I have the same aussie gold, blue tip and stubby tentacles, about a year ago is started to melt on me. It was a 2 1/2 heaf torch. I took dioped it in iodine and thankfully the melting stopped. I managed to save 1 1/2 heads. 1 year later ots goi g strong hasnt split or anything, still hanging in there.There is a couple different types of aussie "gold" torches. I have had 2 of them. The teal tip looks more like what your describing, the ultra which is the known melter is gold tentacle with blue tips and stubby. I have seen ultras without all gold tentacles but rather have gold striations which I had one for 4 months and poof in 3 days it was gone. I have spoken to at least 7 different people who sell corals for a living and they all knew about issues with aussie golds melting and most of them stayed away from buying any. There's also a longer tentacle Aussie gold that is real nice looking I have seen them with a purplish tip, could be lights affecting tip color, to blue tip. I know lights play a big role in how a camera picks up the colors in a torches tips. The first picture is the Aussie gold melter second is a 5 very large headed colony of golds. They were in the tank together. No other coral died when the gold melted and I have no known or provable reason as to why it did melt.
Who did you get this from I want one.Slowly getting my collection to your level hahaha picked up a 24k hg from a member here this place is very addictive haha
Its a coral cruz, not sure if he's taking orders
I want so many of your torches HAHAHAHAI’ll trade your a $100 mushroom for a $40 torch.
Thanks man....if you have Facebook I highly suggest you join the “Euphyllia Freaks“ group. Beware....there is no turning back!
They seem to irritate alot of stuff, but nothing too extreme. I'm more concerned about keeping the large anemone, at the right, away from the torches. He's a killer.
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