Feelings about Euphyllia

pythpyth · Apr 1, 2025

Hi all!

Just for the ease of it I’ll call them all euphyllia. But my tank exists for 90% out of hammer/frammers and torches.

I love them alot! I love their colors, vibrancy and movement. I told myself to keep a euphyllia only tank but yea I got a micromussa lord and some mushrooms as well.

But the thing is, I am so afraid something will happen to them. They’re easily stressed I did notice that from the last few months. I had some receding tissue but then it stabalizes again and I get a full extension from all of them. But that fear of them receding again or getting BJD or whatever makes me anxious. But they are my favorites.

Right now I have some budget again to spend and I would love to get a frogspawn and octaspawn with a few extra hammers. But the thought again of them dieing makes me hesitant.

Could someone ease my thoughts or tell me to do something more relaxed haha?

BryanM · Apr 1, 2025

I cannot tell if you've experienced loss(es), or you're just worried about losing them.

There's no reason not to add more unless you're already experiencing losses, and have yet to figure out what the cause is.

I've started to try and make "gardens". So I get different types of hammers, they go in the same general place. torches have their spot. Zoas will have their spot. I try not to duplicate the same color, which is good since there is so much green out there :)

Jasonak · Apr 1, 2025

My exp hammers are tuff as nails. Not a big euphyllia guy so cant speak for all of them but when I neglected my tank for 5 years it was a survivor, that and duncans.

Tinnerito · Apr 1, 2025

pythpyth said:
Hi all!

Just for the ease of it I’ll call them all euphyllia. But my tank exists for 90% out of hammer/frammers and torches.

I love them alot! I love their colors, vibrancy and movement. I told myself to keep a euphyllia only tank but yea I got a micromussa lord and some mushrooms as well.

But the thing is, I am so afraid something will happen to them. They’re easily stressed I did notice that from the last few months. I had some receding tissue but then it stabalizes again and I get a full extension from all of them. But that fear of them receding again or getting BJD or whatever makes me anxious. But they are my favorites.

Right now I have some budget again to spend and I would love to get a frogspawn and octaspawn with a few extra hammers. But the thought again of them dieing makes me hesitant.

Could someone ease my thoughts or tell me to do something more relaxed haha?

If you want your thoughts eased, I'll say that your corals look super healthy and beautiul! I also love euphyllia but I manage to kill mine at every attempt. :grinning-face-with-sweat: Which means you must really know what you're doing.

mjszos · Apr 1, 2025

Honestly, just get more euphyllia. If they're happy and growing, then don't change anything and they'll (generally) continue to be happy and growing.

No need to overcomplicate things :)

pythpyth · Apr 2, 2025

BryanM said:
I cannot tell if you've experienced loss(es), or you're just worried about losing them.

There's no reason not to add more unless you're already experiencing losses, and have yet to figure out what the cause is.

I've started to try and make "gardens". So I get different types of hammers, they go in the same general place. torches have their spot. Zoas will have their spot. I try not to duplicate the same color, which is good since there is so much green out there :)

Yea I love making gardens as well! Got my torch island and my hammer/frammer island. I only had one loss yet, but that one had parasites. Had to FW dip it but that torch struggled for a few months and died..

pythpyth · Apr 2, 2025

mjszos said:
Honestly, just get more euphyllia. If they're happy and growing, then don't change anything and they'll (generally) continue to be happy and growing.

No need to overcomplicate things :)

Thank you! I do think they’re happy but find that hard to see sometimes. But yea color and polyp extension are great

pythpyth · Apr 2, 2025

Tinnerito said:
If you want your thoughts eased, I'll say that your corals look super healthy and beautiul! I also love euphyllia but I manage to kill mine at every attempt. :grinning-face-with-sweat: Which means you must really know what you're doing.

Thank you!! Added a picture with a bit more white.

forestsofkelp · Apr 2, 2025

I used to love euphyllia, now I don’t.

They grow fast, they sting. They randomly die and are highly sensitive to flow. They also (IMO) tend to lose color easily unless everything is perfect and it’s under blues.

I’d rather go all softie or all sps. I’m in the process of phasing out all my euphylliaZ

They look pretty though, just hard to pack a tank with them.

Reef Puncher · Apr 2, 2025

to me, torches are my number 1 fav coral, and one of the hardest corals to keep. sure acros have more requirements in flow and lighting, and need to be super stable, but torches are insanely susceptible to bacterial infections and they are some of the most sensitive to shipping. hammers seem to be much more hardy than torches or other lps.

