Dead plate

[Miguelh1302]

I had a spotted goby, sand sifter that killed my plate, left for vacation about 1 week, came back to discover my plate cover in sand and with nothing left, is been around 1 month, I can see some flesh on it, but long story short, how long should I leave it there??? It does not bother me, (but it kinda does) lol

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Leave it in for several months. They have been known to pop out babies even a few months down the road. It's how they survive as a species. You can end up it a dozen of them or more by just leaving it in your tank.

 

[chefbill]

here is one from my tank

 

[Miguelh1302]

Leave it in for several months. They have been known to pop out babies even a few months down the road. It's how they survive as a species. You can end up it a dozen of them or more by just leaving it in your tank.

Thanks Mann u always so helpful brotha

 

[Miguelh1302]

here is one from my tank

Chef have u ever cooked them???? Lol, now in a serious note, how long did that take, and do they need direct lighting or not?

 

[chefbill]

Yes to the light, at least once the babies (actually called Acanthocauli) have developed. From what I have heard, 3 to 5 months is about average. I bought that one for a song, and later sold it to my LFS for a nice profit...that was used to buy more coral lol.

 

[droth335]

We have two that have babies - one has 100+ and the other about 16-17. Pictures in this post: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2506549

 

[Miguelh1302]

Yes to the light, at least once the babies (actually called Acanthocauli) have developed. From what I have heard, 3 to 5 months is about average. I bought that one for a song, and later sold it to my LFS for a nice profit...that was used to buy more coral lol.

Okidoki chef thanks will do

 

[Miguelh1302]

We have two that have babies - one has 100+ and the other about 16-17. Pictures in this post: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2506549

Droth that is some crazy stuff

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Thanks Mann u always so helpful brotha

Hey, it's what I do

 

[macdaddynick1]

Dead plate

If that's your plate in the first pic those are baby plates on it already. I see 3. The yellow centers are the mouths, they will grow bigger and encrust a little then you can pop the bigger ones off and the breaking point will get covered again and turn into another plate

 

[chefbill]

I saw those too, but didn't look closely. Now that you have said it, I went and looked, and they do appear to be babies, each looks to have a mouth.
Grats Miguel, you just tripled your plate count!

 

[Miguelh1302]

Now that I looked close to it I see what u guys saying and u guys might be right