Help on trachy please

[damselindistress]

I have this beautiful little trachy that's been in my tank a few weeks. He has grown quite a bit in just that short time. As you hopefully can see from the picture he is mounted on a frag disc point down so that he's standing straight up on his tip. Now that he is getting fleshier I notice his flesh draping down the sides over the edges of his skeleton. Is that going to damage him? Should I take him off the disc and lay him on his side? Most trachyphyllia I see are laying on their side it seems. Is that the best position for them? Or since he's fat, happy and growing should I leave him alone?

Also, he has one tentacle that always stays out even when the rest are tucked in - it's like a snaggle tooth on a goofy dog and it's adorable [emoji1]

 

[noahreefer]

he looks good and happy I honestly wouldn’t move him! Good looking trachy!

 

[John3]

I wonder what the long term outcome will be with the zoas that are growing around it’s base?

 

[damselindistress]

I wonder what the long term outcome will be with the zoas that are growing around it’s base?

I have wondered that myself and that was another consideration in whether to place him in his side or not ‍

 

[damselindistress]

Guuyyyyysss....c'mon... anyone else with additional input/experience? ;Shy Pls? ;Smuggrin

 

[mborn]

The tissue attaching to the skeleton will grow down the top part of the side so I wouldn’t lay it on its side, at least not touching the substrate or rocks anyway. You could glue/epoxy the base to a rock at an angle though since it doesn’t appear you have enough sand to take it off the disc and place the base in the sand. But straight up with tissue drooping down the sides as you have yours won’t damage it, that’s always how I’ve kept mine and that’s how I’ve mostly seen them. You could always glue it to a new disc if you’re worried about the zoas (I assume they’re attached to the disc).

 

[damselindistress]

The tissue attaching to the skeleton will grow down the top part of the side so I wouldn’t lay it on its side, at least not touching the substrate or rocks anyway. You could glue/epoxy the base to a rock at an angle though since it doesn’t appear you have enough sand to take it off the disc and place the base in the sand. But straight up with tissue drooping down the sides as you have yours won’t damage it, that’s always how I’ve kept mine and that’s how I’ve mostly seen them. You could always glue it to a new disc if you’re worried about the zoas (I assume they’re attached to the disc).

Thanks!

 

[mtraylor]

Yes. Leave it alone.