Does trachyphyllia coral recover?

[praton]

İyi günler arkadaşlar. 2 gün önce aldığım trachyphyllia mercanım 6 saat sonra geldi. Şimdi böyle, ilk geldiğinde çok kapalıydı. Şimdi kenarları şişti. Acaba düzelir mi?

 

[Shirak]

English please

 

[praton]

Good day friends. 2 days ago my trachyphyllia merkan arrived after 6 hours. Now it is like this, it was very closed when it first arrived. Now it is swollen. Can it be fixed?

 

[Shirak]

They should puff up quite a bit when they settle in so that you don't really see the ribs too much. If light is too bright I find they will often retract quite tight into the skeleton. Careful of flow that is too strong from one direction from the side as it can cause recession along the outer edge. They are also prone to getting a little damage in shipping on the outer edge so keep an eye on it.

Do you have any updated pictures? They can take a few days to settle in.

 

[praton]

They should puff up quite a bit when they settle in so that you don't really see the ribs too much. If light is too bright I find they will often retract quite tight into the skeleton. Careful of flow that is too strong from one direction from the side as it can cause recession along the outer edge. They are also prone to getting a little damage in shipping on the outer edge so keep an eye on it.

Do you have any updated pictures? They can take a few days to settle in.

The edges are slowly swelling, I added a picture

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

That can definitely recover. Make sure it has ideal conditions and stable water parameters. I'd also recommend dosing phyto and amino acids so the coral has food to intake whenever it wants. I've used Red Sea and AquaForest Amino acids and I've seen great feeding responses from coral, however any amino acid should work as long as it's for reef tanks.

 

[praton]

That can definitely recover. Make sure it has ideal conditions and stable water parameters. I'd also recommend dosing phyto and amino acids so the coral has food to intake whenever it wants. I've used Red Sea and AquaForest Amino acids and I've seen great feeding responses from coral, however any amino acid should work as long as it's for reef tanks.

I dose live phytoplankton daily. I use Red Sea Nutrion AB twice a week.

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

I dose live phytoplankton daily. I use Red Sea Nutrion AB twice a week.

Then you're doing everything right! Just give it some time and it'll look great in no time!

 

[praton]

Then you're doing everything right! Just give it some time and it'll look great in no time!

I can't give him shrimp because his mouth isn't open. Is he hungry?

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

I can't give him shrimp because his mouth isn't open. Is he hungry?

If you ever notice it's feeder tentacles out, that's when you should feed it small pieces of shrimp.

 

[Shirak]

I can't give him shrimp because his mouth isn't open. Is he hungry?

You could try a little piece in the tank an hour after the lights go out and see if feeding tentacles come out. If they do you can give it a little bit.

What are your nitrate and phosphate levels?

 

[praton]

You could try a little piece in the tank an hour after the lights go out and see if feeding tentacles come out. If they do you can give it a little bit.

What are your nitrate and phosphate levels?

In the evening I looked carefully at the edges, it was swollen but not fully opened.

 

[Shirak]

Give it more time to adjust. Phosphates look a little high and nitrates a little low but they are not 0 which would be worse in my opinion. My LPS always benefited with a little target feeding a couple times a week.

Try dripping a few drops of juice from some frozen food or shrimp or clam into the water an hour after lights out and see if you get feeding tentacles to come out.