Plate Coral question about healing process
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Topic: Plate Coral question about healing process
Posted By: SmokeyBear
Subject: Plate Coral question about healing process
Date Posted: November 11 2010 at 3:25pm
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As some of you know I had an overheating problem this past summer while I was out of town. As a result, half of my plate coral died.. Well a little more than half, but the mouth was still alive and well, so I just moved it towards the back of the tank to see if it would pull through. It has! Tentacles are coming out daily now, which makes me happy.. My question is about the healing process this thing is doing to itself. It appears as if 20 new mouths are forming on the outer region of the dead area. Can anyone confirm this from these pics? It's covered in sand because my dragon goby likes to spit all over it. Will it heal properly over time? These little so called mouths are starting to produce tiny little tentacles too! Is this thing going to be half plate half mouths? I am perplexed here.   |
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Posted By: jdskidawg
Date Posted: November 11 2010 at 3:30pm
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its having babies ------------- 150 in the works 8g Biocube,minijet 606,par38 led and Intank media tower,koralia nano |
Posted By: pgravis
Date Posted: November 11 2010 at 3:50pm
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there is a thread on reef2reef about a plate dying then starting to produce tons (it seems like it stated maybe a hundred, though i could be exaggerating that!) of babies. it said if you leave it, it will continue to produce. that would be sweet! i wwill try and find a link to that after work ------------- See my house: www.eclecticvictorian.com |
Posted By: jdskidawg
Date Posted: November 11 2010 at 3:53pm
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i think this is the one he is talking about http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/general-reef-discussions/32986-baby-red-fungia-plate-corals-new.html - http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/general-reef-discussions/32986-baby-red-fungia-plate-corals-new.html ------------- 150 in the works 8g Biocube,minijet 606,par38 led and Intank media tower,koralia nano |
Posted By: SGH360
Date Posted: November 11 2010 at 3:59pm
| those mouths kinda look like blastos |
Posted By: SmokeyBear
Date Posted: November 11 2010 at 4:17pm
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I love how quick people are on these forums. I've been to forums where you wait weeks for a reply. Thanks guys! Wow.. He made them wait 7 months to see pictures! I showed yall in the same day. haha.. And yea, they do look kind of like blastos. I guess we see how long they grow before I pop them off? Good things come out of a tragedy I guess. Almost considered throwing her out after the overheating killed off so many other things. |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 11 2010 at 9:14pm
 Congrats Papa.This is why I never toss a coral skeleton.  This happens a lot. Fungia are famous for it. There have been many people here that have sold hundreds of the "babies". They pry off pretty easy and can grow pretty fast when set on their own area of sand or glued with superglue to a small flat rock. I hate "sand throwing" Gobies and Jawfish because of how they mess up these things. They also decimate the bug and worm population in a sand bed. Not good.  Anyway, this is a pic of a grown baby Fungia. You will find a lot of people interested in the grown babies.  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: November 12 2010 at 12:00pm
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Mark is correct. This happens often, especially with LPS corals. I have had Frogspawn and Bubble corals do this after the colony has died. I am currently nursing a bubble coral baby hoping it will grow into a large colony and have had a dead frogspawn skeleton come back 2 full years after it died. It is now a beautiful colony. Good luck raising these. It would be cool to see them in many members tanks in the future. It could also help you fund more corals for your tank. |
Posted By: ninja_brandon
Date Posted: November 12 2010 at 12:14pm
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I am currently experiencing the same thing. Had a diamond goby burry mine and I didn't notice until it was dead :( But I had heard that they pop out babies like crazy when they die so I left mine in the tank. Well shortly after I began seeing little orange specs all over the skeleton. Now Im certain they are baby plates. I will try and get a picture tonight. I currently have around 10 babies growing on the skeleton of the original.
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Posted By: SmokeyBear
Date Posted: November 14 2010 at 4:08pm
| I'd love to see a pic of that Brandon! After reading that article on the guy with the red one, it really made me want a red one. |
Posted By: ninja_brandon
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 10:32am
| Sorry about the delay on the picture. I have a camera but its at the cousins house. Tried with the phone but it was not clear enough to even post. Should have one soon once the camera is returned. |