Too Little Flow for Torches?

[OcellarisClown]

Is there too little flow with the torches or is this substantial?
I would put down higher in the rock work but i don’t have room so the only place I have for them is the sandbed :/
I have my MP40s and MP10s on 35% on ReefCrest mode during the majority of the day.
They have great extension but just not crazy spectacular motion as other reefers so I just wanted to know if this was healthy for them or if I should increase flow with an additional wave pump.

 

[MnFish1]

It depends on where the torches are relative to the flow. Most soft corals can happily thrive in higher flow. I have found more issues with LPS in low-flow tanks (especially if light is somewhat high). How do the corals look?

 

[OcellarisClown]

It depends on where the torches are relative to the flow. Most soft corals can happily thrive in higher flow. I have found more issues with LPS in low-flow tanks (especially if light is somewhat high). How do the corals look?

I have the MP40s on the far left side of the tank while the torches are located on the far right on the corner sand bed. So the wave current they’re getting isn’t direct but in-direct from the deflection of the glass on the far right.
My tanks mostly SPS dominated so I keep most of my pumps mid-high since I don’t want to stir up the sandbed too much.
The torches are fine and there’s no receding tissue! It’s just that they have full polyp extension (significant hyper-extended sweeper tentacles maybe due to lack of space or flow?) that’s kind of “flat” or “limp” if that makes sense?
Im just concerned if I point a wave pump directly at them that it’ll hurt the tissue, but if it’s recommended I’ll definitely try it.
Also I can put the torches and Euphyllia (hammers) closer together as long as the skeleton base aren’t touching right?

 

[MnFish1]

I have the MP40s on the far left side of the tank while the torches are located on the far right on the corner sand bed. So the wave current they’re getting isn’t direct but in-direct from the deflection of the glass on the far right.
My tanks mostly SPS dominated so I keep most of my pumps mid-high since I don’t want to stir up the sandbed too much.
The torches are fine and there’s no receding tissue! It’s just that they have full polyp extension (significant hyper-extended sweeper tentacles maybe due to lack of space or flow?) that’s kind of “flat” or “limp” if that makes sense?
Im just concerned if I point a wave pump directly at them that it’ll hurt the tissue, but if it’s recommended I’ll definitely try it.
Also I can put the torches and Euphyllia (hammers) closer together as long as the skeleton base aren’t touching right?

I believe so - I'm sure others will weigh in on the putting them closer together. my guess is that some / most will have no problems.

 

[Hooz]

I'm up to 6 different torches, 7 different hammers and 7 different frog/octospawn now. Hammers and frogspawn are OK together. Torches should only be near other torches. I literally just yesterday lost two heads of hammers because my frag rack was too close to the torch garden. I had 4 heads of new hammers on the rack while I was deciding where to put them and the 2 heads closest to the (NY Knicks) torch melted almost overnight.

The ONLY thing I can think of is coral warfare as the other 2 heads are perfectly happy, fully extended and looking great. I dipped/added them all at the same time, all were fully open and extended within an hour of adding them to the tank, and they all looked perfect for the first 2 days. Then, overnight, something happened and 2 of the 4 heads melted within 24 hours. No pests, no BJD, no parameter fluctuations.

I've found that with my hammers/frogs/octos/torches, they put out sweepers if the flow is too much. Torches like to get tossed around a bit, but they shouldn't be pinned to one side by the flow. Hammers like to "wiggle" in the flow (I know, such a good technical term :) ). Octos and frogs are somewhat in the middle. They like to wave around, but not as much as torches.

 

[MnFish1]

I'm up to 6 different torches, 7 different hammers and 7 different frog/octospawn now. Hammers and frogspawn are OK together. Torches should only be near other torches. I literally just yesterday lost two heads of hammers because my frag rack was too close to the torch garden. I had 4 heads of new hammers on the rack while I was deciding where to put them and the 2 heads closest to the (NY Knicks) torch melted almost overnight.

The ONLY thing I can think of is coral warfare as the other 2 heads are perfectly happy, fully extended and looking great. I dipped/added them all at the same time, all were fully open and extended within an hour of adding them to the tank, and they all looked perfect for the first 2 days. Then, overnight, something happened and 2 of the 4 heads melted within 24 hours. No pests, no BJD, no parameter fluctuations.

I've found that with my hammers/frogs/octos/torches, they put out sweepers if the flow is too much. Torches like to get tossed around a bit, but they shouldn't be pinned to one side by the flow. Hammers like to "wiggle" in the flow (I know, such a good technical term :) ). Octos and frogs are somewhat in the middle. They like to wave around, but not as much as torches.

I would consider the currents in the ocean and hoe they work - when trying to determine this. in fact the flow in tanks is probably 10 percent of the Flow in the ocean. I personally do not think you can state with certainty - what you are, Some corals get along others do not.