The worst part with torches, is if you do have one die, whether you see BJD visibly with your eye, or not, it can spread to the other torches.

A few words of advice from an experienced torch collector.
1.) ALWAYS have on hand the ingredients for a KFC dip.
Cipro, Amox, iodine, chemiclean, and some amino acids.
2.) Buy a small 2 to 5 gallon quarantine tank.
3.) The second you see a torch looking rough, remove him put him in quarantine tank, and add the kfc dip, leave him in there minimum 12 hours. repeat daily till you see improvements.

I just bought a miami joker, it arrived and had ZERO flesh band, it was so recessed, i thought it was a goner for sure. But slowly, day after day of the KFC treatment, and now this week he is back in my tank and thriving. If it wasnt for the KFC dip i would have lost him the next day, 100%.

The KFC Dip - A game changer in keeping healthy Euphyllia

Version: 1.1 (Updated 8/20/22) Please check this link for the latest version as the version included in the med kit but be outdated: https://kungfucorals.com/blogs/news/the-kfc-dip-a-game-changer-in-keeping-healthy-euphyllia PRE-WASH and POST WASH:!! Make sure to pre-wash corals before going...

kungfucorals.com

This will give you the peace of mind your looking for. Thank me later.

Reef Puncher · Apr 2, 2025

Reef Puncher said:
to me, torches are my number 1 fav coral, and one of the hardest corals to keep. sure acros have more requirements in flow and lighting, and need to be super stable, but torches are insanely susceptible to bacterial infections and they are some of the most sensitive to shipping. hammers seem to be much more hardy than torches or other lps.

The worst part with torches, is if you do have one die, whether you see BJD visibly with your eye, or not, it can spread to the other torches.

A few words of advice from an experienced torch collector.
1.) ALWAYS have on hand the ingredients for a KFC dip.
Cipro, Amox, iodine, chemiclean, and some amino acids.
2.) Buy a small 2 to 5 gallon quarantine tank. you dont need filters for it, just a bubbler, or small wavemaker, and a heater.
3.) The second you see a torch looking rough, remove him put him in quarantine tank, and add the kfc dip, leave him in there minimum 12 hours. repeat daily till you see improvements.

I just bought a miami joker, it arrived and had ZERO flesh band, it was so recessed, i thought it was a goner for sure. But slowly, day after day of the KFC treatment, and now this week he is back in my tank and thriving. If it wasnt for the KFC dip i would have lost him the next day, 100%.

The KFC Dip - A game changer in keeping healthy Euphyllia

Version: 1.1 (Updated 8/20/22) Please check this link for the latest version as the version included in the med kit but be outdated: https://kungfucorals.com/blogs/news/the-kfc-dip-a-game-changer-in-keeping-healthy-euphyllia PRE-WASH and POST WASH:!! Make sure to pre-wash corals before going...

kungfucorals.com

This will give you the peace of mind your looking for. Thank me later.

Ben's Pico Reefing · Apr 2, 2025

Reef Puncher said:
to me, torches are my number 1 fav coral, and one of the hardest corals to keep. sure acros have more requirements in flow and lighting, and need to be super stable, but torches are insanely susceptible to bacterial infections and they are some of the most sensitive to shipping. hammers seem to be much more hardy than torches or other lps.

The worst part with torches, is if you do have one die, whether you see BJD visibly with your eye, or not, it can spread to the other torches.

A few words of advice from an experienced torch collector.
1.) ALWAYS have on hand the ingredients for a KFC dip.
Cipro, Amox, iodine, chemiclean, and some amino acids.
2.) Buy a small 2 to 5 gallon quarantine tank.
3.) The second you see a torch looking rough, remove him put him in quarantine tank, and add the kfc dip, leave him in there minimum 12 hours. repeat daily till you see improvements.

I just bought a miami joker, it arrived and had ZERO flesh band, it was so recessed, i thought it was a goner for sure. But slowly, day after day of the KFC treatment, and now this week he is back in my tank and thriving. If it wasnt for the KFC dip i would have lost him the next day, 100%.

The KFC Dip - A game changer in keeping healthy Euphyllia

Version: 1.1 (Updated 8/20/22) Please check this link for the latest version as the version included in the med kit but be outdated: https://kungfucorals.com/blogs/news/the-kfc-dip-a-game-changer-in-keeping-healthy-euphyllia PRE-WASH and POST WASH:!! Make sure to pre-wash corals before going...

kungfucorals.com

This will give you the peace of mind your looking for. Thank me later.

