Trachyphullia Happy?

Takashix2 · Apr 25, 2023

Can anyone advise me if this Trachy is looking happy? I've tried looking up pictures online and most show them a little scrunched up like a hair scrunchy. But my Trachy is very big, wide and puffy.

It also seems to have become host to a pair of clowns who actually sleep on it.

yanetterer · Apr 25, 2023

It is hard to see much detail under heavy blue light, but yours looks fine to me. The “scrunched” appearance that you are talking about is likely just the shape/size of the trachy.

You may want to keep an eye on the clowns to make sure they don’t cuddle it to death. I lost one because of that, but my clown was nearly the same size as the trachy so that may have played a role. I had a trachy that was larger than the clowns and didn’t have that issue so hopefully you will be fine too.

homer1475 · Apr 25, 2023

Agree with the above. Looks fine to me, but very hard to see any detail in all the blue light. The scrunched appearance on one side, again is just the normal shape of a trachy.

Takashix2 · Apr 25, 2023

Here are some updated pictures under full light.

Edit - additional info on numbers

Api liquid
pH 8.0
Nitrite 2.0
Ammonia 0.5
Nitrate 20

Hanna HI758 Marine Calcium 492ppm
Hanna HI772 Marine Alkalinity 11.0 DKH
Hanna HI784 Ammonia NH3 0.033ppm NH4 0.57ppm
Hanna HI774 Marine Phosphate Ultra Low Range 0.9ppm

This tank is just over 6 months but I def need to work on these numbers. Last feeding was a pinch of pellets 6 hours ago.

Thanks for the replies.

homer1475 · Apr 25, 2023

Looks absolutely happy to me.

Again the folded shape is just their natural shape.

homer1475 · Apr 25, 2023

Mine actually grew a barnacle right in it's fold. Eventually the barnacle died, but it caused the polyp to split into 2 perfectly shaped circle polyps. It is now missing it "fold", but I have 2 trachys on one skeleton.

It's just as puffy as yours, and always has been.

Older dirty glass pic, but you can see the 2 different heads, and how puffy they are: