how big do trachys get?? 7 inch guy here

[errand]

When I first bought this guy [one of my first 3 corals 12 months ago] he looked like this. Its almost exactly 12 months, this was 21st April 2019. He would have been shy of 2 inches at the longest, little tiny thing. 

 

Now however, its a monster, bigger than both my outspread hands together. I measured it 7 inches at the widest. I really love this coral but I'm a bit worried as there is literally no more sand space in the small tank that I have. Do they get any bigger? he doesn't seem to want to stop growing. Tank is a 45cm cube and he's past a third of the floorspace. 

 

 

[Picogoby]

He will keep growing! He looks happy and is inflating well, so not stressed by his confined area at the moment.

growth will start to appear slower, as it will take a lot more growth to show small increases in size to his skeleton.

over 4 years I had one grow from 3” long to just short of 9” before I shut down the tank and he went to my LFS.

although LPS trachea will use up a lot of calc as they grow bigger ...... are you dosing yet?

 

i have never done it myself, but if he has a few moths you may be able to divide him in 2....... ask someone who has done it how to do it!

[errand]

not dosing calcium yet, I'm using red sea coral pro salt though, and have recently started paying attention to my alk since I got some sps frags I want to try.

Calcium in the tank is around 490 at the moment. 9 inches my goodness. Another excuse to get a bigger tank, not that I needed any more 🙂

 

As long as he's still happy I'm glad, still my favorite coral so far. 

I havent been able to keep either a lobo or a scolly though, I thought they'd be similar as far as care goes. This guy just keeps powering on.