Species
Euphyllia glabrescens
Long flowing tentacles with pale tips, held out day and night. Give it room — the sweepers reach further than the skeleton suggests.
Care basics
The same needs as its wall-forming relatives, with one difference that matters: torches branch, so a colony that fits today will be touching its neighbour in a year. Plan the gap for the size you expect, not the size you bought.
Feeding is optional and visible. A torch that takes food will show it within a minute; one that will not is telling you something about flow or about its neighbours.
Scientific classification
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Euphylliidae
- Genus
- Euphyllia
- Described by
- Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
At a glance
- Alkalinity
- 8–9 dKH
- Temperature
- 24–26 °C
- Light
- Medium
