Trachyphllia

[ReeferHendrix]

Not a question but just want to see everyone’s awesome trachys! It’s my favorite coral so far just love all the cool patterns and color to them, also any special advice you have for them. Here my two I got 4months ago

 

[PeterB113]

Love my trachys too! Best advice I have is lover light and to feed them.

 

[ReeferHendrix]

Love my trachys too! Best advice I have is lover light and to feed them.

Those look great! Love that giant green one you got in the first two pics. I feed mine chopped mysis for the most part about twice a week and occasionally some reef roids. As for lighting there on the sandbed I have 2 ai primes for lighting so for they seem to be liking it I hope

 

[Stellar Aquatics]

 

[Stellar Aquatics]

 

[Kellie in CA]

They are totally getting too big for my tank. I may have to sell soon and start out with little ones again.

 

[Reefer45C]

Alright so what's the secret to keeping trachys super fat like these pictures you all are posting? I have one in my tank, one the sand bed in lower light mid flow and I feed it a combination of reef roids and frozen. My params are stable with ALK: 9 CA: 420 MG: 1350 PO4: .05-.08 NO3: 7-10ish... Mine seems like its always tighter to the skeleton, it does get puffy but not anything like these.

 

[Kellie in CA]

Do you feed directly or broadcast feed the whole tank? Mine like LPS pellets and meaty food and I give it to them a few times a week with long tweezers. The hardest thing for me is getting the flow right. Too much and they won't open fully or collapse on one side.

 

[Reefer45C]

Do you feed directly or broadcast feed the whole tank? Mine like LPS pellets and meaty food and I give it to them a few times a week with long tweezers. The hardest thing for me is getting the flow right. Too much and they won't open fully or collapse on one side.

I feed them directly.... What I typically do is get them to open up with some reef roids, then once I see them open I feed them frozen mysis or brine.

 

[ReeferHendrix]

Alright so what's the secret to keeping trachys super fat like these pictures you all are posting? I have one in my tank, one the sand bed in lower light mid flow and I feed it a combination of reef roids and frozen. My params are stable with ALK: 9 CA: 420 MG: 1350 PO4: .05-.08 NO3: 7-10ish... Mine seems like its always tighter to the skeleton, it does get puffy but not anything like these.

I keep mine in the bottom front corner we’re it gets the least amount of flow in the tank and feed chopped mysis, and reef roids when I feed the others, my clown also hosts in one and I always see him trying to give them mysis idk if that helps lol. Could be too much flow or light?

 

[Kellie in CA]

Also, I had a clownfish that I had to rehome because he would nip at one of my trachys causing it to shrink. It took me forever to figure out this was going on. I think he started relying on it as a place to steal food because it was so well fed. When there was no food he would get mad and nip at it. One time he ripped a hole in the flesh and I was done.

 

[MaxTremors]

I just have one tiny little baby one that I picked recently (my tank is only 28 gallons). But I think it’s cute. Photo doesn’t do it justice, it’s sort of peach/teal/yellow/green.