Care guide
Torch coral
Group guidance · AI-assisted · Model audited · Revision 2
Give a torch coral room for its long tentacles to sway. Keep it away from hammers, frogspawn and other neighbors. Keep the water stable and check for tissue loss if the polyps stay closed.
Requirements
- Care level
- Intermediate
- Temperament
- Allow generous clearance from neighboring livestock
Placement and environment
- Lighting
- Torch corals can grow under a range of light levels. Watch how the colony responds to its placement.
- Water flow
- Use moderate to strong flow that keeps the tentacles moving.
- Placement
- Leave clear space around the fully extended tentacles. Keep torches apart from hammers and frogspawn.
Feeding
- Feeding
- Torch corals get much of their nutrition from light. You can also offer coral pellets.
Acclimation and long-term care
- Warning signs
- Check for flatworms, persistent retraction or rapid tissue loss with brown, jelly-like material.
Information gaps
- pH · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- PAR · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Growth · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Calcium · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Habitat · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Nitrate · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Handling · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Lifespan · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Salinity · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Warnings · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Adult size · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Clearance · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Magnesium · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Phosphate · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Predation concerns · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Substrate · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Alkalinity · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Reef compatibility · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Acclimation · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Minimum tank size · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Propagation · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Temperature · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Compatibility · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Social grouping · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Feeding frequency · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
- Compatibility concerns · A supported value is unavailable for this group.
Sources
- Tidal Gardens — Torch coral · Husbandry and scope notes, indexed by profile in the original editorial research · Retrieved 2026-11-07
- Tidal Gardens — Coral husbandry troubleshooting · Husbandry and scope notes, indexed by profile in the original editorial research · Retrieved 2026-11-07
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