Fragging & Dipping my *Holy Grail* Torch Coral

[@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!

[@Pt0wN973b0iI]

7:53 THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!

[@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

[@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!

[@nicolesworld6751]

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

[@mark2goal]

RIP bro i really loved ur vids

[@peakhunterr]

Those flatworms loving that euphyllia dominated tank :)

[@willdanielak4701]

That euphyllia is loving that flatworm dominated tank😂

[@AndyMahnFL411]

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

[@ReefCloverson]

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

[@biggiejohn3360]

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

[@zakarymcleod1850]

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

[@Danes_Aquarium]

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

[@pauldeacon8764]

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

[@artofwar-3263]

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

[@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 🤟

[@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.

[@oceanwaves.breezes]

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

[@Falteredsoul]

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

[@raf444]

what if you dosed Revive directly in the tank to get rid of them on all corals? would it create problems with the other livestock?

[@kernalbert4939]

YES! The dip is a dip. That means prolonged exposure will harm your corals and other livestock.

[@NextGenFinance3]

Love the flatworm dominant reef tank :p

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

technically it's a BACTERIA dominated aquarium ;-)

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@DeIicateFynn]

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

[@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. 🙃

[@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 😀👍🏻

[@MrYoann2792]

Merci pour le partage jake 💪👍

[@fishingmontana1564]

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

[@ludokerfluffle6232]

At this point would you dip the whole tank?

[@Arithorath]

Great video!

[@carlosfuentes5025]

oh boy, that was a freaking legion !! 😯

[@mxr248]

What lighting are you using?

[@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.

[@slirpslirp]

where did the aussie gold torch go ?

[@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

[@manuelrojas9610]

Really like your videos, thanks for the info Bro!

[@eetsmark]

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

[@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

[@RGMLLC]

What do you use to wet the band saw

[@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

[@salvadorlagos9575]

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

[@tehpunisher4568]

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

[@Ryan-hw7ow]

0:10 what kind of hammer is this????

[@almiller4228]

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

[@richardkim1981]

Nice little 6 line wrasse would love that flat worn buffet

[@laxfrags9635]

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

[@scottyjackson6665]

Like Christmas brown snow globe of flatworms LOL

[@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 👍

[@chamoyuan24]

what type brand of glue did u used ?

[@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

[@vichillebrand9990]

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

[@nathangiffin5421]

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

[@andreasiciliano3935]

Wow.. spettacolo di euphillia 🙋‍♂️bye from italy

[@bluereef9530]

Really starting to like euphyllia. Thats a beautiful tank.

[@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!

[@christopherdebari1166]

that orange hammer!

[@josefgershman515]

Having that many flatworms on the holly grail would they not have spread to the other euphyllia in the tank? I would think the tank is full of them.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Some corals have a few and some have none, not quite sure what encourages the FW to target certain corals and avoid others

[@josefgershman515]

Thanks.. I have a small euphyllia garden, am going to try your process with one and if it has any I’ll do them all. Love your videos always learn a ton!!

[@familiacasaclang9198]

hey what is your setting for the HYDRA 64? thanks

[@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?

[@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.

[@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

[@vadius55]

Спасибо за видос 👍

[@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

[@WB25Penn]

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

[@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

[@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!!!

[@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.

[@malachispetlaboratory]

Great video

[@TheJwebb91]

I see the Colorado shirt, is there a store front in Colorado?

[@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

[@AbbasReef]

would wrasse fish help with the flat worm ?

[@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?

[@ro19978]

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

[@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

[@yaro231]

what glue is that?

[@johnhondros9158]

Hey Jake what is that fuzzy orange club shaped coral above that torch?! Some kinda orange Digi? Love it in that tank

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Pavona madlivensis

[@johnhondros9158]

Love it, gonna have to track one down. Thanks man and great Video as always brotha!

[@benjaminm6055]

Hey, whats the dimensions of this tank ?

[@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

[@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

[@nicolesworld6751]

Do you think there a lot of red bugs in the other corals in that tank.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

nope

[@febriyanramjani1395]

Hi, how to increase gold torch coloration?

[@dm6840]

I would love to have one of those

[@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

[@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

[@mudmonkeyatvs]

I’ve been worrying about flatworms in my tank for months... to just watch you see them so casually lol 🤣FML. I guess they aren’t harmful?

[@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

[@ctheonbethui]

What bandsaw is that?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Gryphon

[@einsteindrieu]

That was cool !

[@bullhippo9023]

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

[@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

[@vittorioderosa6147]

At minute 1.30 What light do You use? Size tank?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIDdhp2ZatOgaKc

[@3ktor123]

Is this red flat worm?

[@ttspeedster8930]

😎💯👍🏾🔥.......awesome looking tanks

[@MrMushroomish]

Very cool video, keep it up XD

[@msgrass198]

Do you want to sell any of your HG torches?

[@BurntSquirrel]

wow that tank probably has 100,000 flatworms in it

[@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