trachphyllia

[morgan]

i am looking at setting up a tank wich will be heavly trachy populated most will be mounted on the rocks which should be a nice look i will also be keeping a euphyllia glabrescens an a euphyllia ancora a couple of disomorphs and 2 or 3 softies i was thinking of running this tank with 4 fluros
the tank has been running for 10 months its a 3 foot system 165L quiet a bit of live rock
it currently has a 2, 3foot fluros i have a couple of discs 2 bta a sand anenome and 3 local anenomes which are so hardy its not funny
with 4 flruos will i just be keeping these corals alive or will they be growing and not recceeding

 

[redrooster]

I'm assuming they are going to be 40W bulbs?? If that is the case then you are looking at 160W total on a 55 gal tank or 3W per gal. This should be enought to keep them alive if you put them in the higher portions of you tank depending on height. (How tall is the tank) This honestly might not even be enought for long term survival let alone growth. This would be a pretty good set up for the softies though.

 

[morgan]

i kept 4 trachys under 4 fluros and there also still alive now sumtimes i thought they prefered the fluros i also had a nice euphyllia which died from high nitrates and hair algea
the bulbs will be 2 30s and 2 36s
softys is possible

 

[Anthony Calfo]

Trachyphyllia rarely occur on rocks and will suffer in time (years) if kept so (albeit months/years of slow duress)

If your specimens have a conical skeleton base... they came from sand and really must be placed in soft substrates for optimal feeding and tissue health.

 

[redrooster]

This is a tryachy correct?

 

[Anthony Calfo]

correct... a deep(er) water variant (red color).

Extemely hungry... it needs a havy fish load if not near daily target feeding for long term success.

Pink/pale ones are bleached/starving.