Torch coral cupping?

Brian1f1 · Dec 7, 2018

Hi, my gold torch has been opening in a cupping shape for several weeks now. It’s opening pretty large, but it’s a strange shape, and the outer tentacles seem under inflated. I’ve tried different flow patterns, speeds, areas... same.

Also you can see where tentacles are coming out the side of the cup on one side. I don’t know, may have ripped it playing with current at some point trying to fix cupping.

Thoughts? Need this thing to thrive! I might move it lower soon.

XBoxxyX · Dec 7, 2018

Tagging along,. Mine do this as well

ChiCity · Dec 7, 2018

Leave it be, they’re splitting heads...

Brian1f1 · Dec 7, 2018

ChiCity said:
Leave it be, they’re splitting heads...

The cupping means it’s splitting?

Twinanoreef · Feb 26, 2020

Bump

My torch has been doing the same cup-shaped extension for weeks now. Does this really mean it is splitting?

Twinanoreef · Mar 2, 2020

Does no one have any feedback?

BobbyOtto · Mar 2, 2020

My feed back is it looks healthy and is inflated. Which is a good sign, it could be the beginning process of splitting, at night take a look and see if some of the heads are starting to squeeze inward, that will answer the question on if it is growing

Flippers4pups · Mar 2, 2020

Could be splitting, but my experience in splitting of euphyllia is they commonly split under a head or at a angle to the mother head. From the looks it may be over lit do to the retracted tentacles as well.

Richie1898 · Jan 22, 2021

Does anyone else know why they do this? My torch is doing this now

MW319 · Jan 22, 2021

It looks like it is stretching for light.

Biggest Little Reef · Jan 22, 2021

Looks to me like it's making an attempt to split into two heads. The polyp starts to pinch in the middle until it eventually pinches off two separate heads.

Mastiffsrule · Jan 22, 2021

Hi,

I think the question is what exactly are you asking? Is it doing something different than before. Some info about the tank parameters and light may help. Could be a flow issue too.

But would help to know what you are referencing first.

Sigmund · Jan 22, 2021

Has the water flow in the tank changed at all? I have noticed my torch will do that when the flow is coming from underneath, and pushing the polyps up and a little together. Just my observation.