This above, you can even quarantine before putting in tank. I have had a couple bud wipes. It's a risk when you don't quarantine. Quarantines don't have to be expensive. I round container with air pump and a simple light, or square, rectangle tank with pump or filter and simple light. Can be big enough to hold a single coral to a few. Then when done, pack it up and put away.

forestsofkelp · Apr 2, 2025

Reef Puncher said:
to me, torches are my number 1 fav coral, and one of the hardest corals to keep. sure acros have more requirements in flow and lighting, and need to be super stable, but torches are insanely susceptible to bacterial infections and they are some of the most sensitive to shipping. hammers seem to be much more hardy than torches or other lps.

The worst part with torches, is if you do have one die, whether you see BJD visibly with your eye, or not, it can spread to the other torches.

A few words of advice from an experienced torch collector.
1.) ALWAYS have on hand the ingredients for a KFC dip.
Cipro, Amox, iodine, chemiclean, and some amino acids.
2.) Buy a small 2 to 5 gallon quarantine tank.
3.) The second you see a torch looking rough, remove him put him in quarantine tank, and add the kfc dip, leave him in there minimum 12 hours. repeat daily till you see improvements.

I just bought a miami joker, it arrived and had ZERO flesh band, it was so recessed, i thought it was a goner for sure. But slowly, day after day of the KFC treatment, and now this week he is back in my tank and thriving. If it wasnt for the KFC dip i would have lost him the next day, 100%.

The KFC Dip - A game changer in keeping healthy Euphyllia

Version: 1.1 (Updated 8/20/22) Please check this link for the latest version as the version included in the med kit but be outdated: https://kungfucorals.com/blogs/news/the-kfc-dip-a-game-changer-in-keeping-healthy-euphyllia PRE-WASH and POST WASH:!! Make sure to pre-wash corals before going...

kungfucorals.com

This will give you the peace of mind your looking for. Thank me later.

I’ll def keep some on hand. Never know when it comes in handy…wouldn’t want my favorite/chosen to keep euphyllia to get sick

pythpyth · Apr 2, 2025

Reef Puncher said:
to me, torches are my number 1 fav coral, and one of the hardest corals to keep. sure acros have more requirements in flow and lighting, and need to be super stable, but torches are insanely susceptible to bacterial infections and they are some of the most sensitive to shipping. hammers seem to be much more hardy than torches or other lps.

The worst part with torches, is if you do have one die, whether you see BJD visibly with your eye, or not, it can spread to the other torches.

A few words of advice from an experienced torch collector.
1.) ALWAYS have on hand the ingredients for a KFC dip.
Cipro, Amox, iodine, chemiclean, and some amino acids.
2.) Buy a small 2 to 5 gallon quarantine tank.
3.) The second you see a torch looking rough, remove him put him in quarantine tank, and add the kfc dip, leave him in there minimum 12 hours. repeat daily till you see improvements.

I just bought a miami joker, it arrived and had ZERO flesh band, it was so recessed, i thought it was a goner for sure. But slowly, day after day of the KFC treatment, and now this week he is back in my tank and thriving. If it wasnt for the KFC dip i would have lost him the next day, 100%.

The KFC Dip - A game changer in keeping healthy Euphyllia

Version: 1.1 (Updated 8/20/22) Please check this link for the latest version as the version included in the med kit but be outdated: https://kungfucorals.com/blogs/news/the-kfc-dip-a-game-changer-in-keeping-healthy-euphyllia PRE-WASH and POST WASH:!! Make sure to pre-wash corals before going...

kungfucorals.com

This will give you the peace of mind your looking for. Thank me later.

Thank you! I’ve seen it pass by it! I will go check it out, and try to grab that peace of mind.

pythpyth · Apr 6, 2025

I just went for it got them yesterday and they all seem happy!

StartingATank · Apr 6, 2025

I love the way euphyllia look, but I hate how hard they are to take care of, their aggression, and the way Clownfish can get injured if they host them.

Tinnerito · Apr 6, 2025

pythpyth said:
I just went for it got them yesterday and they all seem happy!

I love them!! Great job with your tank; best wishes!

pythpyth · Apr 6, 2025

StartingATank said:
I love the way euphyllia look, but I hate how hard they are to take care of, their aggression, and the way Clownfish can get injured if they host them.

Yea I understand! I gave them a carpet anemone hopefully they’ll host that one in the future haha, but we will see!