Fragging & Dipping my *Holy Grail* Torch Coral

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[@Utubereefer]

Those euphyllia really love that flatworm tank!

[@topdownunder824]

Looool

[@smokeandkippers]

Hahahaa perfect

[@chameleoncool]

Bro💀

[@shipmate3577]

ROFLMAO!

[@borinvlogs]

miss this guys video. rip. anyone reading this comment ..don't forget to enjoy your life and spend time with your favourite people while you can.

[@davestephens9463]

Omg I didn’t know he passed??

[@customhookah7489]

Agreed

[@lackofficial126]

He died?

[@cody-zo6]

Miss you everyday Jake!

[@AndyMahnFL411]

You know you're a reefer when... you have a kessil as a bench lamp.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

We know there isn't a total agreement on what a *Holy Grail* torch coral is, some might call this strain a *Dragon Soul* but that's the trouble with trade names. The only *REAL* name for this coral is Euphyllia glabrescens. You can buy Revive from our North American Retail Partner Premium Aquatics: premiumaquatics.com/products/fishies-revive-coral-cleaner-168oz-500ml.html

[@cd_scapes9804]

But if you only care about the REAL name, why even mention the trade names or that it was a "holy grail" to me it should be called the Holy flatworm hammer

[@justinlok8510]

Holy Grail and Dragon Soul are quite different.

[@Anthony-rl4ok]

You literally have an article on dragon souls

[@trvshort22]

@@justinlok8510 like an $800 difference and colors

[@TheReefCloverson]

I can’t imagine how great that torch must’ve felt after getting all those flatworms off

[@buttercups6975]

ohhh mannn.. i dont even want to think about it

[@jolenegovender754]

9

[@Danes_Aquarium]

Just only two corals that live in so many flatworms. I cannot imagine that how many flatworm are there in your tank.

[@mark2goal]

RIP bro i really loved ur vids

[@EvilSage42]

This answered a lot of questions for me, I've never set up a tank before so I didn't know how to attach coral, what or how dipping was and I was always curious as well how long they can stay out of water. thank you for this!

[@biggiejohn3360]

if thats whats on just 1 coral, imagine whats hiding in the rest of the tank

[@nicolesworld6751]

Wow, amazing to see so many come off when you dip. Great video

[@peakhunterr]

Those flatworms loving that euphyllia dominated tank :)

[@willdanielak4701]

That euphyllia is loving that flatworm dominated tank😂

[@Punisher32144]

RIP MY BROTHER WE LOVE YOU I STARTED THE FISH HOBBY BECAUSE OF YOU THANK YOU SOO MUCH MAY YOUR SOUL RIP BROTHER

[@davestephens9463]

He passed away????

[@Crybaby-Media]

@@davestephens9463yes in 2022

[@texandealfinder]

oh wow! well, RIP and his work obviously lives on because im here in 2024 learning away@@Crybaby-Media

[@zakarymcleod1850]

If you added a 6 lined wrasse, he would have been the happiest and best fed wrasse ever.

[@JustMyFish]

That was great thanks so much so many flatworms. I wasn’t expecting that made me think maybe I need to do a dip. It’s been just over 8 months since I added my corals 😀👍🏻

[@pauldeacon8764]

Hi Jake! great video, there were certainly a lot of flat worms! 😀👍

[@oceanwaves.breezes]

LOVE LOVE LOVE your videos man keep up the awesome work 👍

[@Pt0wN973b0iI]

7:53 THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!

[@artofwar-3263]

VERY NICE !!!! Got my T-shirt in the mail yesterday looking FRESH 👌

[@jlmillc]

Awesome video! Love the torch but i'm still obsessed with your stripped candy canes! I'd love to find a frag of those one day.

[@Punisher32144]

This is excellent I have 2 torch corals which open through out the whole day and out the blue they close up n I noticed some black dots on the corals so I’m thinking it could be flat worms but I will try the coral revive thank you

[@Messier87_M87]

For me it's so gratifying watching you frag coral, especially watching those flat worms falling off. Think i might be a little weird. 🙃

[@Falteredsoul]

You should make a Playlist of your music! I'm always trying to find out what the songs are in your intros.

[@Arithorath]

Great video!

[@TomSerious]

Just as a tip to look into, I think I had the same flatworms and I got rid of them with Tropic Marins "ELIMI-PHOS RAPID" It's for rapid PO4 reduction (Lanthanum based), but somehow kills flatworms too 👍

[@laxfrags9635]

I just got the brightwell aquatics coral amino too, super excited to see the growth

[@REEFEXCLUSIVE]

Hello, friend! you're cool! you motivated me to create my own channel! i also started to study corals and shoot! I did it! thank you and good luck in all your endeavors!

[@manuelrojas9610]

Really like your videos, thanks for the info Bro!

[@karennation3580]

WOW! So easy to frag! Will it work if i try to get a clean flat surface to adhere without a band saw?

