Long Tent Plate Coral

[dmastracchio]

I've had this plate coral for about 3 weeks now. As you can see it's probably not going to make it. Check my water parameters.

salinity 1.026
phos 0.0
am, ni, na all 0.0
Calcium 390
alk 9

Other corals and everything doing fine. No deaths, this is my first coral death.

I am using 96 cree LEDs. From the pictures I was hoping to get an idea if this was a to much light, not enough light type thing.... Right now LEDs are turned up to about 30%.

Before

After 3 weeks

 

[dmastracchio]

Oh, and it's not eating a hermit crab. Hermit crab is eating him. Plate coral did eat mysis shrimp when i would feed it.

 

[mroccoralman]

This type of plate likes very dirty water and even then they still die. Don't sweat it go to an Lfs u won't see to many and if they have them they usually want to get rid of them. Your nitrates are way to low for this type of coral try feeding your corals I have sps dominated with nice acans but my nitrates are still 1. Corals don't like te water that stripped. Look into some of the Reef nutrition foods that fit your corals. Also look into red sea supplements very good for lps.

 

[Dizzle63]

I would disagree. My friend has two of these. His nitrates and phosphates are undetectable. When they do rise, the plates suffer. He feeds them regularly, but they do not like "dirty" water.

 

[sqwat]

nutrient heavy water is the pc term!lol.was he up high or on the sandbed.if up high i say it was light shock if down low i would say light is not strong enough or stress.most likly light shock and stress.can happen when you over feed a starving coral.