🟢🌑 Venom Tip Torch
Euphyllia glabrescens (Dark Brown with Bright Green Tips)
Quick Stats
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Care Level: Moderate
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Temperament: Aggressive (long sweeper tentacles)
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Colour Form: Long, flowing tentacles in deep chocolate brown ending in intense neon green tips — a striking, high-contrast look that pulses with energy under actinic or blue-dominant reef lighting.
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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 variable
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Placement: Mid to lower zones, with clear space around
🧬 Overview
The Venom Tip Torch is a bold and dynamic Euphyllia glabrescens morph known for its electric green tips contrasted by rich dark brown tentacles. This classic-yet-powerful colour combination makes it an ideal centrepiece — energetic yet elegant, with constant movement and vivid glow.
Perfect for reefers who appreciate classic torch behaviour but want something that stands out under both daylight and moonlight spectrums.
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Although photosynthetic, this torch responds well to supplemental feeding 1–2 times per week. Target-feed with mysis shrimp, reef roids, or enriched coral pellets to promote faster growth and stronger polyp extension.
Due to its long sweeper tentacles, keep it distanced from other corals to prevent aggression. Avoid direct flow that might stress or retract the tissue.
📈 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
Place in a mid to lower section of your reef tank with moderate lighting and alternating current. Blue-heavy spectrums will amplify the neon tips, giving the appearance of glowing sparks dancing at the end of each tentacle.
🟢🌑 Venom Tip Torch
Subtle shadow, electric bite — elegant, aggressive, and unmistakably alive.