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March 11th, 2008, 12:39 AM
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Plate Coral
How often do you need to feed them? I know you need to place the food on the disc and they eat meaty foods.
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March 11th, 2008, 02:00 AM
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Re: Plate Coral
Id say every 3 to 4 days Piggy.
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March 11th, 2008, 04:17 AM
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Re: Plate Coral
...and just a word of advise on plate corals - mine was getting HUGE - and moving about and up the glass - something I didn't want, so I moved him. He shrunk up and started declining FAST - so I moved him back to his original position. Still not lookin' good. Lesson learned - leave them alone when they are lookin' good.
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March 11th, 2008, 07:38 PM
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Re: Plate Coral
I've had no luck with plate corals. I've had 5 of them total (long tentacled and short tentacled) and I've never been able to keep them alive for more than a few weeks. No idea why, since everything else in my tank has always done fine. I just hate those corals.
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March 12th, 2008, 10:11 PM
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Re: Plate Coral
I have heard that the short tentacle are easier to maintain. I have had an orange short that is doing great. Actually noticed some growth since I bought it. I feed it a little chunk of silversides or mysis about once every three weeks. It will also catch flake food that blows down near it.
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March 12th, 2008, 11:05 PM
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Re: Plate Coral
A bit off topic here, Jim, but you might want to re-think the flake foods in your tank - they'll contribute to algae problems (phosphates, I believe) in the long run.
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