trachiphyllia geoffroyi placement

[Garbis]

hi all,i just need some help concerning the placement of my brain coral,actually i have 3 of them one green one red and one green and red.so my main problem is that these corals are always closed. my water parameters are very good and i have changed their location several times and they are always on the substrate.so please can somebody help me to save my beautiful babies???

 

[jadeguppy]

They will sometimes stay closed for a few days, how much time have you given them between moves? I would place them off center from the halides and make sure they aren't getting blased by a powerhead. If the flow is too high they won't full inflate for risk of getting ripped.

 

[Garbis]

thanks for your reply

thanks for your reply

hey thanks for ure reply... i usually change their position once a month...but they r always closed and i placed one of them in a cave maybe i have strong light so donno what to do....

 

[Rendos]

I have had a trachyphyllia geoffroyi for about 9 years. It has always been kept in the rock...not the sand...it does not like flow at all. I would suggest a very low flow area, and medium to low light at first. They can be acclimated to very high lighting, but it must be done slowly.
Here is the one I have.

 

[Jay508]

Wow. Do what he says. Thats a nice looking coral...

 

[Derzh]

Trachephyliya placement.

Trachephyliya placement.

Well, and does anybody know if they need any additional nourishment? I heard that it is good to give them pieces of the shrimp and fish twice a week, on evenings usually.

 

[Rendos]

I have NEVER fed it anything. Just good water quality and strong lighting. It started as about a 3" diameter coral and is now about 14" diameter. Of course it has taken 9 years to get there, but well worth the wait.

 

[jadeguppy]

My trac was damaged by a clownfish months ago. It was doing very poorly until I started to feed it. With target feeding a few times a week it healed quickly. Now it only has one spot that refuses to heal because the exposed skelton keep growing algae. The color has not fully come back yet, but it slowly. They can go without the target feeding, but it can also help.

 

[Garbis]

how can i feed them if they r closed?they r not even expanding their tentacles... one of them used to do it and usually fed it but once i had a chiller problem and my tank temperature raised frm 27degrees to 28 degrees just for one day and since then it even didnt expand.can i feed them liquid microplancton or zooplancton or phytopancton?

 

[eshook]

My brain's tentacles only open up at night well after the lights went off. There are many here with more experience than me, but I would let the corals sit in the same position for more than a month. I would imagine constant movement will just **** them off. Another thing you should watch is making sure that sand does not get on the coral. I have noticed that my brain gets very irritated when sand is sitting on the flesh. Other than that I would listen to the advice of the wiser people that have already posted

Good luck.