Plate Coral Babies

kjord97 · 01/29/2007, 08:43 AM

So, yesterday while i was performing about a 40 gal water change on the 125 gal reef I noticed something strange with my Plate Coral. Just so everyone knows, it is about 9 inches across and is a beautiful green with a purple mouth. It is a short tentacle plate neon green (Fungia sp.) and as some have personally seen it, they have said that it is the largest plate they have ever seen. I have had this plate coral since I started saltwater in a 20 gal 3 years ago. So on to the good part. When I was cleaning the tank I noticed something funny with the plate. I picked it up and turned it around. I was kind of disappointed to see that about 1/3 of the plate had disappeared and there was kind of a white skeleton. I was sad. But then after better examination of the plate, I counted 14 baby plate corals: shock: attached to the area where the plate had receded. So now i have lots of baby plates. I will be taking a picture tonight, I am also going to be sending the picture to Steven Pro and Anthony Calfo to see what they say about it. I know last year at MACNA Anthony said plates tend to create bulges and split, or you can take a saw and cut them like a pizza. I donâ€™t know if anyone has seen babies growing on top of the area where the plate died.

RicksReefs · 01/29/2007, 08:57 AM

yup, it's the typical way of fungia reproduction in aquaculture. people should never toss out a 'dead' fungia or even bubble corals and euphyllias, as all can come back months later.

Joshua1023 · 01/29/2007, 10:57 AM

Yeah I've heard of that before. Mine receded and slowly died after some live rock tumbled onto it. I havn't taken it out of the tank in hopes that I will get something out of it after all.

kjord97 · 01/29/2007, 01:20 PM

Well i hope to be able to get a few of them out of this

wantsalotta · 01/29/2007, 03:03 PM

I have had similar experience in the past. Cut it with the dremel when they grew out some, sold 3 quarters to my friends and kept 1/4 for myself. The one quarter made 27 babies. Everyone friend I have that has saltqwater tank has at least one of these.

wantsalotta

violet21chewy · 01/29/2007, 03:51 PM

Can the same thing happen with the dome shaped short tentacle plates?

kjord97 · 01/30/2007, 07:19 AM

here are some pics that I wanted to show yall.

wantsalotta nice pic of your plates.

the first is a pic of my 3 plates back in Nov 2005 the 2nd and 3rd pics are of the babies and me feeding them cyclopeeze

kjord97 · 01/30/2007, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by violet21chewy
Can the same thing happen with the dome shaped short tentacle plates?

in my pic of the 3 plates, the small green one on the left started to create 3 babies in which they have been growing out of the top of the plate. It is weird looking, looks like 1 big plate with 3 buldges on top.

Steven Pro · 01/30/2007, 07:40 AM

Congratulations! Those little baby corals are called anthocauli.

kjord97 · 01/30/2007, 09:30 AM

WOOHOO hey Steven, got my tickets and room see you in September.

Thank you for the comment and thank you for the name of the babies, i can continue to do some more research.

kjord97 · 01/30/2007, 09:39 AM

If you want to read up on anthocauli, go figure that Steven Pro and Anthony Calfo wrote a report on there findings of this process.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/trachyreproart.htm

oxkisses12ox · 01/30/2007, 05:49 PM

can my plate coral reproduce without having another plate in the tank??

ataylo13 · 01/30/2007, 06:18 PM

Congratulations it's a fungi! Are you planning on selling any of the babies? PM me if you are.

Steven Pro · 01/30/2007, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by oxkisses12ox
can my plate coral reproduce without having another plate in the tank??

This is a form of asexual reproduction, only one specimen required.

strat1960s · 07/09/2021, 04:38 PM

I just read through the posts of this topic.
I have a plate that is developing a wedge shape similar to one of the pictures in this post. It still has flesh and is puffed up with tentacles out. I did not see any mention of the survival of the parent plate coral.
I really like this coral and would love to keep it as long as possible. Babies would be nice too, but I haven't noticed any bumps on the plate. I haven't turned it over to look though.
Any info on the survival of the parent plate would be much appreciated.
Thank you.

Ted

01/29/2007, 08:43 AM	#1
kjord97 Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Chaptico, Md Posts: 248	Plate Coral Babies So, yesterday while i was performing about a 40 gal water change on the 125 gal reef I noticed something strange with my Plate Coral. Just so everyone knows, it is about 9 inches across and is a beautiful green with a purple mouth. It is a short tentacle plate neon green (Fungia sp.) and as some have personally seen it, they have said that it is the largest plate they have ever seen. I have had this plate coral since I started saltwater in a 20 gal 3 years ago. So on to the good part. When I was cleaning the tank I noticed something funny with the plate. I picked it up and turned it around. I was kind of disappointed to see that about 1/3 of the plate had disappeared and there was kind of a white skeleton. I was sad. But then after better examination of the plate, I counted 14 baby plate corals: shock: attached to the area where the plate had receded. So now i have lots of baby plates. I will be taking a picture tonight, I am also going to be sending the picture to Steven Pro and Anthony Calfo to see what they say about it. I know last year at MACNA Anthony said plates tend to create bulges and split, or you can take a saw and cut them like a pizza. I donâ€™t know if anyone has seen babies growing on top of the area where the plate died. __________________ 180 Gal Deep Reef 40 gal sump, Octopus 200 Skimmer, 3 x 250 MH XM 10K 150 Gal 31" Tall Reef 35 Gal sump, Octopus 150 Skimmer, 3 x 250 MH Radium 20K, 58 Gal Reef Tank in the wall next to fire place 28 Gal JBJ 150 HQI 24 Gal JBJ Nano

