Torchspawn, Frammer, Hamspawn and many others are colloquial names for the many different ways that Euphyllia corals are known to hybridize and interbreed. Some of these are quite remarkable in their …
Euphyllia baliensis, the Holy Grail Quest!
It’s been over eight years since the small polyp Euphyllia baliensis was described from the deep waters around the Indonesian Island of Bali. It’s also been around eight years that we̵…
Indo Gold Torch are Back and More Colorful Than Ever
Indonesian coral farmers have been waiting for a very long time to be able to ship some gold torch corals again. Classic Australian gold torch corals, or ‘glabs’ as they call them, are ver…
The Hazards of Catching Fish in a Euphyllia Tank
When a casual onlooker asks ‘do corals sting’ we always wonder if we should give them the short answer, or the real answer. Of course all Cnidarians sting, including corals and anemone, bu…
Hammer Coral Bouquet from OceanPets
About a a month ago we were sent a sampler of choice Australian corals by our old pal, Zach Lin who is currently collecting corals for OceanPets in Australia. This precious cargo from the middle of th…
This Colorific Hammer Coral has a Trick up its Tentacles
Orange hammer corals have become all the rage since Australian coral exports first began, and we now can enjoy nearly all colors of the rainbow from green to ‘toxic green’ to orange, peach…
Fragging a Big Colony of Gold Torch Coral [Video]
If you’ve been paying any attention to the coral scene lately, torch corals are smokin’ hot, like so hot you can’t touch a single head of one for some serious coin. Although Euphylli…
Motherlode of Torch Corals coming to Cobalt Aquatics’ MACNA Booth
Torch corals have been in the hobby since practically the beginning – we’ve always had a special place for Euphyllia glabrescens in our various reef tanks. Despite its history in the …
Indonesian Gold Torch Corals that GLOW in the Dark!
By now we are well accustomed to Australian gold torch corals, Euphyllia glabrescens, and we’d almost started to forget the colonies we used to get from Indonesia. In the land down under, Gold t…
WATCH: Reef Builders Studio 75g Euphyllia Garden
Tune in for part two of Jakes vlog tour of the Reef Builders studio. In this episode he is showing off his Innovative Marine Nuvo Ext 75g aquarium filled to the brim with flowing Euphyllia frags. This…