Is my plate coral ok?

[lobster876]

I got this plate coral and acclimated it and its my first one. My tank is one year old and keep a mixed reef

nitrates 10

phos.1

nitrites0

ammonia 0

calcium 390

salinity 1.026

temp 78 degrees

 

I am running fluval sea leds until i can take the plunge into something better this christmas.

Here it is

Ok still working on posting pics

[lobster876]

Anyone?

[smeagol108]

It's definitely not dead but it ain't thriving. Normally they will be inflated have tentacles out.

[Pinner Reef]

How long have you had it?

 

How deep is the tank it's in?

[markalot]

I think it looks fine, just upset. Edges look good and not broken so keep it that way and make sure not to scoot it around in the sand. Make sure it's not in too bright of light and remember you can feed it.

 

My green with orange mouth plate looked bad for the first month or so but is very hardy,

[lobster876]

i got it saturday night and its roughly 1 1/2 foot from the light

[Pinner Reef]

Yeah, in that case it's probably still acclimating to it's new home. Let it be, and it should start showing improvement within the nest week. Just as long at the flesh doesn't start peeling it's probably ok.

[lobster876]

ok thx

[spectra]

Feed it........drop a little food on it and see what happens.

 

I feed mine almost every other day.

[lobster876]

I fially figured out why it was unhappy. My enigneer goby had dug a tunnel next to it and got sand on it

[jamescstein]

Sand sifters are like that. If you can't find a place away from where the engineer lives you might not be able to keep that coral.

 

I had a trio of engineers 10 years ago. Neat fish, but they get huge and will redesign your tank overnight.