01/29/2007, 10:57 AM	#3
Joshua1023 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reading PA Posts: 1,526	Yeah I've heard of that before. Mine receded and slowly died after some live rock tumbled onto it. I havn't taken it out of the tank in hopes that I will get something out of it after all. __________________ Only bad things happen fast. Only bad thing happen fast. Only bad things happen fast. Man,I'm friggen hard-headed!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gl tank,Coralife 14K MH lights,2 Current dual daylight/actinic 40 watt fixtures, tidepool sump,Coralife SS 220 protein skimmer,six inch sand bed w/ plenum, Current Prime Tower 1/3 hp Chiller,RedSea ozonizer w/ orp

01/29/2007, 01:20 PM	#4
kjord97 Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Chaptico, Md Posts: 248	Well i hope to be able to get a few of them out of this __________________ 180 Gal Deep Reef 40 gal sump, Octopus 200 Skimmer, 3 x 250 MH XM 10K 150 Gal 31" Tall Reef 35 Gal sump, Octopus 150 Skimmer, 3 x 250 MH Radium 20K, 58 Gal Reef Tank in the wall next to fire place 28 Gal JBJ 150 HQI 24 Gal JBJ Nano

01/30/2007, 07:19 AM	#7
kjord97 Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Chaptico, Md Posts: 248	here are some pics that I wanted to show yall. wantsalotta nice pic of your plates. the first is a pic of my 3 plates back in Nov 2005 the 2nd and 3rd pics are of the babies and me feeding them cyclopeeze __________________ 180 Gal Deep Reef 40 gal sump, Octopus 200 Skimmer, 3 x 250 MH XM 10K 150 Gal 31" Tall Reef 35 Gal sump, Octopus 150 Skimmer, 3 x 250 MH Radium 20K, 58 Gal Reef Tank in the wall next to fire place 28 Gal JBJ 150 HQI 24 Gal JBJ Nano

01/30/2007, 07:40 AM	#9
Steven Pro Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 9,376	Congratulations! Those little baby corals are called anthocauli. __________________ Steven Pro, yep that is my real name. Current Tank Info: Twelve 600 gallon tubs located in a greenhouse

01/29/2007, 08:57 AM	#2
RicksReefs Moved On Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In America's Dangling Junk State. Posts: 6,413	yup, it's the typical way of fungia reproduction in aquaculture. people should never toss out a 'dead' fungia or even bubble corals and euphyllias, as all can come back months later.

01/29/2007, 03:03 PM	#5
wantsalotta Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ixonia, Wi Posts: 1,040	I have had similar experience in the past. Cut it with the dremel when they grew out some, sold 3 quarters to my friends and kept 1/4 for myself. The one quarter made 27 babies. Everyone friend I have that has saltqwater tank has at least one of these. wantsalotta

01/29/2007, 03:51 PM	#6
violet21chewy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 378	Can the same thing happen with the dome shaped short tentacle plates?

01/30/2007, 09:30 AM	#10
kjord97 Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Chaptico, Md Posts: 248	WOOHOO hey Steven, got my tickets and room see you in September. Thank you for the comment and thank you for the name of the babies, i can continue to do some more research. __________________ 180 Gal Deep Reef 40 gal sump, Octopus 200 Skimmer, 3 x 250 MH XM 10K 150 Gal 31" Tall Reef 35 Gal sump, Octopus 150 Skimmer, 3 x 250 MH Radium 20K, 58 Gal Reef Tank in the wall next to fire place 28 Gal JBJ 150 HQI 24 Gal JBJ Nano

01/30/2007, 09:39 AM	#11
kjord97 Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Chaptico, Md Posts: 248	If you want to read up on anthocauli, go figure that Steven Pro and Anthony Calfo wrote a report on there findings of this process. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/trachyreproart.htm __________________ 180 Gal Deep Reef 40 gal sump, Octopus 200 Skimmer, 3 x 250 MH XM 10K 150 Gal 31" Tall Reef 35 Gal sump, Octopus 150 Skimmer, 3 x 250 MH Radium 20K, 58 Gal Reef Tank in the wall next to fire place 28 Gal JBJ 150 HQI 24 Gal JBJ Nano

01/30/2007, 05:49 PM	#12
oxkisses12ox Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Key West Posts: 353	can my plate coral reproduce without having another plate in the tank?? __________________ 14 Gallon Biocube Plate Coral 2 serpent stars 2 hermits and 4 snails 1 cleaner shrimp 2 false clowns 1 horseshoe crab water : nirates nitrite amonia = 0 PH 8.2 temp 79 calc 400 Current Tank Info: 14 gallon biocube

01/30/2007, 06:18 PM	#13
ataylo13 habitual line stepper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,041	Congratulations it's a fungi! Are you planning on selling any of the babies? PM me if you are.

07/09/2021, 04:38 PM	#15
strat1960s Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Schertz, Texas Posts: 55	I just read through the posts of this topic. I have a plate that is developing a wedge shape similar to one of the pictures in this post. It still has flesh and is puffed up with tentacles out. I did not see any mention of the survival of the parent plate coral. I really like this coral and would love to keep it as long as possible. Babies would be nice too, but I haven't noticed any bumps on the plate. I haven't turned it over to look though. Any info on the survival of the parent plate would be much appreciated. Thank you. Ted __________________ I always have fun. Sometimes are more fun than others. Current Tank Info: 240 Gal. mixed reef and 50g SCA