Michae52 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I might have pushed my luck too far yesterday. I purchased a Long Tentacle Plate Coral and placed it in my little Red Sea 130D aquarium. How hard are these corals to maintain? Water parameters are decent and pretty stable. However; the tank has only been set up for 7 weeks. Any information or advice would be helpful. I thank you in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 alk, and make sure your nitrates and phosphates are good. also once you put it somewhere, leave it alone! it will flourish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I might have pushed my luck too far yesterday. I purchased a Long Tentacle Plate Coral and placed it in my little Red Sea 130D aquarium. How hard are these corals to maintain? Water parameters are decent and pretty stable. However; the tank has only been set up for 7 weeks. Any information or advice would be helpful. I thank you in advance. I've had two and had difficulty with both. +1 to what Juiceman says, place it and leave it, and make sure it's somewhere safe that frags and other items can't fall on it. My experience is that once the flesh or skeleton get damaged you'll most likely loose it. Awesome corals, I continue to want to try again. Let us know how it works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JoseZ Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I'm curious do these have to be placed on the sandbed or can they be placed on the rock? I ask because I have two sand sifting gobys who are always busy =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Very soft sandbed only. If they get any tissue damage they are likely to RTN quickly. I've read a few incidences of people actually fragging them with a wet bandsaw but most of the time any damage = quick death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Yeah, the first one I had got sliced somehow when I moved it, and it died quickly. I've had this second one for almost 2 months now, I just do my best to leave it alone. I have it on my crushed coral substrate. It's doing great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Sandbed is the place, sand sifting gobies could be bad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FragIt Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 If you touched it barehanded.... or the LFS touched /.........or the harvester or anyone in between....its dead. Sandbed and leave it alone. needs a tad bit of flow or detritus will burn it.........I have kept one for a yr or so and it does wonderfully........if anything touches it .....its dead........no sifters movers shakers or urchins.........Awesome pick up......watch for RTN....and BJD.........good luck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michae52 Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 I realize that it has only been a week but the coral seems to be doing alright. I also placed it on a rock as well. Just didn't know better untill too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 It really needs to be on the sandbed, as they can "walk" (move) around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua-Dome Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 If you touched it barehanded.... or the LFS touched /.........or the harvester or anyone in between....its dead. ? When mechanical damage is the issue, nothing is safer for the coral than bare hands... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Yeah. I just moved my 90 a cross the room and had to move the plate to a holding tank and then back into the main using my bare hands. It is back puffed up like usual. I hadn't handled it since I got it, it was sticky like an anemone! Love it! If you touched it barehanded.... or the LFS touched /.........or the harvester or anyone in between....its dead. ? When mechanical damage is the issue, nothing is safer for the coral than bare hands... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizzy Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I have a short tentacle that I haven't killed! It moved around in the sand bed until it found good lighting. I spot feed it mysis and marine snow. It's one of the happiest corals I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michae52 Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 Talk about STUPID. Yesterday I was watching my tank when I noticed a little starfish fall off the front glass right into the center of the plate coral. The coral quickly wrapped its tentacles around the starfish and covered it up. Later that night when just the actintic lights were on I noticed that the coral had completely retracted all of its tentacles so I looked down to see if the starfish was there. Well like a dumb-a_s I stuck my hand in the tank and started scatching the surface of the coral ( First big no-no ) and the coral started sliding along the rock which it is sitting on (Second big no-no). After I realized what I did; I thought nothing like throwing $50.00 out a window. Well maybe I lucked out again, the coral seems fine with its tentacles all streched out just waving in the current and the base all puffed out. I guess time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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