[@MrYoann2792]

Merci pour le partage jake 💪👍

[@fishingmontana1564]

Omg I love that tank this is what I have in mind rip Jake

[@trureef2319]

We can only imagine how many flatworms are actually in the tank wow. That orange hammer up front would be my show piece that thing is amazing. U might be surprised at how much more those torches open. Can’t wait to see

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

You'd be surprised, I've dipped others and had virtually none come off, and some that have had them bad seem to shake them off after a nice thorough dip for years

[@carlosfuentes5025]

oh boy, that was a freaking legion !! 😯

[@malachispetlaboratory]

Great video

[@MrReedMiester]

Nice video! I'm super excited for the Nano reef 1 year update too. I'm planning a tank and showed my wife the nano build and said "mmm, I want that!" Quick question: would you recommend any inverts/fish to help with taking out those flatworms?

[@madshepsreef282]

Man that was crazy flat worm family

[@bluereef9530]

Really starting to like euphyllia. Thats a beautiful tank.

[@eetsmark]

That's two years of growth from a single head?! W O W

[@itiswhatitis9139]

Love the flatworm dominant reef tank :p

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

technically it's a BACTERIA dominated aquarium ;-)

[@almiller4228]

Wow, that is totally beautiful..could you please tell me what live rock that is in that tank and where to get it?!

[@Coralhead_]

Heyho, Elimi Phos Rapid from Tropic Marin is intended to reduce Phos and it does but the positiv other effect it has is that it kills the normal flatworms in the tank.

[@andreasiciliano3935]

Wow.. spettacolo di euphillia 🙋‍♂️bye from italy

[@DeIicateFynn]

Omg! I love that orange hammer coral! What is that? I would love one of those.

[@salvadorlagos9575]

Great video! How many liters does that tank hold? looks awesome!

[@einsteindrieu]

That was cool !

[@MrMushroomish]

Very cool video, keep it up XD

[@don_chuwish]

I've recently had to frag hammer and frogspawn because they were getting so large they were shading themselves and each other. Now I have a tank full of frags that need new homes.

[@nathangiffin5421]

Jake, what saw do you use for making the flat cuts, also were you spraying rodi water or saltwater?

[@soestkeee]

Hi. 15:43 what kind of action do we see in the video that you suddenly highlight the warm colors? Digital Orange Filter? 😄 Thanks 🤟

[@calli_3]

Nice!! Kevin gets a coral!! That’s basically what happens with my pay check too. ;-)

[@david2k777]

anyone else start itching watching this?

[@richardkim1981]

Nice little 6 line wrasse would love that flat worn buffet

[@vichillebrand9990]

Can one use a Dremel tool to cut instead of band saw.

[@RGMLLC]

What do you use to wet the band saw

[@scottyjackson6665]

Like Christmas brown snow globe of flatworms LOL

[@familiacasaclang9198]

hey what is your setting for the HYDRA 64? thanks

[@dm6840]

I would love to have one of those

[@ludokerfluffle6232]

At this point would you dip the whole tank?

[@tehpunisher4568]

I saw the camera turn on the orange filter. What did you use for that?

[@4SunnyinMiami2]

This is exactly what I have in my aquarium. The flatworms look like shingles on my rocks. I keep pulling hundreds out with a target feeder. I have had to dip my torch coral since it was kind of sad looking. It's been a week now and I see it a little better🙏. I don't want to use anything to dose my aquarium for flat worms and I am currently looking for rigid tubing to attach hose to suck them out.

[@davestephens9463]

There’s some kind of fish that eat flat worms but I can’t remember what it is

[@slirpslirp]

where did the aussie gold torch go ?

[@bullhippo9023]

If you see Blood , stop! It is not the coral...😂

[@migston]

Oh boy someone referred to a coralite as a "head" in this one. "... A what?" 😆

[@chamoyuan24]

what type brand of glue did u used ?

[@zafishguy5166]

Flatworms and asterina stars are so often the stuff that pops off when dipped. I kind of don't mind Asteria stars however.

[@nosumpreefing8287]

Do you recommend separating torches and hammers? I have two close in proximity but wondering if they can coexist

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

torches are the only Euphyllia and all others are Fimbriaphyllia, if they grow together it seems ok but the only time problems arise is when you put a big fat healthy torch next to smaller, weaker Euphyllias

[@febriyanramjani1395]

Hi, how to increase gold torch coloration?

[@mxr248]

What lighting are you using?

[@provit2258]

How often can I dip my corals? I'm trying to get rid of all my flat worms since I have a relatively small tank with 2 corals

[@dawnlowry3279]

Lovely tank. How much flow do you have in this? What type I’m having a hard time knowing how much is enough for lps and sps etc. I know there’s general turn over times but it’s looks like pretty low flow in this tank. Tank size and setting etc? Thank you

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

this should help kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2etiGmXnad8pM0

[@marcgamelin2514]

Seeing as through it appears that there is an infestation of flat worms in that system, doesn't it seem like dipping individual corals is a loosing battle? Aside from a wrasse, what other methods would you use to treat the whole tank? Thanks and I greatly appreciate your content...Cheers from Canada

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

if it was a chronic problem I'd certainly be worried and would have done something to completely eradicate them but since it's not, I just keep an eye the corals.

