bonesnapper
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Are they hard to take care of. Someone at my LFS told me that they die for no reason. Is that true?
Plate Coral?
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bonesnapper
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Oh, I should be picking one up next weekend.
coral keeper
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I heard that they will do good under PCs.
wangotango
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Short tentacle plates, fungias, do quite well. As mentioned the long-tentacled plates usually don't.
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littlebuck
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well i have an old skeleton plate with about 20 mini plates on it, and its doing great. cant wait until they get full size.
bonesnapper
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I got an orange one today, it is a short tentacle.
aquaknight
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Originally Posted by mfp1016
Despite keeping various SPS, LPS, I had no luck with the plate, oh well, good luck to you sire.
x2, I've killed 3 plates. They just so hard to resist lol. Dunno what it is, just no luck with plates.
Definitely leave long tentacle plates in the sea though...
Despite keeping various SPS, LPS, I had no luck with the plate, oh well, good luck to you sire.
x2, I've killed 3 plates. They just so hard to resist lol. Dunno what it is, just no luck with plates.
Definitely leave long tentacle plates in the sea though...
aquaknight
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Very interesting Anonome. Everyone always preaches putting plates in the sand. Was 9/27/07 when you first got the plate?
anonome
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Originally Posted by AquaKnight
Very interesting Anonome. Everyone always preaches putting plates in the sand. Was 9/27/07 when you first got the plate?
No, I actually got it somewhere around June/ July 2007 time frame. It has been a great coral, loves the brisk water movement. I think it is much happier now than when I first put it in the tank. Still on the rocks, but in a different location to get more movement.
I know most people do put their plates in the sand, but my diamond goby kept burying it in sand daily, so my only option was to put it on the rocks. Just find an area that is somewhat level.
Very interesting Anonome. Everyone always preaches putting plates in the sand. Was 9/27/07 when you first got the plate?
No, I actually got it somewhere around June/ July 2007 time frame. It has been a great coral, loves the brisk water movement. I think it is much happier now than when I first put it in the tank. Still on the rocks, but in a different location to get more movement.
I know most people do put their plates in the sand, but my diamond goby kept burying it in sand daily, so my only option was to put it on the rocks. Just find an area that is somewhat level.
alix2.0
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Originally Posted by Anonome
No, I actually got it somewhere around June/ July 2007 time frame. It has been a great coral, loves the brisk water movement. I think it is much happier now than when I first put it in the tank. Still on the rocks, but in a different location to get more movement.
I know most people do put their plates in the sand, but my diamond goby kept burying it in sand daily, so my only option was to put it on the rocks. Just find an area that is somewhat level.
i just put mine on a rock up at the top of the tank, and it looks SO much better than it has. i think as long as the rock isnt sharp and its happy enough that it wont walk away, having it on the rocks should be ok.
No, I actually got it somewhere around June/ July 2007 time frame. It has been a great coral, loves the brisk water movement. I think it is much happier now than when I first put it in the tank. Still on the rocks, but in a different location to get more movement.
I know most people do put their plates in the sand, but my diamond goby kept burying it in sand daily, so my only option was to put it on the rocks. Just find an area that is somewhat level.
i just put mine on a rock up at the top of the tank, and it looks SO much better than it has. i think as long as the rock isnt sharp and its happy enough that it wont walk away, having it on the rocks should be ok.
janastasio
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I had a short tentacle for about a year. Had it under T5's and it wasnt happy, so I put in on the sand bed of my 19 gallon with 150w MH's and it did much better. Then it started withering away. But it has 3 babies on the skeleton. Its back in my large tank with the T5s, up high with lots of current. The babies in the last month just developed their skeletal base. Hope they make and get alot bigger. VERY slow growing, they have barely changed in size for months! Good luck. I'm a sucker for plates too. They are neat looking coral.
flricordia
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Haven't figured them out myself. An orange plate that is still doing well placed in tank 1 year before Hurricane Ivan and was one of the few corals to have survived week of power outage with everyone blocked from access to tank and seen a few green plates and a purple that didn't last longer than a year in idea conditions.
bonesnapper
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How often should I feed it?