Fungia plate coral help

[Ben Summers]

I've had this long tentacle fungia plate coral about a month and it's shrivelled up and looks like part of the skeleton is showing can someone offer some help on how to possible save it if something wrong. It still inflates and eats but I have to ask for my minds sake

Parameters are stable but magnesium is low but is being raised back to normal

 

[thamnasteroid]

looks like Heliofungia actiniformis, which generally don't last past 6 months in aquaria.

What are your parameters specifically?

 

[Ben Summers]

Calcium 400ppm
KH 10
Phosphate 0ppm
pH 8
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Ammonia 0
Magnesium 1000ppm

 

[Jimbo327]

That’s a lot of skeleton showing, not a good sign. Probably already in decline before you bought it.

 

[Tcook]

For future corals you need to get the phosphate, nitrate and mag up.

 

[Ben Summers]

I've had this long tentacle fungia plate coral about a month and it's shrivelled up and looks like part of the skeleton is showing can someone offer some help on how to possible save it if something wrong. It still inflates and eats but I have to ask for my minds sake

Parameters are stable but magnesium is low but is being raised back to normal

It improved slightly but I'll get the mag up and hopefully it keeps improving

 

[Hairyteeth]

Slowly, stability is key

 

[Tcook]

And don’t move it.

 

[Uncle99]

Never got these corals beyond 6 months.
Do absolutely great for a bit, then fade fast.
Tried a handful of times.
I pass on these now.

 

[Hairyteeth]

Careful when they full melt can cause problems… I had a huge one that nuked a 40g tank

 

[slingfox]

The long tentacle plates / helio fungia are notoriously hard to keep. I doubt this one will survive beyond a few months but I hope you can beat the odds.

If you like plate coral then look into the other plate coral like diaseris. They don’t well in home reef aquariums. Here is my latest addition.

 

[BryanM]

glad it is improving, but you definitely need to up phos, nitrates, and magnesium.