Long tentacle plate coral

[BHAMR6]

I bought a long tentacle plate coral about a month ago , It has been doing great the hole time until a couple of days ago when i noticed that it was not expanding all of the way around it.
When i took a better look the part that isnt expandang seems to have tore off the skeleton. Today when i checked it it seems to be even more skeleton showing.

Any advice this is a real nice coral and i dont want to lose it !!!!

I have heard that to much flow will make the flesh receed , But i also heard not enough flow will cause it to.

 

[mltmtascp]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it will most likely die. That is what my long tentacle plate coral did before it died.

 

[atlantisaquari]

yep. those things just die. they are extremely finicky.

 

[wareagle35031]

if placed on rock, they will tear the skeleton, and perish. I had one for about 6 months, then it went south on me as well.

 

[Tomoko Schum]

Heliofungia are more delicate than fungia and can die quickly from nettling, injury or infection according to E. Borneman. It should be placed on the sand bed with low to medium current. Good lighting is important. You need to feed it, too.

Hold onto the skeleton if it dies. Fungia and Heliofungia both can produce offspring on their bare skeletons. It is a very curious sight - a lot of babies growing on a bare skeleton. It reproduces by budding like this or can be fragged as well.

Tomoko

 

[BHAMR6]

It has been on the sand bed under 2x 250watt halides but i think ive had to much current on it.
It looks worse today so it deosnt look like it will make it.

 

[Crazyfist]

Poor Paul.....if you makes you feel any better, I had a turbo die today. I came down stairs and my fireshrimp was doing work on him. He had to go...

 

[scubalauren]

I lost my plate coral too several months ago! I placed it on the sand and my goby kept covering it so I'm sure that didn't help. It sounds like yours is doing the exact same thing as mine did. Have you tried feeding it? Not naming any names, but the LFS didn't tell me I had to feed it. But it was my fault for not researching!!! I've held on to my skeleton. That's cool to find out it may produce offspring on the bare skeleton. I will be so excited to see if it does that!

Tomoko-do you know how long it takes to produce offspring, if it does produce offspring?

 

[BHAMR6]

yea i feed most of my corals but had no luck w/th this one i got it at a local lfs not naming any names.

 

[Tomoko Schum]

I don't know how long it takes. I saw CRA's fungia die in their tank and then sprout babies later. It took a few week for me to notice the babies on it. Greenbean had a fungia that sprouted tiny babies, too. I got a part of the skeleton with tiny babies and they grew into nice pieces over a few months.

Tomoko

 

[wpecoul]

I still have a 'dead' fungia that sprouts anthocauli all the time. It took more than a year (close to two) for the first one to appear, but that was more than 3 years ago - they just keep on coming.

 

[scubalauren]

Oh wow! 2 years...I'll hold on to it then. Adds "texture" to the tank!

 

[brandon2432]

I have one that is half alive it will grow and then die over and over. I got it free because it was "dead".