Help, what's wrong with my plate!

[esmo826]

I just got this plate coral 4 days ago. I noticed on the first day when I put it in my nano tank, it puffed up and back down again. I then noticed a section was peeling off. I figured that since all my other corals were fine, that it would just heal up. However, it seems to getting worse and worse each day (spreading).

Is this thing saveable or is it just going to waste away and die?

 

[The steven liu]

It will die unfortunately. It is the result of poor acclimation. However, when it dies, don't be so eager to throw it out yet, you can leave it in your sump for a while. Sometimes they'll peel down to nothing and a few weeks later you'll see baby fungias growing out of the opening. I am not guaranteeing that'll happen but I've seen them done that.

 

[DJ88©]

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[BS]

It may survive, I had one that was going to be thrown out at the LFS. Took it home left it alone and it recovered and is now doing fine in a friends tank. BTW it looks like it could have been damaged in shipping. when deflated the skeleton can cut through the tissue.

 

[kramgnik]

Hello,

Try to pick up some coral dip. Seachem makes a great dip. They are high concentrated Iodone to aid in prevention and erradication on infection. It will help a great deal. Provide it with optimal condiotions in the meantime.
Mark

 

[catdoc]

Hopefully yours will survive, not sure what to do besides minimize its stress (no fish picking at it), feed it if it'll eat (mysis, other fresh or frozen chopped seafood), and keep your fingers crossed. Here's my new plate coral, just to reinforce the idea to keep the plate even if it looks dead!

Lots of baby fungia growing out of a "dead" parent! I think this is just the coolest thing--like a phoenix!

 

[Rendos]

This is a heliofungia...not fungia. I have never known or heard of heliofungia reproducing in the way that fungia do.

 

[spidey07]

yep, that's heliofungia (long tentacle plate)

Not known for surviving in our tanks. Mine lasted about two weeks before rapidly dieing.



shame too because they are very cool.

 

[BS]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7032005#post7032005 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by spidey07
yep, that's heliofungia (long tentacle plate)

Not known for surviving in our tanks. Mine lasted about two weeks before rapidly dieing.



shame too because they are very cool.

Mine came in as a hitchhiker 6 years ago not bigger that a pea.

with my baby clowns.

clowns grow faster than my plate.

Plate fell off the rock it was growing on and cut through the flesh I put superglue on the wound. Healed over and continues to grow :rollface:

 

[David Grigor]

Short tentacle fungia plates are pretty hardy ( as those pictured. )

However, yours is a long tentacle one which has low survivablity and IMO should be avoided.

 

[esmo826]

Well, I just tried force feeding it and it seems to be happier. Would it do it any good to change the water more frequently and add more iodine? I also read that having sand in it's skeleton is bad. Seeing how my sand bed is so "fine" I'm not sure I can really do much about that. I noticed someone mention something about superglueing the wound. Does the arsenic not hurt the coral? Or is there special glue for this stuff? Currently, the only thing I know of is some mounting compound. Would that work? Or am I too late for saving it?