[@johnkidd3975]

Hey Marc, hi from Halifax. My LFS recommends the Springers damsel a.k.a. Blue Sapphire Damsel as a good utility fish to combat flatworms. Do some research on it, keep in mind they can be territorial and have a small area that they will patrol. For a larger tank you would add them for based on how large this area is. My tank is an 80 gal corner tank and I have one, probably should have two as one half of the tank is not being patrolled.

[@UTUBESTEVED]

@@ReefBuildersVideo you wouldn’t call that amount of flat worms chronic ?

[@CandyCoralAquatics]

That tank needs a dose of flatworm X

[@CD-ol7xi]

Flatworm X can crash tanks. Get a wrasse damsel.

[@jamelmanning4462]

That whole tank has them

[@MrAirtaz]

Once you glue them to the main rock, how do you frag or remove them later to dip?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

just pull them off and reglue, like I did with the starting torch colony

[@ro19978]

That orange hammer is insane! Is that a wall or branching type?

[@jesse4r5]

Hey Jake. I have been living with those flatworms for 15 years. I have had 100% success rate with melanarus wrasse (3 different specimens) eating these guys. They will never be all gone but their population will decrease by 90%. No luck with sixline wrasse at all. Good luck.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

thanks for the tip, I'll look into adding a Halichoeres sp. wrasse to this tank for general maintenance

[@jesse4r5]

@@ReefBuildersVideo I hope it helps. I have not had any of the other varieties of Halichoeres, just Halichoeres melanurus. Mileage may vary with other species. Good luck! Oh, by the way, I am not a wrasse guy either but these dudes pull their weight!

[@jesse4r5]

@@ReefBuildersVideo did you end up with a melanarus wrasse to decimate the flatworms?

[@HerbysReef]

Are those red planaria? Or a different kind of flatworm? Thanks, great video

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

just generic, non-destructive FW so not coral-eating and not reds

[@bestvariety81]

Omg a lot to dip ... i hope you get rid of it 🤞 Greetings Pat

[@fuchsbauriff8641]

i did my Flatworm treatment with ElimiPhos rapid, in my 1000 Liter Tank i´v dosed 3 times 10 ml and the Flatworms did disapeer

[@vadius55]

Спасибо за видос 👍

[@ThebladeTechUk]

Anybody else cringing at how close his hands were to that saw 🤣

[@sareefing1563]

How did you identify that the coral contained those flatworm initially?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Knowing they are there, and you can see them if you look closely on the tentacles, or the base when polyps are retracted at night

[@Caprieye789]

wow I could probably pay off my student loans with his tanks lmao

[@imsatanscott]

I had a full 3 month war with flatworms and thought it was bad and time to shut down. FlatwormExit was the final solution. It killed my starfishes but I cant believe you have soooo many

[@markmecklenborg5842]

What light do you have on those tanks. And second don't you keep any wrasse or gobies to take care of the flat worms. Thanks

[@marsaquariums8843]

those are the same that was killing my torch oh man goose bumps

[@reefing9889]

wow holy worms!!!

[@ttspeedster8930]

😎💯👍🏾🔥.......awesome looking tanks

[@BurntSquirrel]

wow that tank probably has 100,000 flatworms in it

[@flippersreef]

WOW!

[@acf951]

Also look for eggs under the membrane and scrape them off. Dips won’t affect the eggs.

[@crazysithslave]

Great video, loved seeing the cleaning process, Sorry I may have missed it,but can you now feed those worms to any of you fish?

[@jdamommio]

Not without reintroducing pest flatworms...

[@yaro231]

what glue is that?

[@RGMLLC]

I know this doesn’t pertain to this vid but I have. A toadstool and I took it off my the frag plug i brought it with and glued it to a new one will it be okay

[@benjaminm6055]

Hey, whats the dimensions of this tank ?

[@atfinthehouse8631]

Should you use a series of dips. Rinse, blow off, repeat until you have spent 1-2 minutes x 3 or 4 fresh dips in sequence. Shouldn’t you now dip, all the euphyllia?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Nah I'm not that worried about it, corals are growing fast enough

[@edbleka8139]

Great video!! What do you feed euphyllia corals?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

they grow fast enough I don't feed them anything specific, but broadcast feed the whole tank a gumbo of Reef Roids and Reef Blizzard

[@edbleka8139]

@@ReefBuildersVideo thanks again. Have a Happy Holiday!!!

[@cramerox]

Does the revive dip need to be rinsed off the coral before it’s put back into the tank?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

doesn't hurt, especially if you have a smaller tank

[@Shasha2322]

Okay so should I be dipping my gold hammer often or due to it being grown in someone’s tank not so worried ? I’m doing much research.

[@Mike__B]

Wow, that's kind of scary to see that many flatworms pop off, even if they are benign. There has to be natural ways to deal with that as I can't imagine removing corals for dipping is in any way practical for most people. That said, Revive always reminded me of PineSol, now I know why!... not that I'd ever dip my corals in Pine Sol :D

[@Florida_man420]

Some fish eat them like a yellow wrasse

[@raygiannamore]

Good video Jake. Is the bandsaw a must? Is there another way to get a straight cut.

[@MrReedMiester]

Some people use a dremmel with a cutting attachment

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Dremel with diamond wheel