Do torch corals split in different ways?

[goody]

I have 2 healthy heads on my torch and they both appear to be splitting. One head clearly has two mouths and doesn't look as far into the process of splitting. But the other head looks to just have the one mouth that has a "gaping and stretching" look to it. This head is further along and possibly pinching into 3 heads. I guess my question is more focused on the mouth and when, how, why it's formed since these are clearly different.

 

[Brian916]

Are these the "wall" morphology or the branching variety? I generally try to avoid the wall varieties because they seem to be more susceptible to infections, but these can be beautiful with those large heads. My branching torch will always bud new heads in the flesh near the skeleton. I have never seen one split a head like this in my tank, but apparently it is fairly common...

Torch Coral Splitting: Do They Split? | Reef Tank Advisor

Have you noticed your Torch Coral growing another section off of its main body? This is something you shouldn’t worry about, and is totally normal. When

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[goody]

My torches are all branching and I have only got more heads from splitting not budding. My other euphyllia (hammers and frogspawn) have sprouted new heads.

In that article it does mention new mouth forming after the calcium connects to form the new head which is what one of mine appears to be doing (gaping stretching moth,). But some of my other torches and the other head on this particular piece have multiple mouths before the pinching and splitting.

 

[goody]

Update on my torch. The head that clearly had two mouths has fully split into 2 separate heads. The other one that appeared further along in the process of splitting now has closer to 3 heads, but last week it looked like another head was forming in the middle of them all. So is it really going from one head to 4? The head that just appeared last week is in the very center. It's like the heads on each side left some tentacles behind which have come together to form this new head.

 

[thamnasteroid]

Are these the "wall" morphology or the branching variety? I generally try to avoid the wall varieties because they seem to be more susceptible to infections, but these can be beautiful with those large heads. My branching torch will always bud new heads in the flesh near the skeleton. I have never seen one split a head like this in my tank, but apparently it is fairly common...

Torch Coral Splitting: Do They Split? | Reef Tank Advisor

Have you noticed your Torch Coral growing another section off of its main body? This is something you shouldn’t worry about, and is totally normal. When

reeftankadvisor.com

All torches are branching; only hammers and frogspawn have the wall variety

 

[goody]

Torch was closed up this morning as lights were coming on and you can see how few tentacles are in the center of the 3 head split. Will they form another head or maybe just fall off?