Plate dying?

[adam.sandor88]

I've had this plate coral since LEAR.
It was doing absolutely awesome and then all of the sudden, I noticed it has slowly started turning white (skeleton I'm afraid).
I feed mysis Shrimp minced chunks every 3 days.
Everything else is booming. This is my first plate and I don't want to lose the little guy

Any help is appreciated!

Phos-.03
Cal-410
Mag-1350


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[j_mazzy]

could be bleaching. is skin floating off?

 

[adam.sandor88]

could be bleaching. is skin floating off?

I don't think so. I have seen mixed reviews on them, some say to move to darker spots some say to stay in direct light.
I don't see any tentacles anymore


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[j_mazzy]

looks alive to me. just looks bleached.

 

[adam.sandor88]

looks alive to me. just looks bleached.

Too much light?


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[j_mazzy]

I would start there, maybe increase flow

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[adam.sandor88]

I moved it to the corner of my tank, I then cut a coke bottle in half so it would feed the plate and not drift away/something else eat it. We will see what happens... [emoji53]


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[adam.sandor88]

I just hope this works out. I didn't know they were so touchy


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[j_mazzy]

I tried that with a sick one and it died from lack of flow. They really need medium flow

 

[scoot15638]

I had trouble with my plate. Turned my lights way down and moved it under my monti colony. I also feed it mysis a few times a week.

 

[Burgman]

Hi,
I would remove the pop bottle, the coral needs water movement to survive.

Dave

 

[adam.sandor88]

Hi,
I would remove the pop bottle, the coral needs water movement to survive.

Dave

The bottle was only to attempt to feed. It didn't eat at all. I have moved it over in less direct light. It still should be receiving some flow. Maybe I will move my MP10 lower


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[BrunstuckyJoe]

Don't throw it out if it dies.....new babies will form on it.

 

[hollback]

I've had an orange cycloseris, like yours since 2006. The only time the skin gets tight to the skeleton like that is when my Alk dips too low. I'd suggest looking at that. Also, I don't direct feed mine at all. It gets the occasional piece of food stuck in the tentacles but that's it. Trying to feed it more than once a week seems excessive.

 

[adam.sandor88]

I forgot what my ALK is off hand on my last testing.
It seems it may be making a recovery, the tentacles are hardly visible however and it is still white.
Im just kind of worried about it. Everything else in the tank is doing extremely well.
I fear its just maintaining on not-dying

 

[Chuckd76]

If your plate still looks like it does, with color and with the ribs showing white through the skin, I wouldn't be too concerned.
I have four (a cycloseris like yours and three fungia) and every now and then they'll shrink for a while and then puff back up. In fact, my green fungia just puffed back up after being shriveled up like a raisin for about a week.
When I first got it and saw it doing it I got concerned and started moving it around but that just ticks it off even more so it stays shriveled up longer. You also run the risk of damaging the underside if you move it around too much.
From what I've seen they can take quite a bit of flow, as long as the flow doesn"t flip them.
Also, they will move around until they find a light and flow they are comfortable with.
My advice would be to move it once, to the "upstream" end of the flow in your tank. It will puff up and move "downstream" until it gets comfortable and then it will just hang there.
Also, until tentacles come out, I wouldn't bother feeding it. When they're out the plate will use them to grab on to particles but with them in you're just wasting food.
Good luck!

 

[adam.sandor88]

If your plate still looks like it does, with color and with the ribs showing white through the skin, I wouldn't be too concerned.
I have four (a cycloseris like yours and three fungia) and every now and then they'll shrink for a while and then puff back up. In fact, my green fungia just puffed back up after being shriveled up like a raisin for about a week.
When I first got it and saw it doing it I got concerned and started moving it around but that just ticks it off even more so it stays shriveled up longer. You also run the risk of damaging the underside if you move it around too much.
From what I've seen they can take quite a bit of flow, as long as the flow doesn"t flip them.
Also, they will move around until they find a light and flow they are comfortable with.
My advice would be to move it once, to the "upstream" end of the flow in your tank. It will puff up and move "downstream" until it gets comfortable and then it will just hang there.
Also, until tentacles come out, I wouldn't bother feeding it. When they're out the plate will use them to grab on to particles but with them in you're just wasting food.
Good luck!

Extremely helpful!
I have moved my powerhead to where the plate is in the direct path of it. The plates color has come back and I can see some tentacles (it's extremely hard to see)

I'm noticing a slight change in color too, it seems that after my most recent WC it started coming back around


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