Whats your opinion? (Trumpet coral)

[cjtice]

I bought this a few weeks ago and put in on my sand bed, cause I thought that it would do fine but now it looks like it is changing colors. I also have a different color trumpet about 1/3 from the bottom of the tank and it always looks like I can see it skeleton through the tissue.

So both (pic of only 1) look to be not as inflated as they should and this one seems to have bleached on the heads.

They are in a 90g with 6x54 (2 actinic plus and 4 10,000k)



Thanks for looking

Chris

[dobejazz]

Do they eat? have you seen the tenticles come out at night?

[cjtice]

I fed them last night. I thought that they would look better tonight.

I usually feed them about twice a week.


Chris

[cjtice]

Anyone?

[betamed]

They do look a bit retracted. I don't feed mine at they are at all tank depths so I'm not sure if its a lighting issue.

[cjtice]

What tyoe of lights do you have?

[Twitterbait]

trumpets like higher light. mine loved MH lighting.

[betamed]

I have 8 54W T5 but they did fine under PC. They are anywhere from 8"-24" deep.

[cjtice]

My others are about 6inches higher and I have had them since Feb with three small heads and they have not grown at all. I mean no growth! and I do feed them mysis regularly, they always have polyp out at night and look very deflated during the day.

Maybe I just have something off for them, but my Hammer, Pearl, plate and everything else shows amazing growth. Oh well, I will keep trying.

Thanks for all your help,

Chris

[Waynesworld]

any update?

[Elegance Coral]

Sounds to me like they are getting to much light.