nova65ss Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Hello, This piece came with the live rock we picked out at the LFS. Any idea if it is growing. needs care, etc? Thanks Link to comment
ddelallata Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 it looks like a dead plate coral. Link to comment
reefman225gal Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Dont look dead to me. It still has color to it. It looks to still be attached to the rock, so for that reason i would say its a juvenile fungia. Look up care for fungia sp Link to comment
ddelallata Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I have one, and it doesn't attach to anything. Link to comment
nova65ss Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Yeah it is just sitting on the rock not attached to anything. It is hard like a rock and was not the same color when I got it a few months ago. I'll look up Fungia. Thanks, Link to comment
ddelallata Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 It has that color because of the bacteria/algae growing on the skeleton. Link to comment
joesmoe517 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 if it is attached to the rock then you have come across a lucky piece of live rock. There are a few members on here with such a piece, i think one is Diane. In this case you would want to somehow get that 3/4 dead fungia off that rock and let it produce a new fresh one. I'm guessing that one died because it was in a low light live rock tank for quite a while. If you just placed that plate coral on that peice of rock then you need to try and feed it and give it good light and/or iodine dip. edit: i see it is not attached to the rock, disregard my rambling. Link to comment
nova65ss Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 So it is a dead piece of artwork? Link to comment
lakshwadeep Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Put it on your sand. Maybe some babies will grow on it. Link to comment
ddelallata Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 So it is a dead piece of artwork? It looks dead to me. You said it was "hard like a rock"? Link to comment
nova65ss Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Put it on your sand. Maybe some babies will grow on it. Seriously? It does look like it is flaking? Kind of had some stuff hanging from it last week. I think it is dead. Link to comment
ddelallata Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Grab it and see if it has any soft tissue on it. If all you feel is brittle calcium that you can crack off, then it is dead. Link to comment
nova65ss Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Grab it and see if it has any soft tissue on it. If all you feel is brittle calcium that you can crack off, then it is dead. Teeeen Four! Should I get it out is it hurting anything? I have kinda grown to liking it. Link to comment
reefman225gal Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I have one, and it doesn't attach to anything.What i meant by being attached is juvenile plates are attached then break off and become free living (not attached) did you place it on that rock or can it be taken off? EDIT: Never mind on being attached^^ Link to comment
joesmoe517 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 i could have sworn the top left of the picture looks like orange tissue to me. I would just leave it on the sandbed and try to feed that colored part with any meaty fish food to see if it brings the food to the mouth. If it doesnt do anything, maybe an iodine dip to heal any tissue that remains and then give it some time. Link to comment
nova65ss Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 So based on you guys suggestions I put it on the sand and it seems to be growing some sort of tissue/ baby??? I hope it regrows that would be the sheezy! What do you think? Bottom part with the small hole has some color and looks like it is alive now. Link to comment
coralcor Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 coraline growing on it... Link to comment
Rocket Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 It is dead, and now growing algae and coraline on it. Link to comment
uwwmatt Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I was given this for free by the pet store because they said it was dead. I just thought the rock kind of looked cool. There was still a little flesh on it, but everyone told me it was dead. I just set it in the corner under a my powerhead. looked like this 2 months later and six months later Link to comment
Kraylen Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Sometimes you get lucky. Im pretty sure his cycle will kill whatever might be alive. Link to comment
nova65ss Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 Tank has been running for 5 months now. Link to comment
nova65ss Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 I was given this for free by the pet store because they said it was dead. I just thought the rock kind of looked cool. There was still a little flesh on it, but everyone told me it was dead. I just set it in the corner under a my powerhead. That thing is awesome! Link to comment
Splumph Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 When you say tissue, your referring to that greenish bloblike mass in the center of the pic right? Looks like it might be something actually, who knows..lol. Link to comment
clifford513 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 The two pinkish things in the middle of the visible side of the skeleton look like flesh to me. Are they attached? Pinkish/greenish down by the sand. Link to comment
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