Frospawn/Torch/Hammer

[Gilbert]

For all the reefers that have frgspawn, torch, or hammer, under what condition do you keep it? (lighting, flow, distance from other corals).

My girlfriend had given me 2 frags of torch that a vendor had sold her even through she only had PC's, after about 2 weeks of the frags slowly dying in her tank she asked me to take them and try to revive them. they ended up dying but i think the high flow in my tank aided to their death. i really do think that they are nice looking corals and would like to try to keeps some in my tank. So if ya'll can please give some advice in maintaining that type of coral.

also this happened about 4 months ago, but with the vendor knowing my gf only had PC's was she suckered into buying a plate coral and torch???, where they doomed to die or can they live under PC's?

[R_S_C]

my fragspawn sits in a high light/mid flow area, my plates are usually anywhere from low-mid light and low-mid flow. i've kept both under PCs before. but are we talking 55 watts PC 24" away from them or 96 watt PC 6" away from them?

[tony]

same here, i had better luck with them at mid-low flow

plates should be really low flow

[technomex]

I have mine under low/med flow on a lower corner of my tank. The polyps move about gently. It gets a fair amout of light (3X250W DE-MH), but since it is low, it does not get nuked. Grows like a champ.

[jroescher]

I have Hammers under 250w MH's and medium flow. They are all growing really large.

[Aquapod24]

Hammer. 24gal tank, 70wMH, medium flow provided by return pump and tunze nanostream, does well high up or on the sand.....oh yeah distance is usually about 2 inches from everything else. I recently moved it to the sand bed and it is really close to some zoos. I haven's seen anything too bad but will move it a little next time I clean.