Torch Coral Identification Guide & Types

24K

Bright blue tips against rich golden tentacles create beautiful contrast. The 24k color pattern is found on a variety of torches. Tightly branching varieties often have intense color but can be more difficult to care for than the more widely spaced branch varieties.

Tip Color: Bright Blue

Tentacle Color: Gold

Mouth Area Color: Dark

Tentacle Pattern: None

Banana Torch / Banana Grail

Banana grail torches were originally called banana torches. As vendors started misapplying the name to banana to more varieties of torches some vendors started calling the original green yellow banana torch "banana grail" The original 2021 Banana torch had white / very light blue tips.

Tip Color: Blue / purple

Tentacle Color: Yellow

Mouth Area Color: Bright Green

Tentacle Pattern: None

Blue Tip Green

A common color combo but a great addition of color and movement. Often misidentified as Todd's torch but this specific lineage refers to an exceptionally long neon green tentacle torch. Any claims of true Todd's torches should be treated with a great deal of skepticism.

Tip Color: Blue

Tentacle Color: Green

Mouth Area Color: Green

Tentacle Pattern: None

Cotton Candy

Pink, Blue, and sometimes purple tips on green tentacles. Tips colors can change or appear different depending on aquarium conditions and especially lighting color.

Tip Color: Pink and Blue

Tentacle Color: Green

Mouth Area Color: Green

Tentacle Pattern: None

Dragon Soul

The name dragon soul gets applied to many variations of Indonesian torch coral but they share the common trait of purple tentacles featuring both gold and green coloration.

Tip Color: Blue / Teal / Green

Tentacle Color: Dark with gold and green accents

Mouth Area Color: Dark

Tentacle Pattern: None

Dragon Tamer

Similar to a dragon soul torch coral but with more green on the tentacles but not as much green as holy grail torch.

Tip Color: Blue

Tentacle Color: Gold, green, & purple

Mouth Area Color: Dark

Tentacle Pattern: None

Hellfire

Very Similar to a dragon soul but with more intense coloration and generally more gold. This name should be reserved for the brightest and most gold version of the dragon soul torch but is often misapplied to a large variety of gold torch corals or normal dragon soul torches.

Tip Color: Blue / teal

Tentacle Color: Gold, green, & purple

Mouth Area Color: Dark

Tentacle Pattern: None

Holy Grail

Holy grail torches all have gold and green tentacles and blue or purple tips. They vary quite a bit in the amount of gold on the tentacles. OG holy grail torches tend to have more gold while the variety mostly being imported today is neon green with relatively little gold coloration.

Tip Color: Bright blue or purple

Tentacle Color: Gold & neon green

Mouth Area Color: Neon green

Tentacle Pattern: None

Jester

Jester Torches have the same green mouth and purple and gold tentacles as New York Knicks torches. The difference is that NY Knicks have bright blue tips and Jesters have either light blue or teal tips.

Tip Color: Light blue or teal

Tentacle Color: Gold & purple

Mouth Area Color: Green

Tentacle Pattern: None

Joker

Although it goes by many names its always stunning with its pink tips, purple stems, and neon green mouth. Rare torch that comes from Indo, Malaysia, and Australia!

Tip Color: Pink

Tentacle Color: Purple

Mouth Area Color: Neon green

Tentacle Pattern: Usually None

Joker (OG Joker)

In the past this color variation was referred to as Joker instead of the current Joker which is pink tipped purple stemmed with green mouth. On the best colored OG Jokers the tip have incredible glow!

Tip Color: Green

Tentacle Color: Dark Purple

Mouth Area Color: Green

Tentacle Pattern: None

Master

Similar to a Holy Grail but with tip color of light blue or teal vs the Holy Grail Bright Blue or Purple. Master torches are either bright or dark green near the mouth and tentacle base.

Tip Color: Light blue or teal

Tentacle Color: Gold & green

Mouth Area Color: Green (often dark green)

Tentacle Pattern: None

NY Knicks

Gorgeous variety with bright blue tips vs the teal or light blue tips of the Jester Torch. Comes in a range of color intensities with some having much more gold tentacles or more green at the mouth.

Tip Color: Bright Blue

Tentacle Color: Gold & Purple

Mouth Area Color: Green

Tentacle Pattern: None

Rapunzel

Rapunzel Torches have pink tips otherwise they are colored like dragon tames. This isn't a very common torch variety.

Tip Color: Pink

Tentacle Color: Gold, green, and purple

Mouth Area Color: Dark

Tentacle Pattern: None

Rasta

Usually these come as tightly clustered heads from Australia. The larger easier to frag Indonesian variety often insn't as bright but grow faster and is easier to care for.

Tip Color: Yellow and green

Tentacle Color: Dark

Mouth Area Color: Dark

Tentacle Pattern: Snake skin or none

Reverse Holy Grail

Exceptional Bright! A tiger torch but with the bright colors of a holy grail torch coral.

Tip Color: Blue

Tentacle Color: Yellow and neon green

Mouth Area Color: Neon green

Tentacle Pattern: Lengthwise stripes

Sun God

Usually Malaysian in origin. Very intense gold tentacles especially on the shorter tentacle varieties.

Tip Color: Light blue or teal

Tentacle Color: Gold

Mouth Area Color: Dark

Tentacle Pattern: None

Tiger

Tiger Torches have unique stripes running the length of the tentacles and their gold coloration concentrates at the base of the tentacles vs at tips like other torch corals.

Tip Color: Blue or Teal

Tentacle Color: Green, Purple, or Teal

Mouth Area Color: Gold, Green, or Purple

Tentacle Pattern: Lengthwise Stripes

Tiger Knicks

The Tiger Knicks torch coral started appearing in 2025. It has a uncommon copper gold color vs the standard gold color found on most torches. The mouth stripes are usually more visible on these torches than other torches.

Tip Color: Bright Blue

Tentacle Color: Copper & Purple

Mouth Area Color: Neon Green

Tentacle Pattern: None

Torch Of The Gods / God Torch

Incredibly bright Malaysian torch. Imported mostly 2018-2022. Lucky Corals was the first retailer with this coral back in 2018!

Tip Color: Blue / Teal

Tentacle Color: Gold with an orange tint

Mouth Area Color: Dark

Tentacle Pattern: None