long tenticle plate coral

kien · #1 12-09-2013, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jwine961

I bought a long tenticle plate coral a few weeks ago. It is doing very well and seems to be eating.
After doing some research I found out that plays corals have a limited lifespan in captivity. is this accurate or is this old information?

I think the bottom line is that there's no general rule of thumb on corals like these. They can easily go either way. It's not like studies have been done on these sorts of things so all information is simply anecdotal. I currently have one of these that has lasted about a year now. Previously I had one that only lasted a month.

Carrera75 · #2 12-09-2013, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

I think the bottom line is that there's no general rule of thumb on corals like these. They can easily go either way. It's not like studies have been done on these sorts of things so all information is simply anecdotal. I currently have one of these that has lasted about a year now. Previously I had one that only lasted a month.

+1

I had one for a couple of years. I eventually sold it because it got too big for my tank.

hunggi74 · #3 12-09-2013, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Carrera75

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I had one for a couple of years. I eventually sold it because it got too big for my tank.

That's not completely accurate Daniel. Everything seems to grow in that sumpless, tap water tank of yours

I've had so called "hardy" corals go south on me and some finicky ones are doing fine. Keep your params in check and you've done all that you can to help it along. The strong will survive and the weak shall be lessons learned.

albert_dao · #4 12-10-2013, 06:31 AM

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But no, seriously, they do have a dismal success rate in captivity.

somewherebeyondthesea · #5 12-10-2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

I think the bottom line is that there's no general rule of thumb on corals like these. They can easily go either way. It's not like studies have been done on these sorts of things so all information is simply anecdotal. I currently have one of these that has lasted about a year now. Previously I had one that only lasted a month.

+1