Indo Purple Tiger Torch

About this coral

Indo Purple Tiger Torch is an LPS Euphyllia “torch” coral for reef aquariums—kept for its long, flowing tentacles and sturdy large-polyp form. In practice, it’s a great choice when you can provide moderate lighting and steady, non-blasting water movement, and when you can give it enough space for its extended sweeper tentacles so it won’t irritate neighboring corals. Group-level Euphyllia care is the right starting point even when color morph naming varies by seller.

Features:

• LPS torch-style Euphyllia build that typically responds well to stable, reef-like conditions.
• Moderate lighting with gradual acclimation; avoid sudden jumps in light intensity (supported guidance for Euphyllia).
• Medium flow/gentle-to-moderate flow helps maintain natural tentacle extension while reducing retraction.
• Needs open placement and spacing because long sweeper tentacles can reach and sting nearby corals (Euphyllia/torch guidance).
• Designed for aquarists who can maintain consistent parameters rather than chasing “instant fixes,” since Euphyllia do best with stability.
• Useful as a showpiece in a mixed reef where its movement and tentacles can be clearly displayed.

Specifications:

• Coral group (category): LPS Corals (Euphyllia / torch coral group guidance)
• Lighting (general guidance): Moderate light; PAR guidance reported as ~75–175 (torch/Euphyllia care guides).
• Water flow (general guidance): Gentle-to-medium flow (torch/Euphyllia care guides).
• Temperature: ~24–26 °C (torch/Euphyllia care guide).
• Salinity: ~1.024–1.026 specific gravity (torch/Euphyllia care guide).
• pH: ~8.1–8.4 (torch/Euphyllia care guide).
• Alkalinity (dKH): ~8–11 dKH (torch/Euphyllia care guide).
• Calcium: ~400–450 ppm (torch/Euphyllia care guide).
• Magnesium: ~1250–1350 ppm (torch/Euphyllia care guide).