plate coral??
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Topic: plate coral??
Posted By: Glutimist
Subject: plate coral??
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 6:16pm
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Whats the trick to keeping a plate coral alive? I have had two and they dont last long they start getting white on them after about 5 days. I got good calcium, do reg. water changes and have a high power howl light. oh and pretty good current i have tried putting them every where in my tank just can't keep them alive....
Thanks!
Scott ------------- Never summer!!...Wheel of time? 16 Gal 46 Gal bowfront starting |
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Posted By: CrimsRayne
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 6:22pm
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What about the rest of the specs?
Alk
Mag
Phosphate
Salinity
Temp
Tank size
Filtration
Flow
How long has the tank been up?
and what kind of light is "high power howl light"?
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Posted By: Debbles
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 6:49pm
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Are you keeping them in the sand on rocks?
Deb ------------- Yes Mikey...I still have fins!!! |
Posted By: Marine-Aquatics
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 7:58pm
| Feeding plate corals helps alot |
Posted By: griffith
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 8:31am
| What do you feed plate corals? |
Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 9:16am
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Feeding is good, but if they only last a few days before going downhill it's not a "starvation" scenario, IMO...
Agree with Crims... whats a "howl" light?
------------- - My Current Tank: 65g Starfire (sitting empty for 2+ years) - * Marine & Reef tanks since 1977 * |
Posted By: Glutimist
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 5:16pm
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70 watt high powerful light! sorry don't know the name. the Akalinity is also good i had my water tested about two weeks ago and is was all good and have done water changes so still should be good. the tanks a 48 gal bow front two power jets and return flow has good current. The tank has been up for a year. temp is 79 degrees.
What do you feed plate corals? i give my fish misis.
they have been on rocks. ------------- Never summer!!...Wheel of time? 16 Gal 46 Gal bowfront starting |
Posted By: shaggydoo
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 5:34pm
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Are you talking about a plating monti (SPS) or a fungia plate (LPS)? ------------- 60g LPS Cube |
Posted By: Glutimist
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 5:44pm
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lps. i think it looks like a flat rock and is hard. ------------- Never summer!!...Wheel of time? 16 Gal 46 Gal bowfront starting |
Posted By: CrimsRayne
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 5:48pm
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depending on the kind of tank... if you have several corals.... you will need to dose the alk to keep it stable. IMO 70 watt HPL (whatever) isn't enough or the right kind of light for them. It sounds like a Normal Output light which is just a normal florescent light like for freshwater tanks. If you can tell us the brand of the light or give a pic of it that would help. ------------- "What we know from this hobby is too hard to share with the people who just want to look and not get wet." -Rioreefer "The Puffer Girl" Zoo freak :) West Jordan |
Posted By: shaggydoo
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 6:19pm
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Ok if its the LPS then you definitely need to feed it. Also I have questions about the light as others do. ------------- 60g LPS Cube |
Posted By: FRAGgleROCK
Date Posted: December 21 2007 at 11:18pm
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I have a green plate coral in my 14g nano with a 70w metal halide and it does awesome. It's already grown visibly in the 2-3 weeks that I've had it. I spot feed it every evening with a mix of cyclops, cyclopeeze, spirulina/brine/mini mysis, coral food, zooplankton, and arctipods. I just take a cupful of tank water out every night and make the soup and then turn off the pumps and skimmer, then I let the food just float down on top of the plate and it sticks to it. Then i let the plate eat for about 20-30 mins and then turn the pumps and stuff back on. Also I keep mine in the sandbed and then let it stay in a medium flow area Hope that helps! ------------- ahhh a box with water in it?? |
Posted By: Danner
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 10:51pm
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ya i am willing to bet its the light like i think everyone is leaning towards. plated need high output lighting pref halide lighting.
Ryan
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Posted By: Dion Richins
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 12:40am
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I keep plates (lps) in everything from pc to halide. IF its Monti then it defiantly needs Halide. 70watts isn't even close, to being enough light on a 48g tank. For much of anything really.
Also LPS = sand. SPS = rock (due to his saying they turn white - I'm betting on Monti) ------------- http://www.customaquariumfurniture.com" rel="nofollow - Bad "censored" Cabinets Best quality in the valley! He is one sexy bald guy, even with out a finger!(MAC) |
Posted By: Debbles
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 2:13am
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If you could post a picture that would really help. If it is monti, I agree that it is the lights if its lps I bet its the rock. Fungia plates need to be in the sand or they die, usually very quickly. Even when they are in the sand if they arent happy where they are they will move to try to get to better conditions. Deb------------- Yes Mikey...I still have fins!!! |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 9:44am
Montipora digitata, capricornis, and danae all grow well for me under power compacts.
Mike -------------  |
Holdencraft 33 wrote:Posted By: Suzy
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 10:42am
  Are you talking about fungia or heliofungia, like these? I have seen specimens at the LFS that are on the verge of death. If you can see the skeleton underneath the viable tissue, it is on it's last leg and will be difficult to bring back to health. That being said, you could be a strawberry basket over it to prevent the fish from stealing it's food, and put some cyclopeeze on it for a few days. It might recover. Once it has good tissue back, you can feed it mysis. It will eat much quicker when it is strong. I feed these mysis, cyclopeeze, whatever happens to be in my turkey baster. I keep them on the rock down low, under an overhang so light is not the issue for these spp. IME anyway. ------------- http://www.suzysreef.com - SuzysReef.com http://z4.invisionfree.com/UtahBreeder/index.php?showtopic=11&st=0&#last - Using Macroalgae for Aquascaping |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 12:08pm
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Beautiful Fungias!
Mike ------------- |
Posted By: Glutimist
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 9:44pm
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i will take a pic, but i don't know what to say but thanks for the post, but they have not helped at all. so hope they help someone else i belive my light is ok for what i put in the tank and all three bulbs are new with in the last month. This coral really looks like a plate rock. so i don't know how feeding helps i thought it was just light and good water. but i will try it but no luck so far, thanks again.
------------- Never summer!!...Wheel of time? 16 Gal 46 Gal bowfront starting |
Posted By: Dion Richins
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 11:16pm
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Please post a picture. It would also help to know where you live. (city) If someone is close they can come and help. I would enjoy trying to figure it out with you. It would be much easier if I could see your set up and offer advice.
Wheel of time. I made it through 9 and couldnt go any farther. Hopefully after some time I can get back in and finish it.  ------------- http://www.customaquariumfurniture.com" rel="nofollow - Bad "censored" Cabinets Best quality in the valley! He is one sexy bald guy, even with out a finger!(MAC) |
Posted By: FRAGgleROCK
Date Posted: December 24 2007 at 11:04am
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the one is posted about is a "plate rock" if it's what I think you're talking about (Definately not a plate fungia I have one of those also) and I feed it just like I posted above. Like I said it does awesome and I know that it eats the food I spot feed it. I'm betting it's your lighting, but try spot feeding it with the pumps off and see if that doesn't help
------------- ahhh a box with water in it?? |