This has been noted in different families of hard corals, such as the Fungiidae mushroom corals , Faviidae brain coral and Pocilloporiidae cauliflower coral. For each family, the mechanism of polyp bailout differs, for example, some corals would retract its tissue entirely to form structure that resembles a larvae.
Nothing much has changed, except for the tentacles that have seemed to grown abit longer and rounder. There is this little weed growing beside the baby torch that scares me. I'm afraid it will die if it touches the weed.
Any advice guys? Seems to have grown quite abit now. And the rate at which it is actually growing has also increased which means i see more growth every passing day im pretty confident about this growing out to be a full colony. You can post now and register later.
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By chinyau Started Tuesday at AM. By Rasheedh Started 23 hours ago. All Activity Home. Share More sharing options Followers 0. Reply to this topic Start new topic. Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2. Recommended Posts. Sharan Guna Posted February 14, Posted February 14, Hi guys, so i actually did a post on this on my tank thread but decided that people who are not necessarily interested in my tank may be interested in this so i copied the post here.
Please do read and leave your comments hi guys, So, much of what im writing here is just my hypothesis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Sharan Guna Posted February 15, Posted February 15, Day 1 Seeds were obtained by sucking the tips of my euphyllia glabrescens and cutting the tip off with a pair of scissors.
Hi Hipporider, this is very interesting. Bro hipporider if ur experiment successed ,could like to buy the 'seed' from u. Hi guys, so i just can't rest without trying to do something with this idea of mine. Zhi Long Oh Posted February 15, This is interesting!! Firestarter Posted February 16, Posted February 16, Sometimes the good guys gotta do bad things to make the bad guys pay.
Sharan Guna Posted February 16, Snoopyhamburger Posted February 16, Interesting thread to follow. Keep us updated!!! Sharan Guna Posted February 17, Posted February 17, Hi guys, Just a little update on my "seeds". I saw some seeds at 1 corner of my tank bottom Thankfully, the oldest seed that had already established itself is still intact and has developed a more stump-like appearance.
And its in a corner where my coral beauty cant fit In the mean time, i don't intend to plant any more of the seeds. Will pm u when ur experiment completed,thx for the free offer. Snoopyhamburger Posted February 18, Posted February 18, Sharan Guna Posted February 19, Posted February 19, Plant-like organisms called zooxanthellate live inside the torch coral and allow it to feed mainly through photosynthesis.
However, the torch coral is a voracious eater and will benefit from eating occasional small amounts of meaty foods such as various shrimps, worms, clams, and fish eggs. Be cautious when feeding and ensure you do not put too much food in the tank or else you may have an ammonia or nitrate spike in the water. Being a great water indicator, the torch coral will appear droopy when minerals in your water are excessive or not sufficient.
When it appears ill, you should test your water for trace elements, calcium, magnesium, and strontium as these are the minerals it needs. Make sure there is approximately ppm calcium, 1, ppm magnesium, and 8 ppm strontium in your water. If fixing these minerals does not work, test your water for alkalinity, ammonia, and nitrate. Make sure your alkalinity is between 8.
If these elements are off they will damage the health of all your corals and tank livestock, and are probably the culprit to why your torch coral is sick. The torch coral is compatible with most marine livestock as long as it is positioned 10 inches from other coral to prevent agression. Sometimes a frogspawn or hammer coral will be fine placed closer to a torch coral as they are similar type corals and likewise agressive.
However, we cannot be sure that yours in particular will get along. If you try placing those corals together, it will be by chance if they get along or not, and could result in death of one or both of them. Fish will usually get along fine with torch corals. Though if a fish upsets the torch coral by pestering it, stinging could occur.
Have great caution with your torch coral, and watch how it handles your fish. By yankee boy, May 30, in Coral Forum. But today, I looked at the side of it and there is one tentacle out of the hundreds that is droppy. I mean this lone tentacle refuses to sway in the current and it is very long. It looks like a dead weight trying to reach towards my LR and it looks like its about to snap off.
Is my torch reproducing by breaking off its tentacle?? My 2 torch corals split, and I have a hammer that is in the process. They basically became two seperate heads on the same stalk, they didn't jump to a new rock. The one that is splitting right now basically has a bunch of little baby tentacles on the side that are seperate from the main tentacles. When the hammer closes at night you can definitely see the seperation. This will be interesting to watch it split? Dont know how long it will take though or how.
My torch started splitting a couple weeks after I got it.
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