uvhk Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hmm, I have a orange plate coral that recently died. I was thinking of throwing away the skeleton. Now, I will preserve it and hope it lays babies Link to comment
pegasus Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 thats crazy! i cant wait to see more progress pictures. Link to comment
opaquelace Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Total blast hanging with you today! It was sooo to see that plate kicking out babies in person! Such a neat lil treasure you got on your hands It was really difficult getting good pix of the babies because there soo teenie. I clearly counted six with possibly two more forming. Now the Video of this awesomeness enjoy... 6 babies?! That's a lot of good plate coral. Should be able to turn them into the LFS for some good store credit or frag trades. Link to comment
RnMB1988 Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 6 babies?! That's a lot of good plate coral. Should be able to turn them into the LFS for some good store credit or frag trades. Yes six is a good number. First one is mine to replace the "Mom" second goes to Zia and third is for Dixie, I think she said she wanted one.... the rest...well I'm not sure I could just trade them away to a LFS if that is all there is, I would much rater trade them with a fellow reefer for somethingI don't have. Hmm, I have a orange plate coral that recently died. I was thinking of throwing away the skeleton. Now, I will preserve it and hope it lays babies Yes KEEP IT.....put it into al owed flow shadow are of your tank, so the algae won't grow on it. It took a while for me to see what I hoped for....6 to 8 weeks if I remember correctly. Good luck! I hope you are as fortunate as I !! Link to comment
Zia Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Looking good Robert, i bet when you get back from your trip they'll be doubled in size Congrats to all you others that have these fungia's kicking out babies for you, it's one of the things to see in a reef aquarium imo. I'm so fascinated with this zombie occurrence. Everyone with one, PLEASE Keep sharing your care requirements and PICTURES, Please! Link to comment
dixie reefer Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I've got a plate thats popping out babies too! It was doing good until my clown started nipping at it. I moved it to my mantis tank and I noticed the babies! Here's what it looked like before And now babies Link to comment
RnMB1988 Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 I returned home after my six (ish) weeks in Phoenix to find this!!Defiantly some great growth!!My wife did a great job taking care of things while I was away!!Thanks Babe!! Link to comment
GTi Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I had a sickly orange plate die off and pop up babies, a ton of them at first but eventually they crowded each other out to less. I sold it off in a downgrade a few years ago and none of the smaller plates had dropped off by then. Can you elaborate? I have seen babies grow on the old skeleton but it sounds like at some point in their development they move off the skeleton and do their own thing? Thanks! Link to comment
dixie reefer Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I believe once they get big enough they pop themselves off. Link to comment
GoingPostal Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Can you elaborate? I have seen babies grow on the old skeleton but it sounds like at some point in their development they move off the skeleton and do their own thing? Thanks! They have to get to a decent size before they start falling off, none of mine had by the time I sold the piece off. Link to comment
RnMB1988 Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 I have been told that one they are the size of a dime you can break them off the mother plate. Stick around for about another two or three months and I will let you know first hand!! Link to comment
RnMB1988 Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 NEW photo's!! What AMAZING growth!!! I was gone on a business trip from Feb 19th Till Mar 26th.....LOOK at how much these babies have grown. My wife did a SUPER job of taking care of everything!! She even fed them the frozen reef plankton with an eye dropper!! http://s1317.photobucket.com/user/rcgliderguy/media/Shallow%20Nano%20Reef/DSC01027_zps3713c1b1.jpg.html'> http://s1317.photobucket.com/user/rcgliderguy/media/Shallow%20Nano%20Reef/DSC01035_zps0f02d24e.jpg.html'> I still need a better camera....... Link to comment
opaquelace Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 That's awesome. So many baby plates from a single (dead) mother. Link to comment
RnMB1988 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 I have been babying the babies - super growth feeding Sally's frozen Cyclops!! I also had a bit of a scare, I was cleaning some GHA off the mother plate and knocked off one of the babies, It survived, and is doing well !! This is a big deal - the young can live if separated from the mother. If would seem that as long as they have developed tentacles and a mouth they will be OK. This one is no larger that a pencil eraser. Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Had no idea this was a thing. Probably the coolest thing I read today about this hobby. Link to comment
RnMB1988 Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Aj. Thanks for stopping in. This is an amazing thing isn't it!! I also am completly intrigued about this. I have no idea how the dead mother plate is able to generate living babies from a skeleton, but why ask why..... lets just observe the awesomeness of the event and I will continue to document it as best I can! Keep checking in! Link to comment
marko Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 yup, i try and cut mine off as soon as i can get a good grip if they are close to other babies. since i dont want them competing with each other. i got 5 separated out, 2 the size of pinheads. feel free to remove them anytime. there is no "mother" - just a dead skeleton with independent chunks of living tissue that are trying to regenerate. the skeleton is just a substrate. RnMB - they dont form from skeleton - they form from living tissue. but the living tissue could be microscopic clusters of cells. though some of my anthocauli formed on 1/4" bits of tissue that were left after the original plate died - these large bits of tissue formed many anthocauli all over their surfaces. Link to comment
RnMB1988 Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Marko, Thanks!! That is some super information!! I know it was not magic.....it just seems that way sometimes Even with an explanation, its still AWESOME!!! I fed them some plankton tonight, the 4 larger ones ate it up like little pigs!! It's just so cool! Link to comment
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