Torch having baby's!!!

[HydroJ]

I saw my torch is spawning today, is there any advice to keep them alive? The photo is the current set up!

 

[bluemon]

Pretty much impossible.

They reproduce sexually by broadcasting sperm and egg, and they are pelagic as larvae before settling down.

Your filters will probably kill it even if it could be fertilized in the first place.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I know @gig 'em reared some, so maybe they’ll have some advice.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/c...orches-gauging-interest.980416/#post-11294780If not, putting them in a rearing tank with their preferred substrate, proper lighting, and proper flow would be my best guess:

In theory, yes - and I know a few anecdotes of torch corals spawning and growing out successfully in tanks (it's definitely not common though). Torch corals are thought to be hermaphroditic, self-fertile* brooders,** so rather than those being eggs released from that torch, each of those would be planula larvae (i.e. baby corals, rather than eggs). My understanding is that these, like most planktonic larvae in our tanks, are generally eaten or killed off/pulled out of tanks by our equipment (filters, skimmers, etc.), but if they can find somewhere safe that has proper substrate, flow, lighting, etc. then they'll survive.

If you can collect the larvae, then you can put them into grow-out tanks that you've prepared for them (which could raise your chances of success), but even then there's no guarantees of success in the rearing.

*Source:
https://museum.wa.gov.au/online-collections/names/Euphyllia-glabrescens**Source:
https://reefs.com/magazine/coral-re...modes-puberty-size-sex-ratios-and-life-spans/
Some more links that may help for anyone wanting to try rearing coral larvae:
https://reefresilience.wpengine.com...n-coral-spawning-research-larval-propagation/https://peerj.com/articles/3732/?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_campaign=PeerJ_TrendMD_1&utm_medium=TrendMDhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.918232/fullEdit: and a related post:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/breeding-new-coral-color-morphs.918241/#post-10313813

 

[HydroJ]

I know @gig 'em reared some, so maybe they’ll have some advice.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/c...orches-gauging-interest.980416/#post-11294780If not, putting them in a rearing tank with their preferred substrate, proper lighting, and proper flow would be my best guess:

Thank you for the info! I will look into it!

 

[gig 'em]

My tank is littered with baby torches and my neighbor has a ton in his frag tank. They don’t all get filtered out.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

This is not an emergency...

 

[HydroJ]

This is not an emergency...

Was trying to see if I could save some egg, cannot find enough information online…

 

[MsGrass]

Thank you for the info! I will look into it!

Hi. Do you still have spawned torches you’d sell?

 

[HydroJ]

Hi. Do you still have spawned torches you’d sell?

Sorry, I don’t have any to sell.