Hey guys I was wondering if anybody has had success keeping a trumpet coral closer to the lights . I have a trumpet that looks like it’s not too happy at the bottom hasn’t wanted to extend as much when I got it I check Params all other corals are doing good am I just having bad luck with trumpets ?
Alk : 10
Cal :420
Sal:1.025
Nitrates : 10
How new is this Trumpet (in your tank)?
Your parameters are fine, and they can adapter to almost any lighting and flow.
I had mine right under Metal Hailades lights and they grew like crazy.
If you want good advice, it would help to show a photo of your trumpet.
I recently got a bunch from someone tearing down his tank and he had low lighting. When they went into my 35 Gallon Holding tank, they all freaked and scrunched up.
I started with Medium Blue lighting and let them get used to the lower lighting levels and then slowly ramped up intensity. Took weeks but now there are fat and fluffy.
Photo above is month old. Now they are double fluffy Fat. Powerhead blowing directly on them.
One thing I noticed is the more green trumpets on the top right are a different species and they are not fluffing up as much as the classics in the middle of the photo. (Both started at the same time and pretty well the same lightings).
As far as flow they will handle pretty strong broad flow, I wouldn't be trying to find a low flow spot for yours.
The more your move around your trumpet affecting the lighting it gets the less happy it will be.
Certainly starting lower (ie lower lighting) is a good start, and only when it's happy move it up bit by bit till you get it to your target resting spot.
The way I judge my trumpet's health is to check on the trumpet after lights out. Once darkness sets in they should close up and extend their feeding tentacles. When they do that it means trumpet is happy and just adjusting to daytime lighting. As shown below. Same trumpets in photo above (but at dark time).
