What does your plate coral look like?

[Meccaman96]

Anyone else?

 

[Meccaman96]

Bump i would like to keep this going

 

[saltyphish]

 

[saltyphish]

Love my long tentacle plate. It gets huge when lights are on. My favorite coral in my tank

 

[Vaughn17]

Strawberry
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That is one hot plate!

 

[Meccaman96]

Love my long tentacle plate. It gets huge when lights are on. My favorite coral in my tank

That's awesome. How big is it

 

[tyler1503]

Love my long tentacle plate. It gets huge when lights are on. My favorite coral in my tank

I love the helios too! It just sucks that mine won't accept food haha. I love watching them pass food to their mouths :)

 

[saltyphish]

I love the helios too! It just sucks that mine won't accept food haha. I love watching them pass food to their mouths :)

Mine only eats small foods like pods or plankton. I have a short tent plate that is much smaller but will eat a good sized shrimp no problem. But not my ltp

 

[saltyphish]

That's awesome. How big is it

When fully inflated about 7-8 in

 

[Vaughn17]

Mine only eats small foods like pods or plankton. I have a short tent plate that is much smaller but will eat a good sized shrimp no problem. But not my ltp

Have you had success keeping a long tentacled plate long term?

 

[reefguyty]

Orange fungia before I tried to frag it. Keyword tried lol. I think it will grow back to it's former glory just might take a few years.

 

[saltyphish]

Have you had success keeping a long tentacled plate long term?

Had mine for over a year now triple in size

 

[dbl]

 

[lion king]

Love my long tentacle plate. It gets huge when lights are on. My favorite coral in my tank

So you answered one of my questions, what's you secret to keeping a long tentacle. I always shyed away from getting one because they have have a bad rep of not living long.

 

[Latinreefer]

whats the secret to care for plates I will post the one I bought tomorrow when lights are on

 

[dnyceli]

love plates but could never sustain them long term. What are you guys doing too keep them? What are youu feeding? Light? flow?

 

[ultimatemj]

Mine are getting 120 to 180 par, moderate to mild flow, and are fed LPS pellets or mysis once every week or two~

 

[saltyhog]

I feed mine mysis, larger chunks of LRS. I also see them get smaller pieces of food when I feed the fish.

 

[saltyphish]

So you answered one of my questions, what's you secret to keeping a long tentacle. I always shyed away from getting one because they have have a bad rep of not living long.

I really dont do anything out of normal. Moderate flow medium light. I feed my tank once a week with fuel, coral frenzy and reef chili. My ltp will not eat chunks of meaty foods only small particle stuff. Mine is really easy to care for

 

[tyler1503]

I really dont do anything out of normal. Moderate flow medium light. I feed my tank once a week with fuel, coral frenzy and reef chili. My ltp will not eat chunks of meaty foods only small particle stuff. Mine is really easy to care for

I agree. No special care for me either. Medium flow with a slightly shaded area on the sand. I let them float about and settle in wherever they land.
I spot feed mysis or my own fish food two or three times a week and they usually do well for me :)