🏀🔥 NY Knicks Torch (Fat Tentacle)
Euphyllia glabrescens
Quick Stats
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Care Level: Moderate
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Temperament: Aggressive
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Colour Form: Deep orange tentacles with vibrant blue-purple tips, extra thick/fat tentacle morph
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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, Amino Acids
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Water Flow: Moderate to Chaotic
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Placement: Bottom to Mid-Level
Overview
The NY Knicks Torch (Fat Tentacle) is a bold and muscular variant of Euphyllia glabrescens, showcasing vivid orange tentacles capped with punchy indigo-blue tips. The standout feature of this morph is its thicker-than-average tentacles, giving it a fuller, more dramatic appearance in motion.
A favourite among collectors and reef designers, this torch brings the energy of a New York basketball arena to your reef—bright, powerful, and unmissable.
Care & Feeding
This coral flourishes under stable reef conditions and responds well to moderate lighting and flow. Although primarily photosynthetic, it greatly benefits from target feeding with enriched plankton, fine meaty foods, or coral powders like reef roids. Regular feeding supports faster growth and colour saturation.
Give it generous space—its fat tentacles have strong stinging capacity and will defend their territory vigorously.
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): 1300–1400 ppm
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Nitrate (NO₃): 2–10 ppm
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Phosphate (PO₄): 0.01–0.05 ppm
Placement
Position the NY Knicks Torch in the lower to middle zones of your aquascape. Avoid direct high flow, but maintain enough turbulence to prevent detritus buildup and promote gentle tentacle sway. Keep well away from other corals to avoid stinging conflicts.
🏀💪 Thick Tentacles, Bold Statement
The NY Knicks Fat Tentacle Torch is for reef keepers who want more than just colour—they want presence. It's a living spectacle, combining powerful movement with fierce colour contrast, making it a prime-time player in any tank.