EMERGENCY!? PLATE CORAL'S GUTS SPILLING OUT!

H4kimWibowo27 · Nov 1, 2020

Hello! My name is Hakim, i'm from Indonesia and i'm 12 years old. So, i think i need immediate help, because the mesenterial filaments of one of my ppate coral is spilling out! Basically it looks like the flesh many holes in the bottom side of the plate coral, causing many bursts of the mesentaerial filaments. The most likely suspect seems to be my substrate, since it's not made of soft sand, instead it is more like shells, pebbles, etc. Though some amphipods, or other things might be to blame too. So here i am, rescaping my tank a little for some new arrivals (coral) and it just so happen that i need to move my plate coral a little bit, but when i picked it up, and checked it's underside, this is what i saw (the photo was a couple minutes later, the filaments were longer when i first picked up the coral)

The plate coral, right now, is relocated to a temporary holding chamber with no substrate, as i fear the rocks might damege the coral more. Here are my questions:
1. What are the chances of it surviving?
2. Should i keep it in the holding chamber?
3. How can i help it heal?
4. Should keep feeding it?
5. How long will it take to heal?
Thanks, my friends, for helping me out! I hope it survives, it's one of my first corals! And again, thanks for everything!

SMSREEF · Nov 1, 2020

Hi Hakim,
I don’t have plate corals so I can’t help. But I’m gonna bump this and see if we can get help from @fishguy242 @ReefSquad @dbl @Katrina71 @DSC reef

Daddy-o · Nov 1, 2020

I would put it back where you had it. A lot of times they drop babies from the under side, They are actually quite hardy.

fishguy242 · Nov 1, 2020

hi, looks good to me ,agree just put back where she was happy,leave be,see any worsening ,come back here:)
how about a full tank shot;):cool:

H4kimWibowo27 · Nov 1, 2020

Ok, since you guys said almost the same thing, i'm just gonna put it back where it belongs. And for a full tank shot, i'll do it in the morning, it's almost midnight here! Thanks!

Daddy-o · Nov 1, 2020

We actually cut one of ours into 9 pieces (8 without a mouth) and they all grew. The 8 that didnt have a mouth each grew one.

Katrina71 · Nov 2, 2020

I have this one...my clown literally loved it to death. If you ever have a plate that dies, leave the skeleton! They frequently drop babies from the skeleton like this

H4kimWibowo27 · Nov 2, 2020

Katrina71 said:
I have this one...my clown literally loved it to death. If you ever have a plate that dies, leave the skeleton! They frequently drop babies from the skeleton like this

Whoa! They're nuts!!

H4kimWibowo27 · Nov 2, 2020

fishguy242 said:
hi, looks good to me ,agree just put back where she was happy,leave be,see any worsening ,come back here:)
how about a full tank shot;):cool:

Anyway, here it is! Here is the FTS! Sorry for the bad pic!

Inhabitants include...
V V
Corals:
Torches- 2 colonies
Hammers- 2 colonies
Plates- 2 species
Goniopora- 1 colony fragment
Zoa- 2 colonies, 2 species?
BTA- 1 individual

Other:
Clowns- 2
Coral Banded Shrimp- 1
Capungan- 1 (local name)
Bluestar damselfish?- 1 (local name)
Dakocan- 2 (local name)
Tikusan- 1 (local name)
Sand Star- 1
Blue Linkia-1
Feather duster-1

Steph1 · Nov 2, 2020

A 12yo in charge of a marine tank that is impressive as is your English :)
Could we see a pic of your tank?

SMSREEF · Nov 2, 2020

H4kimWibowo27 said:
Anyway, here it is! Here is the FTS! Sorry for the bad pic!

Inhabitants include...
V V
Corals:
Torches- 2 colonies
Hammers- 2 colonies
Plates- 2 species
Goniopora- 1 colony fragment
Zoa- 2 colonies, 2 species?
BTA- 1 individual

Other:
Clowns- 2
Coral Banded Shrimp- 1
Capungan- 1 (local name)
Bluestar damselfish?- 1 (local name)
Dakocan- 2 (local name)
Tikusan- 1 (local name)
Sand Star- 1
Blue Linkia-1
Feather duster-1

Cool looking tank!