Aussie Gold Torch?

[Purpletang92]

Does anyone keep this anymore? What has your experience been with them ? Anyone keeping them long term?

 

[Joe462]

more difficult to keep than indo varieties, i have tried twice and lost both. i definately would not get one unless you knew it was aqucultured. don't know if anyone keeps them any more or if anyone is keeping them longterm.

 

[Purpletang92]

more difficult to keep than indo varieties, i have tried twice and lost both. i definately would not get one unless you knew it was aqucultured. don't know if anyone keeps them any more or if anyone is keeping them longterm.

What changed I could have sworn these were an easy coral a few years ago ? And have you heard of them being aquacultured ?

 

[VintageReefer]

What changed I could have sworn these were an easy coral a few years ago ? And have you heard of them being aquacultured ?

As far as I remember the Aussie golds were always a considered delicate and frequently died randomly on people

Also they are a very slow grower. I was just lookin into old threads and read about it. Only 2-4 new heads over periods of 1-4 years reported by several people. Many others saying it just slowly declined or died randomly. And then mixed in are a few with good success but slow growth

 

[Purpletang92]

As far as I remember the Aussie golds were always a considered delicate and frequently died randomly on people

Also they are a very slow grower. I was just lookin into old threads and read about it. Only 2-4 new heads over periods of 1-4 years reported by several people. Many others saying it just slowly declined or died randomly. And then mixed in are a few with good success but slow growth

You would think someone is being successful if they keep selling it no?

 

[VintageReefer]

You would think someone is being successful if they keep selling it no?

It’s not abundant these days. You can get Indo golds, grails, and many other high end torches from 10+ vendors any day if the week. Aussie gold is harder to find.

 

[Joe462]

What changed I could have sworn these were an easy coral a few years ago ? And have you heard of them being aquacultured ?

Nothing changed, always difficult as far as I know. Occasionally saw one aquacultured back when I was looking but rare. I haven’t looked for a long time to see if anyone is even selling them let alone selling aquacultured.