Torch coral lighting needs?

[Waleedwale1]

I have a biocube 29 with the stock lights, would this be enough to keep a torch frag if it is high up in the tank? I will upgrade eventually but not now.

 

[homegrowncichlid]

2 power compacts right? seems OK

 

[BAD FISH]

should be fine anywhere bottom, middle ,top. keep in mind torch corals are very aggressive don't put it to close to anything

 

[Waleedwale1]

Will frogspawn hammers and torches sting each other?

 

[BAD FISH]

usually its fine I have all three touching no problems but I've heard some different species have a very potent sting and cannot touch

 

[homegrowncichlid]

Those LPS are related, no dangers.

 

[Djbetterly]

Hopefully you have better luck than me. I love torches and frogspawns but I cannot seem to get them to grow, and it seems a lot of them die on me.

I continuously keep my calc at between 490-500, alk around 9-9.5 and magnesium around 1400, SG 1.026, temp 80, pH 8.05-8.15. I've been using a hanna ultra low range phosphate checker and my phosphates are always around .017.

I recently moved my mp10 to the otherside of the tank, so we'll see what happens with that. Maybe I'll have better luck now.

 

[BAD FISH]

that's strange are you sure something is not killing them? fish, cuc, etc. Besides that the temp is a little high.

 

[Djbetterly]

Don't think it's any of the livestock, I've been extremely cautious about making sure to buy only 100% reef safe live stock.

I've ready mixed reviews on temp, so I've been trying it a degree or two higher to see what effects it has and I really haven't noticed much of a change other than I have to clean the glass more often. I had actually planned on going back to the 78-79 marker on Sept 1.

 

[jaBX1]

dj could just be that family of coral dont like your tank. like when people say they cant keep xenia alive. grows like a weed in most tanks, but in others impossible to keep.

i dont know the real answer for it but i always assumed it was the specific type of nitrifying bacteria originally seeded the tank?
(complete guess)

keep trying though, imo the Euphyllia's movment in current is my favorite part of any tank
maybe youll get lucky and one will thrive

 

[Djbetterly]

I'm starting to think that. Last time I had a chance to speak with Jason Fox he told me the same thing. I refuse to believe it (even though I really do) only because I love torches so F'in much!!!

 

[basiab]

Euphyllia will sting each other, at least I had torches sting hammers. But at worst you just lose the one polyp it latches on to. I also have not had much luck with torches.