Is this a Torch Coral? How is it growing here?

[jcosta98]

Hi,

So some months ago , something started growing on my rock, now it looks like a Torch Coral... How is this possible?

Thanks for your help!

 

[elysics]

Do you have a torch like that in your tank? Maybe it spawned and you didn't notice. Maybe it was on the rock too begin with depending on what kind of rock that is and where you got it from

Edit: on second look, the patterning on the tips looks more like Heteractis crispa than Euphyllia to me

 

[jcosta98]

Do you have a torch like that in your tank? Maybe it spawned and you didn't notice. Maybe it was on the rock too begin with depending on what kind of rock that is and where you got it from

Edit: on second look, the patterning on the tips looks more like Heteractis crispa than Euphyllia to me

I have a Torch coral in front, far from the back. It really looks like my torch

Can they spawn like this when I got one on the system?

 

[elysics]

I have a Torch coral in front, far from the back. It really looks like my torch

Can they spawn like this when I got one on the system?

Yes they can, incest like that is probably not the healthiest genetics wise, but sometimes it still works, in another thread someone got a baby holy grail like that

 

[elysics]

I think they can also spread by ripping of their own tentacles and having them land in a lucky spot

 

[jcosta98]

Thanks a lot for your clarification, I will probably need to move it from there.. Any idea how to do it?