Coral coasters in your reef: Do you keep plating corals?

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Ddepends what you consider plating, if you count turbinaria or pectinia then yes

Coral coasters in your reef: Do you keep plating corals?

Plating corals include certain species of Montipora, Acropora, and Pocillopora corals. Plenty of lighting and flow are usually a key part of their care. These colorful corals can grow well with the right parameters, so it is important to consider their horizontal growth patterns and any possible interference from other aggressive corals. What has been your experience – do you keep plating corals? Please share your recommendations and best practices in the related discussion!

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[GARRIGA]

4 foot cube with this as a center piece or just a bunch of them covering the bottom.

 

[JoJosReef]

I very rarely trim it. I’ve had this colony for quite a while. For what it’s worth, I have it in VERY high light (right under a Radion) and in very high flow. Not sure if that has anything to do with it. I suspect it has a lot to do with flow.

Didn't I get my "mystique" monti from you once upon a time?

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

4 foot cube with this as a center piece or just a bunch of them covering the bottom.

Is that a Hollywood stunner?

Wait, are you the one who drops off huge colonies of that stuff to my LFS?

 

[dpoltsdsu]

Didn't I get my "mystique" monti from you once upon a time?

I don’t think that one was me. I haven’t sold a coral on R2R!

 

[JoJosReef]

I don’t think that one was me. I haven’t sold a coral on R2R!

No, that was Socali. Was it you I got the goldenrod anacro and mystique cap? I might be confusing another socalireefer :~)

Edit: scratch that, I found the seller! You were interested in my ReefCleaners group buy, that's what it was!

 

[GARRIGA]

Is that a Hollywood stunner?

Wait, are you the one who drops off huge colonies of that stuff to my LFS?

Leptoseris Hawaiiensis - no clue on trade name but saw it on Reef Builders and now I want it. Comes from deeper waters (270 ft) therefore likely less needing of PAR.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Leptoseris Hawaiiensis - no clue on trade name but saw it on Reef Builders and now I want it. Comes from deeper waters (270 ft) therefore likely less needing of PAR.

Got it, thought that was your colony lol

 

[Sebastiancrab]

I like both montis and chalices, but I'll probably have to begin triming my monti before too long. They heal so quickly that jagged edges are not noticable.

How do you trim it?

 

[crewsfish]

Mine have taken off after lighting upgrade and All4Reef dosing. A little worried I'll have to start trimming when they start to shade.

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

We do

 

[merkmerk73]

Yep

Yes, they need to be pruned, but no reef tank is complete without them - sorry, thems the facts.