Daveluce Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I've never seen one, or heard of one. This was posted on fb by my favorite, highly regarded coral store. It looks..... Brown to me. Link to comment
RollaJase Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Looks like an aussie gold torch to me, some are known to have neon green around the mouth. There is also a variant that they call a 'tiger torch' which is gold but has horizontal stripes running up the tantacles. Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 There has been an influx of slight variations to gold torches lately. Most look pretty sweet, but I get the feeling that we will be hard pressed to keep the colors in our tanks that they have when they first come in. I could be wrong though The one in the picture is nice, I wouldn't hesitate to buy it if i were in the market for a gold torch. Idk, about it being a"rainbow" though. Link to comment
Psychosis Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I know "rainbow" will up the price about 30%, though. Still, nice looking Torch imo. Link to comment
Daveluce Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 75$ a head. Seems a bit high Link to comment
RollaJase Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 My brown torch never looked like that, definitely had the green mouth though. Then again that photo has obviously been manipulated to some degree so you never know, the one downside of shopping online I guess (that and having to wait for the goodies to arrive), Link to comment
Daveluce Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 How about this "tck blow torch" for 200 a head? Link to comment
supernip Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 maybe you should just view life through your iPhone's instagram filters, I bet you your torch will look just as brown. Link to comment
RollaJase Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 maybe you should just view life through your iPhone's instagram filters, I bet you your torch will look just as brown. My only issue with that statement is the iPhone . But yes you are right, it is most likely a brown torch, the photo just looks very similar to how I see gold torches over here (in holding tanks with 100% actinic light). Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Photo shop rocks Those aren't shopped. That's pretty much what they look like. Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 This is just like those "bright orange/ rainbow hammers" lol Just call it a gold torch, I'll pay for that Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I'm with you on 90% of "orange" hammers. However, they definitely do exist. I've had a couple that are in arguably orange, bright orange. They don't come around often though. Link to comment
jack1978 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I'm with you on 90% of "orange" hammers. However, they definitely do exist. I've had a couple that are in arguably orange, bright orange. They don't come around often though. Yep....and I want the next one you get. Link to comment
hey Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I'm with you on 90% of "orange" hammers. However, they definitely do exist. I've had a couple that are in arguably orange, bright orange. They don't come around often though. A few sites I have been to recently seem to like to say they have pink/orange frogspawns. They have always been regular light green/pink tips under crazy actinic and blues. Some corals I would just never buy based on a picture. Link to comment
sangheili Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I saw some Gold Aussie torches in a store in LA a couple weeks ago. They were certainly not brown. Absolutely stunning looking coral if you find a good specimen. Believe the hype. Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 A few sites I have been to recently seem to like to say they have pink/orange frogspawns. They have always been regular light green/pink tips under crazy actinic and blues. Some corals I would just never buy based on a picture. Each case is different from one vendor to the next. Just make sure you find one with a good track record and you really don't have anything to worry about. I saw some Gold Aussie torches in a store in LA a couple weeks ago. They were certainly not brown. Absolutely stunning looking coral if you find a good specimen. Believe the hype. Yeah, some gold torches are nicer than others. I've received some that were drool worthy and others that wouldn't warrant a second look (as far as gold's are concerned anyway). Link to comment
Daveluce Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 I'm gonna stop in tomorrow and have a look. I will report my findings Link to comment
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