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Plate coral
Picked up a plate coral at the LFS
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I have always liked plate corals but for some reason feel like they won’t last long in my tank.
Have any of you guys had long term success with plate corals? I always see them at the lfs and the next time I’m there it looks like algae is growing on the skeleton and a lot of flesh is gone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Low to moderate lighting & flow has always worked well for me too. You don't have to feed these things either, but they do have a voracious appetite. They can move too if need be.
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I have never seen a small long tentacle plate, this makes me question if they look like short tentacle plates when they are young. |
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can they attack other corals?
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Supposedly they can but the four I have don't seem to be aggressive.
I've come home from work or woken up in the morning and found them in all types of compromising positions ranging from piled up on top of each other to lying underneath other corals that have fallen on them. Each time it's only resulted in at least one extremely confused plate.
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They're kinda like anemones in that they'll drift across the bottom looking for a spot they like and then they'll stay put. Once they do you just leave them be. You don't have to feed them but they tend to be voracious eaters and it's pretty cool to watch. Only thing that still weirds me out is that they will randomly expand and shrink and sometimes stay shrunken for a week or so. Then they'll puff back up and resume sitting there.
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