Coral ID - Lobo or Trachy

[belly14]

Hi All,

I picked up what I believe is a Lobo Brain Coral from a local store, but I wanted to double-check that it is, in fact, what I have as opposed to a Trachyphyllia Brain Coral??

Also (as it's my first lobo), it's placed on the sandbed, does it need to be upright? so the hard bit at the bottom berries in the sandbed or do I leave as it is now?

Thanks in advance!

C.

 

[VintageReefer]

Trachy and place upright so sand doesn’t touch the flesh

 

[belly14]

OK, so it is a Trachy?!? LFS said it was Lobo Brain...

I had it initially upright but it seemed to keep falling over, I have tried to put the hard bottom a bit more in the sand bed.

 

[VintageReefer]

OK, so it is a Trachy?!? LFS said it was Lobo Brain...

I had it initially upright but it seemed to keep falling over, I have tried to put the hard bottom a bit more in the sand bed.

https://tidalgardens.com/articles/coral-care-articles/trachyphyllia-coral-care.html
You can glue to a frag plug and place in a coral riser

 

[Australian_Reef]

Trachy

 

[VintageReefer]

OK, so it is a Trachy?!? LFS said it was Lobo Brain...

I had it initially upright but it seemed to keep falling over, I have tried to put the hard bottom a bit more in the sand bed.

 

[Australian_Reef]

Nice

 

[thamnasteroid]

Trachy