new torch. how long to open up ?? New to hobby

s2kchris305 · 06/05/2013, 02:28 PM

hey guys new to hobby i got a new torch last sunday and it hasnt fully opened up yet. its opened some not completely closed but not yet completely opened. i know new corals need some time to adjust to there new homes. but how long does it usually take for a coral to open up ? check my water levels and everything is perfect . its a 20 gallon with quad t5s and a cpr bakpak for filtration. what you guys think

FPSPOLICE · 06/06/2013, 09:27 AM

give it time, what kind of water flow do you have?

organism · 06/08/2013, 09:12 PM

It can take up to a week if not more sometimes, but it needs to be getting some amount of flow. If you see some tissue recession along the base then there's something wrong.

crabbyreef · 06/09/2013, 11:21 AM

Took mine a while to open as well. Give it time. Enjoy!

s2kchris305 · 06/09/2013, 03:08 PM

yea i guess imma have to wait. i was just worried because all other corals fully opened up the next day after i bought them . its now been 7 days with it and it seems to have opened up a lil more than before but still not fully opened. the tentacles are not long like ive seen other torches. the tentacles look stubby.

s2kchris305 · 06/12/2013, 03:50 PM

bump, what you guys think of my stubby tentacle torch?

organism · 06/13/2013, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by s2kchris305

bump, what you guys think of my stubby tentacle torch?

I think you might be missing a pic...

s2kchris305 · 06/14/2013, 12:19 PM

This is the torch im talking about, im starting to think its not a torch. it seems openned up but tentacles arent long like torches. where i bought it said it was a torch, i bought it closed cause they just turned on their lights so it hasnt opened up yet at the store.

louie310 · 06/14/2013, 12:25 PM

Looks like a torch to me
What kind if lighting was it previously in?

s2kchris305 · 06/14/2013, 12:40 PM

yeaa but i dont know why the tentacles are so short, it opens up and at night it closes but those short tentacles are confusing, maybe its still not opened up all the way , ive had it for 10 days. it was under leds its now unders Quad T5s. two blues and two white bulbs . everything else in the tank is doing perfect

footballdude2k3 · 06/14/2013, 02:09 PM

That should be fine, some torches have shorter tentacles than others, I had one similar to that with different color in an old tank

MondoBongo · 06/14/2013, 06:30 PM

My frogspawn, another euphyllia similar to a torch or hammer, will sometimes vary its polyp length even day to day.

It also seems to close up more when my all is low or when it is getting too much flow.

ca1ore · 06/15/2013, 06:46 AM

There are lots of different varieties of torch, frogspawn, etc. In your photo, looks more like a frogspawn to me - and if so, PE is about right.

ZorroV · 06/15/2013, 06:32 PM

Thats seems to be a hammer coral. Give it time and it will open up.

Chiefillini · 06/16/2013, 03:51 PM

Looks like a torch to me. I agree the tentacles are very short and stubby. My torch same color has the long thin tentacles that flow nicely. But, I still think yours looks like a torch. If not a torch then possibly a frogspawn. Send another post back in a month or so to let us know if anything changes.

tasmith09 · 06/16/2013, 07:21 PM

My hammer and frogspawn both took a week before they puffed up all the way. Even now some days a head or two will not open fully for a day at a time.

bdreptiles · 06/16/2013, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ZorroV

Thats seems to be a hammer coral. Give it time and it will open up.

My branching hammer coral looks just like this, so thats my guess on what it is as well.

Duna_ · 06/17/2013, 10:06 AM

I think it's a branching hammer, E. paraaancora. Mine has some "hammer" polips and some "round" just like yours. If you get a closer look, you can see the polips are very short and conical, wider at the tip, but much wider than in torch corals.

WindyCityFlyer · 06/17/2013, 10:10 AM

Mine took about 3 weeks to fully open and now its amazing. Give it time and decent flow.

s2kchris305 · 06/17/2013, 01:22 PM

hey thanks everyone for the replies, i was very confused with this coral .unfortunatley this is a branching hammer. i wanted a torch n the seller gave me this. i was un able to see it open when i bought it because the tank was just done a water change. but i trusted the seller because he has a good rep down here and all other corals ive bought from him have done well . well he grabbed this instead of the torch and this is what i got. lol so far its opened up more and seems to be doing well . although i wanted a torch i still like this hammer so il keep it . next one the list is torch though lol

