🐅🖤 Obsidian Fang Torch
Euphyllia glabrescens (Tiger Fusion – Gold with Black Dots Morph)
Quick Stats
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Care Level: Moderate
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Temperament: Aggressive (long sweeper tentacles)
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Colour Form: Brilliant golden tentacles streaked and speckled with jet-black spots, creating a fierce "tiger fang" appearance. The contrast becomes even more dramatic under actinic or hybrid LED lighting, giving the coral a molten-metallic look.
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Water Conditions: 24–27 °C, dKH 8–11, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
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Family: Euphylliidae
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Lighting: Moderate to high
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Supplements: Calcium, Magnesium, Trace Elements
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Water Flow: Moderate, indirect and random
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Placement: Mid to lower reef zones, spaced well from neighbours
🧬 Overview
The Obsidian Fang Torch is a premium Tiger Torch morph, characterised by golden tentacles adorned with black speckling — a rare natural pattern that mimics obsidian stone breaking through lava. Its long, elegant polyps sway with predatory grace, bringing bold contrast and texture to any reef layout.
Highly sought-after for both its rarity and impact, this Euphyllia is a collector’s piece that commands attention while offering all the movement and glow that Torch corals are famous for.
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Photosynthetic but thrives with weekly supplemental feeding. Target-feed mysis shrimp, enriched brine, or reef-safe LPS pellets to support tissue health, growth, and colour intensity.
Ensure placement away from other corals — this variety has long sweeper tentacles that can sting and dominate nearby species. Avoid direct flow that could damage its delicate tissue or cause retraction.
📈 Optimal Parameters
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Alkalinity (dKH): 8–11
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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): 0.01–0.05 ppm
📍 Placement
Best placed in mid to lower reef zones, with enough space around it for full polyp extension. Moderate lighting will enhance the golden base, while blue-spectrum LEDs bring out the dramatic black accents. Provide indirect, variable flow to mimic natural surge conditions and allow the torch to move freely.
🐅🖤 Obsidian Fang Torch
A fusion of fire and shadow — rare, regal, and untamed.