host clowns too without the hardships of an anemone.

[fsn77]

Our various hammer, frogspawn, and torch corals happily capture frozen mysid shrimp that the fish miss during feeding time (I add the mysid shrimp in right where these corals are to help maximize their chance at caching some). Depending on the fish in your tank, you may have to attempt to feed the coral at the same time as the fish, otherwise the fish may try to steal the food from the coral. Cleaner shrimp are also good at stealing food from feeding corals.

In any case, target feeding isn't necessary for long term success. We've had these corals split heads and multiply rather quickly with just good lighting and water chemistry. If you do target feed them often, be careful to not feed them so often to risk polluting the tank water.

[Conski]

Yea mine usually catches a mysis no matter where i shoot it into the tank.

The new torch might not be so lucky as for the percs have actually both taken to this coral and are usually resting on it or around it lol

[mcsassy]

Yea mine usually catches a mysis no matter where i shoot it into the tank.

The new torch might not be so lucky as for the percs have actually both taken to this coral and are usually resting on it or around it lol

I think their way of paying the rent is feeding their home.

[Conski]

i thought that the clowns symbiotic relationship with anenmoes and corals was for unknown reasons? that they don't understand what the corals and anem's + is from being hosted?

[Conski]

i wish i could show you a picture of this its very awsome and one of the only reasons i bought the pair and torch!

[mcsassy]

Well what makes it symbiotic is this...zooxanthellae have that relationship inside corals and anemones that they produce simple food for the coral with the photosynthesis they do and in return the polyps or tentacles of the organism they inhabit protect them. Then the next step is that the anemone provides shelter for the clown and in return, the clown feeds its "home" with left over food that it eats. There's a reason that only clowns have that coat on them that makes them resistant to the sting...it's all about evolution.

Oh and by the way, take a picture and share by all means.

[Reefkid 07]

Please do post pics! I hope my pair host with my torch but it's a slim chance since they are tank raised.

[Conski]

Mine were tank raised and i was looking at mine for monthes in the LFS and for the first few they werent even near it and then after a while they took to it so myabe youll have some luck!

[Conski]

They are all in my other thread but here