my first lps whats everyone think

[jck9]

just got these two corals the other dat and wanted some opinions.

frogspawn
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/560/150112frogspawn1-med.JPG

brain
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/560/150112brain_1-med.JPG

the brain dosent look as "puffy" as others that ive seen. does it look healthy?

 

[coralite]

Thought I would post these as images for you. These are good beginner corals. With moderate light and good water flow they should do great.

 

[Bernie21]

Nice peices, specially like the brain, nice colors!!

 

[Sheol]

What a neat looking Trachyphyllia. I've seen one other like it, but the red was replaced by day-glo pink.

Matthew

 

[jspine01]

I really like the brain, it does look a bit deflated but it is probably just getting used to your tank.

 

[mfp1016]

I hope your brain does well, my new one looks about the same.

Nice euphyllia!

 

[Tyke]

That brain has a lot of potential. I'd like to see another picture of it in a couple weeks. What kind of lighting do you have?

 

[jck9]

i have 260 watt pc lights 2 10000k and 2 actinic 65watts a piece. its starting to look better. starting to see the very tips of the feeder tenticles

 

[coralite]

I think the Trachyphyllia looks a little bleached. You should keep it in reduced light until it darkens up and try offering it medium sized meaty food items.

 

[Finding Emo]

very nice how much were they?

 

[jck9]

frogspawn was 20$ trach was 50$

 

[Ductwerks]

That is a really nice brain i like the colors. It will take about 4-5 days for it to open up that is what happened with mine.

 

[Jeff]

Looking good
Great deals.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Feed them well. You need a lot more light for that brain IMO. I had the same lighting & after a year they receded to the point ot almost death. I loaned them to a friend w/MH & after I set up my new tank with T5s went & got them. They looked fantastic & look even better, a year later in my tnak.

 

[Dave E]

Were do you have it placed in the tank?

 

[jck9]

i have the trach on the substrate and the frogspawn about 5" from the surface

 

[jck9]

how do i feed the trach if the feeder tenticles are not all the way out? do i just sit it near the mouth and it will take it?

 

[Pufferpunk]

Turn off the pumps & put food on the mouth/s. For the frogspawn, just squirt food at it & it will bring the food to it's mouth.

 

[lark]

If I put food directly on my trach and it's tentacles aren't up, I have some critters -- one very agressive peppermint shrimp in particular -- who will try to swipe it before the trach can react.

But it's usually pretty easy for me to induce its tentacles to come out. What works for me is to make sure the lights in my room are on when the lights on the tank go out. I turn off the pumps and, about 30 minutes later, broadcast food into the tank from the top in the general area above the trach. Usually, within about 10 minutes, the tentacles come up, and I just place a small piece of krill or something directly on them.

I don't do this too often, though.