new to plates.

[jason214]

I just got a new plate coral. I was curious to any specieal needs it may have. From what my lfs said i shouldn't have any problems but sometimes this guy can be a little off on what he says and i wanted to check with yall. I was also concerned about its growth rate. right now its about 2 1/2 inches round. am i looking at months or years before seeing growth. Just curious. any way apreciate it guys

 

[jasper24]

If it is a plate like this IMO they are easy to care for. Good water quality and feed it meaty foods. This one started out the size of a quarter and is now as big around as a tennis ball. I have had it a little over a year.

 

[jason214]

wow nice plate, grew that quick huh, the body looks the same but diff color. any one else got pic of theirs, i'm waiting for mine to aclimate to my tank before i take pics of him

 

[Frostyeel]

Mine seems to need feeding more than my other lps so make sure you feed it at least once in a while. I wasn't feeding mine at all for a few months and it started getting really unhealthy but when I started feeding it again it started looking much much better in a few weeks.

 

[jason214]

cool thanx

 

[eshook]

I also have a fl. green plate, but I have noticed some *very* *very* long string feelers coming out at night. It almost looks like a single strand of thread. It comes out of one side of the disc and can be over 14" long.

Has anyone else seen this?

EDIT: I have performed a little research to understand these are in fact sweeper tentacles. I am wondering what to do with this, because I have a 24g nanocube and with the sweeper tentacles being thing long it is within reach of most of my corals ...

 

[mrme]

I had bought a colony of baby plate corals not to long ago, and learned a great deal already.
Mine are fungia repanda, and they are easily cut in half/fragged, without almost any stress. I have not had mine long so i don't know the growth rate yet.
But i can tell you, if you give a plate coral the right kind of lights,food, and flow.
It is veryyy hardy, and a great beginner to novice coral.

 

[mrme]

ps, they like to be on soft surfaces, like your sand bed. Or inside of an empty clam shell/smooth rock. up on the rocks.
If you do however put them up on the rocks on a smooth rock, Be sure they will not be knocked off by either powerhead,snails, or large inverts/fish. This will damage the coral.

Most put them on the sand/bare bottom.

 

[ihopss]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12100613#post12100613 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mrme
I had bought a colony of baby plate corals not to long ago, and learned a great deal already.
Mine are fungia repanda, and they are easily cut in half/fragged, without almost any stress. I have not had mine long so i don't know the growth rate yet.
But i can tell you, if you give a plate coral the right kind of lights,food, and flow.
It is veryyy hardy, and a great beginner to novice coral.

How do you frag plate corals.