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Torch Coral
Euphyllia glabrescens
Family: Euphylliidae
📍 Indo-Pacific Reef Systems
Torch coral is a striking LPS coral with long flowing polyps tipped in gold, white, or green that wave like flames in gentle current. It shares care requirements with other euphyllia corals but is somewhat more sensitive to elevated nutrients and temperature spikes. Torch coral disease (rapid tissue necrosis) can devastate colonies, so quarantine new specimens.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Photosynthetic; supplement with mysis shrimp, reef roids twice weekly
- flow
- Low to moderate, indirect
- lifespan
- Decades
- lighting
- Low to moderate (30–100 PAR)
- placement
- Lower rockwork
- tank size
- 30 gallons minimum reef tank
- temperament
- Has long sweeper tentacles; keep clear of other corals
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Water it likes
- ph
- 8.1–8.4
- calcium
- 400–450 ppm
- nitrate
- 1–10 ppm
- salinity
- 1.024–1.026 SG
- magnesium
- 1250–1350 ppm
- phosphate
- 0.03–0.1 ppm
- alkalinity
- 8–11 dKH
- temperature
- 73–81°F (23–27°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
79°F — 81°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Feb high)