Plate coral healthy?

[lazycouch]

Hey guys i really want to buy my first plate coral and i wanted to know what you guys think? is it looking healthy? the only thing throwing me off is some of those lighter spots but i’m not sure if that’s usual for their color pattern? let me know what you think! thank you

 

[josephxsxn]

While I dont have any fungi disks like that I have two lithophyllon. When they have tentacles all the way around the outer edge like that one appears to have with its small green ones they are growing. If its growing then I would reckon its in ok shape.

 

[lazycouch]

While I dont have any fungi disks like that I have two lithophyllon. When they have tentacles all the way around the outer edge like that one appears to have with its small green ones they are growing. If its growing then I would reckon its in ok shape.

awesome! thanks. should i worry about this mark right here? early signs of bleaching or would you say it’s part of the pattern hence the color on the mouth..

 

[josephxsxn]

Difficult to say if it's bleaching or not from the photos.

Took a photo of the upper edge of my lithophyllon so you can see the very tiny tentacles. Sorry about the focus it was hard to get them into the pic.

 

[lazycouch]

Difficult to say if it's bleaching or not from the photos.

Took a photo of the upper edge of my lithophyllon so you can see the very tiny tentacles. Sorry about the focus it was hard to get them into the pic.

i see them! thanks for the tips.

 

[Daddy-o]

I wouldnt worry about it. They seem pretty hardy as long as you try not to remove them from the water. My son fragged one of ours into 9 pieces. Here is a pic. of babies that appeared after we relocated one - they started as microscopic green dots and continue to grow, they will be huge. I think there are 15 of them.