Torch coral fighting or ok?

Jmp998 · Wednesday at 5:32 PM

VintageReefer said:
thank you! I hope this helps

1) short stem banana torch (hard to see due to placement but here are pics when it was in another spot

2) yellow tips torch (most tips lost yellow for some reason. A few still are yellow)

3 dragon tamer

4) unknown name - purple with light purple tips

5 Knicks
6 banana holy grail

Also have one towards the middle of my tank, was sold as a Malaysian banana. It’s very similar coloration to 1 (short stem banana) but the tentacles are longer and thinner

Beautiful healthy looking torches, thank you for taking the time to label them as well. Do you know what PAR they are at, my golds seem to fade at PAR below 150 but my gonis seem happier at lower PAR.

Andrew Stevens · Wednesday at 5:35 PM

My cotton candy is definitely the thinnest strand torch. It’s still small but will probably get very long over time. Any place you recommend buying torches online? Or do you get your locally?

VintageReefer · Wednesday at 5:40 PM

Jmp998 said:
Beautiful healthy looking torches, thank you for taking the time to label them as well. Do you know what PAR they are at, my golds seem to fade at PAR below 150 but my gonis seem happier at lower PAR.

All of mine are mid level, 125-150 par

Jmp998 · Wednesday at 5:52 PM

VintageReefer said:
All of mine are mid level, 125-150 par

Thanks. Obviously whatever you're doing, you're doing it right.

VintageReefer · Wednesday at 6:00 PM

One of my sources went out of business. Probably because the were selling 3 head cotton candy for 85$ and 4 head dragon soul for 125$ Lol

Another source…I don’t remember how I stumbled on him…he sells on the side…I became friends with him. He has thousands of gallons of holding tanks and frag tanks in his house. Beautiful stuff. Good prices too.

He sells on eBay but he has A LOT more than what he has listed. If you message him asking for torch or zoa he’s got you

This is his eBay handle and one of the current torches…two head freezer burn for 135?! Lookie like a grail or a very close variation to me!

His photography is not the greatest. But it’s not falsely edited. It’s just like when you take pics without a filter most the time. prices are great for many things. I’ve bought from him many times, never an issue

These are pics from his grow out tanks in his house and his main display. I would recommend him

Display

VintageReefer · Wednesday at 6:01 PM

Jmp998 said:
Thanks. Obviously whatever you're doing, you're doing it right.

You wouldn’t believe what I’m doing haha

Andrew Stevens · Wednesday at 6:07 PM

Holy. Cr@p. That torch with different colored heads, I am beyond obsessed. Thanks for the great seller recommendation, those are some of the best coral I’ve seen at an incredible price.

VintageReefer · Wednesday at 6:13 PM

Now that I’ve posted this I give it a hour before the freezer burn is sold haha you should get it @Andrew Stevens !!!

FYI I have never shared this seller with anyone. But this thread has motivated me. Enjoy

Andrew Stevens · Wednesday at 6:20 PM

lol I would totally buy it, but my wife and I just got a bunch of new coral last week. I have to keep my reefing addiction is check, when possible! Although I may have messaged him about that torch with the different colored heads, what’s a guy supposed to do?! Lol

VintageReefer · Wednesday at 6:38 PM

He sent that pic a while back, at least a year. It was a two color tip holy grail and then it morphed on him into three color tips - blue, green, and light pink

In my pics I posted of my torches, the knicks and the greenish torch with yellow tip came from him. It had more yellow tips but morphed in my system. This is how it arrived

VintageReefer · Thursday at 8:22 AM

This is the vendor my banana grail came from. They have good prices also. No banana grails at the moment but plenty of actual yellow or gold torches

Andrew Stevens · Thursday at 9:14 AM

Oh nice! I really like Reef Kingdom, I haven’t ordered from them but I’ve been watching there stuff on EBay for a while. Love those blue tip yellow torches, those are the next colors to get. I’ve got enough purple and green colored torches, need to get some other colors.

VintageReefer · Thursday at 9:16 AM

Andrew Stevens said:
Oh nice! I really like Reef Kingdom, I haven’t ordered from them but I’ve been watching there stuff on EBay for a while. Love those blue tip yellow torches, those are the next colors to get. I’ve got enough purple and green colored torches, need to get some other colors.

once you go yellow / gold you’ll be hooked. I need Yellow Torch Anonymous counseling