A tale of two trachys

[OxReef]

next to each other, and in almost the same light and flow.

But the one on the left is always hungry, and the one on the right never wants to eat.

Left Trachy has feeding tentacles out all day. Just today found it pulling in a nassarius snail, which it would have eaten but for my intervention.

Right Trachy just puffs up and takes in light. For all I’ve seen, it might have no feeder tentacles at all.

It’s funny how different the same species of coral can be.

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

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next to each other, and in almost the same light and flow.

But the one on the left is always hungry, and the one on the right never wants to eat.

Left Trachy has feeding tentacles out all day. Just today found it pulling in a nassarius snail, which it would have eaten but for my intervention.

Right Trachy just puffs up and takes in light. For all I’ve seen, it might have no feeder tentacles at all.

It’s funny how different the same species of coral can be.

Beautiful pic and trachyophylia (sp?) iv always loved them but never owned them an of course now I have some know fish that love the meats.

 

[OxReef]

Beautiful pic and trachyophylia (sp?) iv always loved them but never owned them an of course now I have some know fish that love the meats.

Thank you!

I think trachys are so underrated compared to (eg) scolies. Trachys have such great color variety, and change shape throughout the day.