rafastank727 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Do you guys feed your plates? Link to comment
Psychosis Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 Absolutely. Once or twice weekly is my regiment, generally mysis. Link to comment
rafastank727 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 you think rods food will be okay? do you direct feed the mouth? Link to comment
Psychosis Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 Plates are the easiest coral to feed on the planet. If you get food on any part of the coral, it will all wind up in it's mouth. No guess work, just Turkey Baste and forget. I'm not sure how large Rod's food is, but if it's meaty and of reasonable size the plate will accept it. Hell, mine grab New Life Spectrum pellets all the time. Link to comment
1.0reef Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Neppy tunes?! Actually it's Diablo Corals. I'll get some pics next time I'm there. Link to comment
rafastank727 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Thanks for the info psychosis. Btw happy fathers day to all Link to comment
nathanq.inc Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 second day in my tank! such an interesting coral Link to comment
Jessy-Ray Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 second day in my tank! such an interesting coral Nice specimen! Link to comment
StanD Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Anyone ever seen a PPE fungia? Deep purple plate with Neon green rim and mouth ....... Link to comment
subsailor07 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 So I was at my LFS about a week ago. I saw that he had a plate coral frag, no bigger than 3 inches. Its a orange short tentacle. I was wondering if anyone has successfully kept a frag. I only paid $9.99 for it. Link to comment
1.0reef Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Good deal. I've seen ones half the size that are really nice Link to comment
Builder Anthony Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 3 1/2 inch flawless plate coral.this is one of those impluse buys i just wana make! Link to comment
snookman03 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 My first plate and I love it! Link to comment
nathanq.inc Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Gallivanting about the sand bed causing me to rearrange everything, but now it's up at the glass and I can get close ups! Link to comment
doppelganger Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Yay for plates! I just picked up my first plate as well. Absolutely love it. This one had such unique colors so I and it was only 30 bucks so I couldn't pass it up. Here's a shot. It's orange with white stripes running along it. Here's a close up of the green tentacles with purple/blue tips don't have any actinic shots yet so maybe I'll do that tonight Link to comment
kevin_f Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I just acclimated my first one this morning from saltcritters. Waiting to get home to see it. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 My LFS had a ginormous (at least 8" across for the skeleton alone) long tentacle plate coral. I almost bought it, but I figured $50 was a lot to spend on something that will almost 100% guaranteed died in the next month. I completely rescaped my tank recently, I now have tons of room on the sandbed for clams and plates, just gotta start getting them. Link to comment
Psychosis Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 I'm convinced a LTP would do great in a NPS tank with really moderate lighting. All the research I've done points to this being an ideal setup. I may actually enter this months photo contest Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I'm convinced a LTP would do great in a NPS tank with really moderate lighting. All the research I've done points to this being an ideal setup. I may actually enter this months photo contest Everything I see says "dirty water" for them. I think that with my feeding regimen now that I could possibly support one now. I know a ton more about them, but I'm still hesitant about it. I'd hate to lose another one. Also, I only see that they need moderate-high light, usually on the higher end. Don't know how well they'd do long-term, even with heavy feedings. Link to comment
Gramophone Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I just put this picture in the photo contest! Plates are some of my favorite corals out there. 5 just doesn't seem to be enough for me Link to comment
patback Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Are bright orange considered rare? my lfs had medium sized random colors for about 40 bucks, but the bright orange one about as round as a half dollar was 75 bucks! Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Are bright orange considered rare? my lfs had medium sized random colors for about 40 bucks, but the bright orange one about as round as a half dollar was 75 bucks! Not rare, just expensive. Link to comment
Gramophone Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 That doesn't sound too bad considering I paid $100 for my 2 inch bright orange. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 You guys would kick me then. One LFS near me had a 5" one that they wanted $45 for. Link to comment
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