Bought this new coral, which way is up?

[chris24]

Please help!

 

[jzuse]

I am perty sure its the right way in your first pic

 

[bandaid]

Yes the first pic is right. You can see the mouth in that pic and there is no mouth on the others.

 

[dogstar]

Thats a plate coral and all the tenticals will come out of all those grooves in the first pic. Hope it opens nice for you.

 

[jdragunas]

i love plate corals! My fav. coral i think... and yes, the first pic is up. Whenever you get a new coral, make sure you look for the "mouth" (which normally looks like a cut or slit in the coral), the mouth needs to face up... you know, so it can eat... lol!

 

[chris24]

Thank you guys ! Will post a pic if it opens soon

 

[littlebuck]

i love them to but dont they move around a bunch?

 

[wax32]

I've never owned one, but the one's at the LFS stay in one spot till someone buys them or they die.

 

[jacknjill]

plate corals dont move. i think you are thinking of anemones. but i cant wait to see a pic of it open!

 

[dogstar]

Plate corals can move. They are one of the few nonsessile corals there are. Rare for them to move much in an aquarium though.
Heres a thread that might help Chris24
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show...20#post1412220

 

[littlebuck]

I know they can move my friend has one and it does move. not like an anemone but it does move around in his tank.

 

[jacknjill]

oh, well ive never seen them move. they just sit there. but i guess they could, just like any other coral

 

[littlebuck]

the long tentical ones move more i think becasue his in his tank its always in a diffrent spot

 

[kdfrosty]

Originally Posted by JacknJill
plate corals dont move. i think you are thinking of anemones. but i cant wait to see a pic of it open!
Actaully, as mentioned, they do move. they slightly inflate and deflate their body, and this is the way they get around. It's not fast, and hardly noticeable, but effective....especially when needing to flip over.
JacknJill-
didnt you rescue a plate, and now have tons of babies? Maybe it was someone else. If it was you, how're they doin?

 

[rubberduck]

no the person who got the skeleton and now they reproduce is stuckinflo and im also wandering how the are doing as this is rare and for that to happen the plate has to relize its dying (hypotheticaly) and try to reproduce befor it dies. basicaly it has to die slow. but yeah cool plate, and they can move

 

[dogstar]

Reproduction can be sexual but is often encountered in the form of asexually produced daughter colonies, called anthocauli. These asexual bits grow and break off a parent, making their lives on the bottom separately. Fragmentation is another way Fungiids may be reproduced. This requires at most the breaking of a donor into six pieces.
Fungiid field, Malaysia