Reefing21715 · 06/19/2013, 10:32 PM

I prefer hammer over the torch lol

06/05/2013, 02:28 PM	#1
s2kchris305 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 47	new torch. how long to open up ?? New to hobby hey guys new to hobby i got a new torch last sunday and it hasnt fully opened up yet. its opened some not completely closed but not yet completely opened. i know new corals need some time to adjust to there new homes. but how long does it usually take for a coral to open up ? check my water levels and everything is perfect . its a 20 gallon with quad t5s and a cpr bakpak for filtration. what you guys think

06/08/2013, 09:12 PM	#3
organism code monkey Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: south bay Posts: 6,223	It can take up to a week if not more sometimes, but it needs to be getting some amount of flow. If you see some tissue recession along the base then there's something wrong. __________________ I don't always grow frags... but when I do, I prefer Dos Acros

06/09/2013, 11:21 AM	#4
crabbyreef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 132	Took mine a while to open as well. Give it time. Enjoy! __________________ Cheers, Mike __________________________________________ Located in OH-IO........

06/06/2013, 09:27 AM	#2
FPSPOLICE Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 32	give it time, what kind of water flow do you have?

06/09/2013, 03:08 PM	#5
s2kchris305 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 47	yea i guess imma have to wait. i was just worried because all other corals fully opened up the next day after i bought them . its now been 7 days with it and it seems to have opened up a lil more than before but still not fully opened. the tentacles are not long like ive seen other torches. the tentacles look stubby.

06/12/2013, 03:50 PM	#6
s2kchris305 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 47	bump, what you guys think of my stubby tentacle torch?

06/14/2013, 12:19 PM	#8
s2kchris305 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 47	This is the torch im talking about, im starting to think its not a torch. it seems openned up but tentacles arent long like torches. where i bought it said it was a torch, i bought it closed cause they just turned on their lights so it hasnt opened up yet at the store.

06/14/2013, 12:25 PM	#9
louie310 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 57	Looks like a torch to me What kind if lighting was it previously in?

06/14/2013, 12:40 PM	#10
s2kchris305 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 47	yeaa but i dont know why the tentacles are so short, it opens up and at night it closes but those short tentacles are confusing, maybe its still not opened up all the way , ive had it for 10 days. it was under leds its now unders Quad T5s. two blues and two white bulbs . everything else in the tank is doing perfect

06/14/2013, 02:09 PM	#11
footballdude2k3 Registered Member. Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 1,974	That should be fine, some torches have shorter tentacles than others, I had one similar to that with different color in an old tank

06/14/2013, 06:30 PM	#12
MondoBongo Obligate Feeder Obsessed Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 4,061	My frogspawn, another euphyllia similar to a torch or hammer, will sometimes vary its polyp length even day to day. It also seems to close up more when my all is low or when it is getting too much flow.

06/15/2013, 06:46 AM	#13
ca1ore Grizzled & Cynical Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 17,319	There are lots of different varieties of torch, frogspawn, etc. In your photo, looks more like a frogspawn to me - and if so, PE is about right.

06/15/2013, 06:32 PM	#14
ZorroV Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: North Hollywood, CA Posts: 214	Thats seems to be a hammer coral. Give it time and it will open up.

06/16/2013, 03:51 PM	#15
Chiefillini Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Saint Charles, IL Posts: 53	Looks like a torch to me. I agree the tentacles are very short and stubby. My torch same color has the long thin tentacles that flow nicely. But, I still think yours looks like a torch. If not a torch then possibly a frogspawn. Send another post back in a month or so to let us know if anything changes.

06/16/2013, 07:21 PM	#16
tasmith09 Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Holland, michigan Posts: 9	My hammer and frogspawn both took a week before they puffed up all the way. Even now some days a head or two will not open fully for a day at a time.

06/17/2013, 10:06 AM	#18
Duna_ Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Spain Posts: 78	I think it's a branching hammer, E. paraaancora. Mine has some "hammer" polips and some "round" just like yours. If you get a closer look, you can see the polips are very short and conical, wider at the tip, but much wider than in torch corals.

06/17/2013, 10:10 AM	#19
WindyCityFlyer Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Fort Bragg Posts: 190	Mine took about 3 weeks to fully open and now its amazing. Give it time and decent flow.

06/17/2013, 01:22 PM	#20
s2kchris305 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 47	hey thanks everyone for the replies, i was very confused with this coral .unfortunatley this is a branching hammer. i wanted a torch n the seller gave me this. i was un able to see it open when i bought it because the tank was just done a water change. but i trusted the seller because he has a good rep down here and all other corals ive bought from him have done well . well he grabbed this instead of the torch and this is what i got. lol so far its opened up more and seems to be doing well . although i wanted a torch i still like this hammer so il keep it . next one the list is torch though lol

06/19/2013, 10:32 PM	#21
Reefing21715 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 100	I prefer hammer over the torch lol