Long Tentacle Plate - Trying to Save It

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IndyMatt

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I was in Premium Aquatics (local for me) on Friday picking up my online order and they have two plates that had/have some recession. One was white and it was pretty much gone, about 75-80% of its skeleton was showing. Another was the one I bought it was green and had a little less than 50% gone. It was $10 and I thought I would try to save it. So I took it home drip acclimated it. I also put some Kent Tech D solution in the acclimation bucket and let it sit for about 7 minutes like the bottle suggested. Then I placed it in the tank, on the sand bed under plenty of light. I have been feeding it pieces of shrimp every night and it has eaten them. Is there anything else that you guys can suggest? I can soak the shrimp in garlic oil and/or fish oil, do you think it will help? I will post a picture this afternoon. I really hope it recovers, it is beautiful!


Posted this in the Reef Discussion with no replys, so I thought I would try here.
 
Here's the pic

Here's the pic

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So what do you guys think?
 
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my orange short tentacle plate was almost gone and it only came out at night, so i fed it at night and now it is fully recovered and is really nice, feed it often and it will be fine
Duds
 
I'm going with Duds on this one. Hey what's up Duds!

I have learned to never give up on an animal until it is completely and undoubtedly dead. Feed it often and give it TLC and it just may come back for you. If not you gave it your best shot!

Best of luck ...
 
It's tentacles have remained out ever since it has been in my tank. I have feed it at least daily since last Friday as well. Only time will tell. It hopefully will make it.
 
whats up ray I want to get a frag of your gorgonian but its like an hour drive to your house, it will come back if you can see it taking in food that is a really good sign, it will heal up very nicely
Duds
 
I dipped it in the Kent Tech D when I first got it. I think it is a Iodine based dip. I think it is starting to regrow tissue as I see small tentacles forming all around the base of the disk.
 
Do a search for long tentacled plate. You will find hundreds of "My plate is dying, what can I do?" threads. These guys just don't do well. I personally think that they are in the Moorish Idol, gonipora category. You will find people that keep them, but those are the exception not the rule. They should be left in the ocean. These guys are very diffrent from short tentacled plates, which I would agree are very hardy and can seem to sprout back from a coral that apears completely dead.
 
This is true, I just saw it damaged and figured I would at least try to save it. I will keep you guys updated on the progress.
 
Sorry, I didn't mean that to sound like you were doing something wrong. I commend you trying to save it and hope that it does well for you.
 
yea you did the right thing taing it from the store and trying to safe it but if that is true about them not living well in captivity then it may not work out well in the long run, you might be able to safe it now but it might do this again, well good luck for now andkeep us updated
Duds
 
I've saved some pretty sorry-looking LPS, never tried a plate though. It sounds like you're doing all you can -- keep feeding it, keep the water parameters steady and cross your fingers, it might just come back for you. Best of luck.
 
I've had mine for about three years or so, but I have heard horror stories about how hard they are to keep. I don't have a recent pic of just the LTP, but here it is in my tank.
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