orange plate coral

[dottybackss]

I just purchased a small 2' orange plate coral today but I am wondering do they eat fish if a fish sit on it or get too close to it? I have a 2.5' spotted mandarin in my tank.

[Roshan8768]

World's largest mandarin !!! 2.5 ft O.o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In all seriousness though, your fish will be fine unless it is sick or dying

[k4ndyk1ng]

World's largest mandarin !!! 2.5 ft O.o

 

In all seriousness though, your fish will be fine unless it is sick or dying

+ if a fish is dying and sits on hi the is a goner, but if thy are healthy you will be 100% fine

[dottybackss]

Sorry it is 2.5" lol. I just saw my mandarin sleep near it.

[Dr.Brain Coral]

No worries. Even if he sits on the coral he will be fine

[D Z]

I have a plate about the same size. To give you an idea of what it is capable of, when spot feeding it, it does not have a very strong grasp on its food. I have to turn all of my pumps off to give it a chance to pull the food into its mouth. This process can take up to 20 minutes, but is very cool to watch. Therefore, like everyone else has said, you do not have to worry about a healthy fish getting grabbed and eaten.

[dottybackss]

Ok thank you for the info guys it is very helpful. By the way I just saw my flametail blenny picking on the plate for two times. He have shape teeth.

[dottybackss]

Is my plate looks healthy? I only seen it fully open once after I bought it for a week now and also I already feed it once with a lot of mysis. It looks so thin or this is normal?