Torch Coral
Euphyllia glabrescens
A branching LPS coral with long, flowing tentacles and bright tips, prized for movement and colour in a mixed reef.
Ideal Conditions
- Temperature
- 24 – 27 °C
- pH range
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.024 – 1.026 SG
- Adult size
- 15 – 40 cm
- Min. tank size
- 100 litres+
- Diet
- Photosynthetic, supplemented with small meaty foods
- Water flow
- Low to moderate, indirect
- Preferred setup
- Stable reef with steady alkalinity and gentle flow
About the Torch Coral
Torch Coral is closely related to Hammer Coral and is kept in much the same way. It is slightly more sensitive to flow and light, and named colour morphs command high prices, but the fundamentals are stable chemistry and generous spacing.
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Where Torch Coral comes from
Native range
Indo-Pacific, Coral Triangle
Countries / regions
Indonesia, Philippines, Australia
Habitat
Reef slopes and lagoons with moderate light and gentle, indirect current.
Illustrative native range only, not an occurrence dataset.
Similar species
Hammer Coral
Fimbriaphyllia ancora
Frogspawn Coral
Fimbriaphyllia divisa
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Compatible tank mates
Reviewed guidance based on this species' recorded traits.
- Compatible with caution
Hammer Coral
Fimbriaphyllia ancora
Euphyllia species generally tolerate each other, but sweepers still reach across gaps, so keep clear space.
- Great
Yellow Watchman Goby
Cryptocentrus cinctus
A sand-dwelling fish that never interferes with coral tissue.
- Compatible with caution
Copperband Butterflyfish
Chelmon rostratus
May pick at LPS polyps as well as aiptasia.
- Not recommended
Bubble Tip Anemone
Entacmaea quadricolor
A wandering anemone will sting and kill neighbouring torch heads.
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