Torch [Octo]

[Gaspipe]

I've had this octo for a few months now and the tentacles are only about 1" to 1.5".

Is this typical? I really love the look of long swaying tentacles. The powerhead is not blasting it. The only movement it gets is the flow bouncing off the wall, so it's indirect flow.

 

[dwest]

It looks healthy to me.

 

[Gaspipe]

It looks healthy to me.

He is.

Few weeks ago there was a "bubble" near the mouth. Someone remarked that it may be splitting, also a good sign.

I just wish the tentacles were longer and wondering if that comes with time or perhaps Octo don't have that reach.

 

[Joe31415]

That appears to frammer not a torch but regardless, it looks fine to me.

Having said that, it's considerably easier for us to see what's going on if you change your lights to all white while taking the picture. Or, what I find even easier, is to just point a bright flashlight at the tank. The flashlight should wash out the blue color.

 

[Joe31415]

Also, come to think of it, if I'm seeing it correctly and it is a frammer, that might be your issue. Torches get those long tentacles that wave in the flow. Frammer/Hammer/Octospawns don't tend to do that quite as much.

Look at the tentacles, do they end in a single round dot:
https://www.fantaseaaquariums.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/torch-coral-2.jpg
Or are they oblong/hammer shaped and sometimes more than one per tentacle?
https://reeffarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/frammer.jpgor
https://www.miarrecife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/d703c52c056bb3511d0253ae3e8d45fd.jpg

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Not a torch at all.This doesn't look anything like a frammer to me either. Looks like a standard blue on green frogspawn and the tentacle length plus inflation of them looks just fine.

 

[Gaspipe]

You are all correct I went to WWC site and confirmed what I ordered. This was back in October. So if I am to understand this correct, frogspawns reach is 1-2"?

WWC Bicolor Branching Frogspawn

 

[Gaspipe]

That first one is gorgeous!!

Mine is more like the 2nd. It's a frogspawn. For some reason I thought it was an Octo.

Also, come to think of it, if I'm seeing it correctly and it is a frammer, that might be your issue. Torches get those long tentacles that wave in the flow. Frammer/Hammer/Octospawns don't tend to do that quite as much.

Look at the tentacles, do they end in a single round dot:
https://www.fantaseaaquariums.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/torch-coral-2.jpg
Or are they oblong/hammer shaped and sometimes more than one per tentacle?
https://reeffarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/frammer.jpgor
https://www.miarrecife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/d703c52c056bb3511d0253ae3e8d45fd.jpg

 

[ReeferHD]

it's a frogspawn, looks very healthy but the tentacles are small most likely due to the head of the coral being small/young, it should grow larger tentacles with time.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Also, come to think of it, if I'm seeing it correctly and it is a frammer, that might be your issue. Torches get those long tentacles that wave in the flow. Frammer/Hammer/Octospawns don't tend to do that quite as much.

Look at the tentacles, do they end in a single round dot:
https://www.fantaseaaquariums.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/torch-coral-2.jpg
Or are they oblong/hammer shaped and sometimes more than one per tentacle?
https://reeffarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/frammer.jpgor
https://www.miarrecife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/d703c52c056bb3511d0253ae3e8d45fd.jpg

The OP's coral is definitely not a frammer. It's a regular frogspawn and appears healthy.