Gold torch hardiness

[goodtimes]

From others experience are the gold torches harder to keep then the more common colors?

 

[mike007]

With good water quality and good lighting they seem to do very well.

 

[Aqua fire/medic]

Not in my experience..... Unless you get really careless with placement or water quality they are very hardy.

 

[goodtimes]

This is good to hear, maybe I will try again. I recently purchased one and lost it within a week. It looked great for 6 days. Night 6 I found a huge polyclad flatworm completely wrapped around it. The next day it was missing 90% of its tissue. Maybe coincidence, I don't know.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I have lost 3 different ones from 3 different vendors.

 

[bigcapct]

I have mine thriving under hydras. I've moved it from a T5 tank and no problems

 

[Tab28]

I also found them no harder to keep then the more coon green form. Mine looks great under blue light. Like if it has electricity running through it. Mine does not get anywhere as long as the green. Good water quality is key. I found it looks happier under medium lighting with good water movement.


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[BoxerE]

I have the more neon green one and have found them to be quite hardy , though susceptible to being mauled by emerald crabs or other pests , and also very aggressive. Mine completely disintegrate the tentacles off a Duncan in a few hours

 

[Tab28]

I have the more neon green one and have found them to be quite hardy , though susceptible to being mauled by emerald crabs or other pests , and also very aggressive. Mine completely disintegrate the tentacles off a Duncan in a few hours

I loved my green one. But it would stretch about 7" from base nothing was safe. I had to get rid of it. It even stung my frogspawn. I was torch less for years until my aussie gold. Cost much more than the green but i liked the green. Looked good in every light.


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[BoxerE]

Lol yeah even usually tough corals like acaporas and pineapple brains will come out the worse for the wear against a torch

 

[MondoBongo]

i've had a gold torch for a few months now, it actually seems to be doing much better than my frogspawn that was my first coral.

you mentioned a flat worm. are you using a dip? i've heard of worms eating euphyllia. do you have any other euphyllia in your tank currently?

 

[goodtimes]

I recently got some rock covered in palys that I did not dip. This is the flatworm. It's huge. I have hammer and frogspawn that are fine though.

 

[Tab28]

I never saw a flatworm before. Looks like a piece of brown macro algae. If i saw that in my tank i would make a quick plan to rid it.


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[goodtimes]

It's definitely a polyclad flatworm. I noticed it a few nights ago for the first time. I've checked every night since for it and can't find it.

 

[TruRacr314x]

I have a gold torch with about 5 heads....been going strong for 3-4 months now.

 

[Tab28]

It's definitely a polyclad flatworm. I noticed it a few nights ago for the first time. I've checked every night since for it and can't find it.

That would cause me to loose sleep. Looks like it can hide about anywhere. Hope i never get one.


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[goodtimes]

It's about 4" long and crawled into a very small hole in the live rock. It's primarily a snail eater but I'm convinced its got a taste for coral.

 

[Birdee]

I had a poly for a while, unknowing and then knowing because I saw it move one night (great huge flat thing went into tiny hole) but had a hard time finding it ever after...
Some time later I had a power loss that caused a real problem with my tank. O2 depleted and I did loose a fish, a 12yr old YWG, and really stressed the tank so that the poly was crawling out across the sandbed... I snagged that booger up before he could disappear again.
Out of curiosity I left it in a small amount of water in a cup on the counter... it was still alive 4 days later when I chucked it out onto the hot FL sidewalk and said good riddance!

 

[goodtimes]

That maybe the key to finding it, killing the power. The night I seen it the power was off due to a storm. I may shut the tank down overnight and see if I can find it.

 

[jackers]

My torch started as a single head and now it's at least three heads. I run LEDs and Tunze 6095 with a lot of flow for my SPS. My water is great so maybe that helps.