Ok, here’s a picture I just took…it is still not nearly as beautiful as all of your guys corals.
This isn’t a great picture…but that was my plate coral when I first got it. It’s grown quite a bit. But I don’t have a recent picture.
It's a gorgeous plate!Ok, here’s a picture I just took…it is still not nearly as beautiful as all of your guys corals.
Thank you!!!!
You went there in person to tell them about the BJD torch or was this discussed with them before you went? I was sent the wrong Cynaria, took about a week to settle the issue and I happened to be at SD two weeks ago, stopped by there and told them that I had credit from that issue, nothing I wanted from their display store, I went onto their site and show them the plate I wanted which they gave me no issues.
Yes, I had sent them photos of the torch right after unpacking it. It had a head dead and I put it in the tank and gave them a photo day later when the other head went BJD and I pulled it and started cipro in my whole tank. Wasn't happy with it. I knew they were having problems with their torches at the time, so I asked for something else as replacement and said I'd like a plate, to which they said that'd be fine, and I told them when I'd be in town. Overall, they handled the replacement well, although they probably should never have sent the torch.
WOW!!! Maybe the prettiest coral I've seen. Is there a name for this beauty?I grew both mine out from pinkie nail size
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I have two conches. 1) I didn't like the conches and pitho crab moving the plate around or potentially injuring it; 2) I didn't like the plate moving itself around. Solution: zoa prison!
Heliofungia holy moly! That’s likely the prettiest heliofungia I have ever seen! How long have you had it?A standard green plate and a purple lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnng tentacle plate
Long tentacle plates have poor survival rates in home aquaria. There are some more durable strains but it’s hit or miss if you get one or not.
Did you keep the skeleton? The guy I bought my little plate from had his die like that and then it exploded with babies. I wonder if this isn't a type of programmed mechanism of reproduction that these corals have, because it seems like the "sudden decline" happens too frequently for it to just be a "poor survival in aquaria". I mean, it could be that they simply can't sustain without some missing factor present in their natural environment, but wonder if it's also just a method of reproduction.
I highly suspect it’s something very simple. Sand irritation. Causing tissue recession
No. I tend not to because I fear (maybe unnecessarily) die off adding who knows what to my tank. Usually is something is behind saving I just toss it and don’t take the risk of it releasing ammonia and death toxins into my tank 24/7 until it’s all rotted away.
Maybe the long tentacle ones come from a more rocky/gravel substrate as opposed to fine sand we use
Brace yourself indeed. Holy smokes.Thank you!
It’s a coral collectors insanity plate
Brace yourself…
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I didn’t pay that though. I got mine as a baby/fragThe parent owner paid that
