Show us your trachyphyllia

[Instigate]

 

[DSC reef]

@Instigate That's a sweet rainbow trachyphillia.

 

[Dsnakes]

Alright...after looking through this thread, a trachy is now on my list. Do they have sweepers? Or just the short feeders when open.

 

[DSC reef]

Welcome to the club @Dsnakes Your officially cool;Stig lol. No sweepers, just feeding tentacles.

 

[Instigate]

@Instigate That's a sweet rainbow trachyphillia.

Thanks. I got pretty cheap I think too. $50

 

[Ryan115]

This is likely my favorite of all the corals I have had.
Sadly I lost it in a move and tank transfer years ago.

And under T5 actinic, I can only imagine what it would have looked like under LED.

 

[Vincent100]

Lfs has this (picture)
They want £135 for it ,think that works out around $ 145 $150 ...ish lol
It's big
Is that a good price or high
Picture doesn't do it Justice

 

[DSC reef]

It's nice for sure. Over here you'd see that go for 80-120 dollars so it's not to bad.

 

[nkyreef]

Heres ours. Reef nutrition oyster feast and reef roids get the tentacles out then LRS reef frenzy provides the meaty bits.

How the heck do you get it to look like this? I can dust the beejesus out of mine with reef roids and never see one tentacle. Awesome pic btw.

 

[Ryan115]

How the heck do you get it to look like this? I can dust the beejesus out of mine with reef roids and never see one tentacle. Awesome pic btw.

These guys like Rods Food...and maybe Cyclopeeze, I cant remember.

 

[DSC reef]

Honestly I just stay consistent with feedings. I can get it to throw tentacles out any time of day now. Lol. It's crazy. I make a mixture of oyster feast and reef roids. Sometimes I just feed the fish some pellets and it throws tentacles out. Thanks for the kind words.

 

[nkyreef]

These guys like Rods Food...and maybe Cyclopeeze, I cant remember.

Are there any major differences between foods? I do reef roids twice a week and reef frenzy probably 5 out 7 days. Never do I see this kind of response. I've skipped a week of water changes to let my nitrates increase. As of today nitrates are at 10 ppm. The response you get is still something that eludes me even a year into the hobby.

 

[3mm3]

 

[K. Steven]

Lfs has this (picture)
They want £135 for it ,think that works out around $ 145 $150 ...ish lol
It's big
Is that a good price or high
Picture doesn't do it Justice

I picked up one just like this the other day for $55, so depending on price inflation on coral in the U.K., that may be a decent price.

 

[K. Steven]

Are there any major differences between foods? I do reef roids twice a week and reef frenzy probably 5 out 7 days. Never do I see this kind of response. I've skipped a week of water changes to let my nitrates increase. As of today nitrates are at 10 ppm. The response you get is still something that eludes me even a year into the hobby.

I agree with @DSC reef about consistent feedings. I couldn't get mine to open up for a few weeks, but once it got accustomed to being fed 2-3 times a week, it opens up easily. I just throw some Coral Frenzy or PE pellets on it and it inflates and ingests them.

 

[K. Steven]

These guys like Rods Food...and maybe Cyclopeeze, I cant remember.

Wow, you still have Cyclopeeze? That's a precious commodity now. Hold on to it as long as possible.

 

[DSC reef]

Wow, you still have Cyclopeeze? That's a precious commodity now. Hold on to it as long as possible.

Been using calanus now, seems to work pretty decent, the fish love it.

 

[K. Steven]

Been using calanus now, seems to work pretty decent, the fish love it.

Calanus to stimulate a feeding response? Do they trap and ingest any of it in their mucus?

 

[DSC reef]

Just grabs what floats buy in his tentacles. I use the PE brand. The oyster feast and reef roids has shown the best feeding response though. It's cool to see the feeding development over the past months.

 

[WWIII]