Trachy touching

[Peter luu]

Is it okay for them to touch each other and is it better to give them more space or can they somehow inflate around each other?

the light just came on full power an hour ago and not sure if they will inflate more as I just got the green and pink/red ( right ) yesterday and it wasn’t as big now than in the store when I brought it

 

[Peter luu]

Trachy on left was dropped or damaged somehow at the lfs and it was on sale so I decided to buy it and see if it would recover. Any idea if it would recover or will there just be skeleton on that side only?
I’ve had it in my tank for 4 days today.

 

[MaxTremors]

Trachy on left was dropped or damaged somehow at the lfs and it was on sale so I decided to buy it and see if it would recover. Any idea if it would recover or will there just be skeleton on that side only?
I’ve had it in my tank for 4 days today.

It won’t recover the exposed skeleton, but if it survives it will grow new skeleton up and over the old skeleton. It could go either way though, once they have tissue recession like that, it can be hard to stop it from continuing to recede.

 

[Lavey29]

They can touch no problems

 

[Peter luu]

They can touch no problems

Thanks!

 

[Peter luu]

It won’t recover the exposed skeleton, but if it survives it will grow new skeleton up and over the old skeleton. It could go either way though, once they have tissue recession like that, it can be hard to stop it from continuing to recede.

Thank you! I guess all I can do is keep an eye and hope it doesnt get worst.
They said they had in their store for a couple months in their back frag tank for it to recover and decided to sell half price because they saw recovery so idk lol

guess we will see. I still love it

 

[Kellie in CA]

I have nursed a few Trachys back from the brink, just feed it lots of meaty foods. It can come back good as new.
And yes, they can touch!

 

[Peter luu]

I have nursed a few Trachys back from the brink, just feed it lots of meaty foods. It can come back good as new.
And yes, they can touch!

Sweet, would you say spot feeding with frozen mysis or frozen ocean planktons by hakki or whatever you spell it lol

 

[Kellie in CA]

Direct feeding with mysis should do the trick.

 

[Peter luu]

Direct feeding with mysis should do the trick.

Thank you!

 

[Kellie in CA]

That one has feeders out, so you should be able to get it to eat!

 

[Peter luu]

That one has feeders out, so you should be able to get it to eat!

It was actually yesterday picture. I added two new trachy so I move it to the right corner

this is how it looks today.
I have been feeding each day and it has been accepting it and seeing lots of poop from the both mouths! So I think it’s doing pretty good if it’s eating and pooping lol

 

[Lavey29]

Be careful though because you can overfeed corals to which can cause adverse problems.

 

[Peter luu]

Be careful though because you can overfeed corals to which can cause adverse problems.

What would happen if I over feed? Should I broadcast every 2 days? And spot feed every 2 or 3 days?

 

[Lavey29]

What would happen if I over feed? Should I broadcast every 2 days? And spot feed every 2 or 3 days?

I'm not exactly sure but I have seen posts on here talking about it. I would think digestive blocks maybe? Trachys get most of their nutrition via their photosynthetic process. In the ocean they are not eating chunks of mysis daily. I think you would be better to keep it varied with direct feeding once or twice a week and broadcast once or twice to a week.

 

[Lavey29]

I don't direct feed mine. I broadcast a mysis cube for the fish and If the corals catch some they do. I also broadcast red sea AB a few times a week and phytoplankton daily at night.