🔹 Rasta Tip Torch Coral
Euphyllia glabrescens (Double Head – Multicolor Tips)
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Aggressive (long sweeper tentacles; provide sufficient spacing)
Colour Form: This ultra-rare morph features fluorescent golden-green tentacles capped with tricolor “Rasta” tips — a blend of red, yellow, and green fluorescence. Under actinic and blue-dominant lighting, the tips ignite like neon brushstrokes, creating a mesmerizing rainbow flame effect.
Water Conditions: 24–27 °C, dKH 8–12, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Euphylliidae
Lighting: Moderate to high (enhances multicolor tip fluorescence)
Supplements: Calcium, Magnesium, Trace Elements, Amino Acids
Water Flow: Moderate — promotes full extension and natural flame-like motion
Placement: Mid to lower reef levels
🧬 Overview
The Rasta Tip Torch Coral is one of the most vibrant Euphyllia morphs, prized for its multicolor tricolor tips that recall the vivid palette of Rasta hues. With two thriving heads, this coral is both a stunning showpiece and a fast-growing colony starter, making it a sought-after addition for advanced collectors seeking rare, high-contrast Euphyllia.
🍽️ Feeding & Care
While primarily photosynthetic, this torch coral thrives when target-fed with mysis, krill, or enriched brine 1–2 times weekly. Stable parameters and amino acid supplementation help maintain the rich tricolor pigmentation and promote further head splitting.
📈 Optimal Parameters
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Alkalinity (dKH): 8–12
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Calcium (Ca): 420–460 ppm
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Magnesium (Mg): 1250–1350 ppm
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Nitrate (NO₃): 2–10 ppm
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Phosphate (PO₄): 0.02–0.08 ppm
📍 Placement
Best placed in mid to lower reef zones with moderate flow. In actinic lighting, the tricolor “Rasta” tips blaze with neon intensity, creating a hypnotic flame effect against the golden-green tentacles.
📸 WYSIWYG Note
This coral is sold as WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). The exact double-head Rasta Tip Torch Coral photographed is the specimen you will receive.