Plate Coral Care

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by FWC

Plate corals are also able to remove sand from on top of themselfs

Bonus! I was worried about that.

[Enigma]

Zero feeding response.

Should I just wait a couple more days and try again?

How much in the in the way of nutrients will this coral take in from the water column? I just dosed Fuel and Microvert yesterday. Plus, I tend to be a little heavy handed when it comes to feeding mysis and ArctiPods.

It is looking okay at this point. The rim is noticeably purple, and while the green certainly doesn't constitute "neon," some of the centre of the plate has coloured up quite a bit and is obviously green (though about 30% of the plate is still more brown than green).

[04V10]

Hey Enigma,
I'd say give the plant some time. Wait until there is good extension of the tenticles and until the brown color on the plate is gone to feed. The plate is photosyntgetic as well, so it will feed that way. Not too sure of the nutrients it will take from the water column other than some calcium when the plate grows

[Enigma]

Thanks!

I have yet to see any tentacles . . . but the flesh colour was looking better yesterday. I'm optimistic that it will come around.

I took some photos of it, but I need to try again. I think I need to turn off the Blue+ bulbs to photograph it, as the colour in the photos is completely unrepresentative of the coral.

BlackBerry Photo:


Maybe I'll have to pull out the DSLR.

[Aquattro]

I've got a plate frag, it's just been on the bottom of the tank for 6 months. i don't feed it anything but light..

[Enigma]

It is all very nicely puffed up under the moonlights

Should it puff up during the day? No tentacles that I can see.