A New Coral For Me !

[KimPossible]

I got my first LPS yesterday. It is a gorgeous Torch specimen.
Here are a couple pics.

and this one.....I can clearly see that the tissue here is dead. I seem to remember it having tentacles....I may have accidently smooshed them during the mounting.

If I damage one polyp, will it repair and re grow? If the tissue in one polyps decays, does it affect all the others. This is my first LPS, so any information what so ever is greatly appreciated.
:bigbounce

 

[Kensn]

Well I still see a few little green tips in that section, it might extend again, but one bad head wont effect the rest of the coral. It is a beauty, nice size you have there!!

Ken

 

[sarah]

i dont know kim...but it looks great

Sarah xxxx

 

[Jerome]

If one head dies off it doesn't normally effect the rest and it may extend again like Kensn said.

 

[Woodstock]

BEAUTIFUL colony Kim!! Great find! It looks great. I wouldn't worry about the skeleton head unless you see brown jelly like stuff around tissue (which I don't see).

 

[tmc]

looks nice, i accidently sucked up a piece of my torch in my new canister vac when cleaning the tank, i should really pay more attention. it is starting to grow back and it never really affected the rest of it.
tmc

 

[Rougiem]

Brillant Kim! Very Nice....Great Color!

Cheers! :bigbounce

 

[KimPossible]

Thanks for the comments!
Brown jelly....any other signs I should be looking for as far as decline goes?
My LFS said I should feed phytoplankton once a week, which I already keep up on (live phyto) because of all my filter feeders.

 

[Woodstock]

I have never 'fed' my euphylias on purpose but i've seen them eat tiny pieces of my homemade mush that happened to fall on their tenticles.

 

[cheeks69]

Did any of the tissue tear off ? If not I wouldn't worry, it should extend eventually and like Ken mentioned you can still see some of the tips so it's a good sign.

It looks awesome and now I'm jealous

 

[KimPossible]

Thanks Cheeks
I'm not sure any tissue tore off. I think maybe I just smooshed it. I'll be watching for extention.

 

[Sharkbait]

Is that from Skip's? Very nice torch, I've always liked euphyllia.

 

[Craig Manoukian]

Sweet lookin' addition Kim!

It looks completely dead to me and you can always use a Dremel tool to remove the dead head (not to be confused with Jerry Garcia fans of course). Another option is to mount it so you can't see the missing polyps.

 

[Gina]

Nice looking Torch Kim!

 

[KimPossible]

Yeah Greg, I got it from Skip....they have really beefed up on their coral stock. I'm really interested in the Purple Pagoda they have.

Craig, I will cut it off with a pair of bone cutters, I read that their skeleton is porous and easy to break off. I hope so; I tried to mount it as securely as I could because I have it sitting at an angle.

Thanks Gina

Has anyone seen Tubipora with no pinnules (Organ-pipe coral).
This is something else that I have been looking around for a while for.
I did a google online and didn't find anyone selling it.

 

[Woodstock]

Tubipora with no pinnules?

I have a green tubipora...

 

[KimPossible]

I'm looking for the white waxy looking ones, their polyps look similar to those of Alveopora. I'm searching for a pic.....

 

[Woodstock]

http://images.google.com/images?sou...:2005-12,GGLD:en&q=tubipora coral&sa=N&tab=wi

 

[KimPossible]

I dunno, its hard to tell if any of those pics are what I'm looking for. I really need to see the polyps closely......Doni, do you have Corals by Julian Sprung? Check out pg. 153. The top right pic. WOW! :drooool: I would sooooo love to have those in my tank.

 

[Craig Manoukian]

This looks pretty white to me