Trying to nurse this CORAL back

[liquidnoise]

Took this in Monday evening with one section of it dead as the white coral plates can be seen.

When it came the tenticulas were like hair. They were not bloated and like a deflated long balloon.

Didnt know if they like high, mid or low low so swifted the fellow three times each time for a few hours to see how they fair. FInal spot is a low flow and realise after maybe 30mins from lifeless hair to curly short hair! the body seems to swell.

Den after maybe only 5 mins starts to inflate

AFter that swelling can be seen again on the body

Slowly the hair started to become ballon

But the baloon still not erected

The good thing this morning all the balloon started erection! Late for work so didnt take pics

[iskay]

Fungid corals prefer being placed flat on sandy bottoms. The exposed white section is the skeleton stripped of flesh. With proper care, it might recover.

[liquidnoise]

Fungid corals prefer being placed flat on sandy bottoms. The exposed white section is the skeleton stripped of flesh. With proper care, it might recover.

ohh.. ok. so we shd not titlt it. Thanks

Wat abt these corals below? can we put them on rocks as there is really now not much space on the sand. And wat kind of flow for them? (high, mid or low?)

The coral beside the hermit crab

[liquidnoise]

there is another pcs tat seems to be doing well but its on the rocks. issit ok for tis position?

so far we are just feed 5 in 1 coral food and dosing calcium, Mg and sodium. Heard they are good for corals

[liquidnoise]

the coral (can sumbody please teach me wats it called) is doing very well. all fat and fluffy

[iskay]

Left of hermit crab is Goniopora. Medium to high flow.

[iskay]

the coral (can sumbody please teach me wats it called) is doing very well. all fat and fluffy

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Long tentacle Fungid corals. Common name plate corals.

[liquidnoise]

Left of hermit crab is Goniopora. Medium to high flow.

thx ALOT...finally have tips on placing them....now will really depend on my mum if she wants to place them higher for the flow. But she seems to enjoy them infront for her viewing pleasure. but flow is not so high...BTW, i have gotten 3 different colored ones, namely; pink, purplish and yellow green. Is there other colors?

[liquidnoise]

Another update! this time all the HAIR is standing UP. it is also started swelling damn big. Now it had over taken the size of the resident cousin

[liquidnoise]

Just curious, why is there swelling observed when the green one doesnt?

[liquidnoise]

strange sighting..the new purple tip swells and is doing really really well. The "hair isw like so very full body and erects like no tomorrow. Strangely the green pcs which is in the tank for maybe 2 months is showing sign of reduce swelling and the hair is not so full as before...its like now the sick one gets beta and the healthy one gets sick....

[liquidnoise]

Not sure if its a good sign or bad as i notice sometimes the coral swells up so big like its going to burst its guts out.

[liquidnoise]

sad day, it seems the coral not doing well. the white portion has extended. not sure if its the iodione dosing or other element dosing or the WC caused it. very sad

[evomclaren]

nice!

[ambystoma82]

the pink plate is very nice, i assume the damage seems to be done by another coral 's sting or bad rock fall?

The pink tip plate seems to be quite uncommonly in the local market now..

Recovery chances are ok as long as the flesh doesnt start to rot, be very careful not to let the bare skeleton having signs of green algae.

Meanwhile keep min. light for this coral and always keep the water keep, please do not keep any sand shifting gobies during this period.

Keep all the corals off the rock unless u have manage to stuck them in some crevice, else your hermit crab will create another earthquake again.

[Keith khoo]

this is mine . heard this type of plate coral will not last.

[liquidnoise]

u are correct. it dosent last....sad...now there is another resident green one seems not well. coz its does the blowing up and all now which has never done b4. there was dark green on the white portion before everything went haywire

[evomclaren]

Try water change on a more frequent basis.

[Keith khoo]

ok now i know! bloated means the plate coral want to move .

[liquidnoise]

lesson learn. if the plate coral is not bloated for a long time DUN move it. the green coral has never bl;oat and is doing well. Until we start moving. it started to bloat! den like the other it died

[diverxxx]

i hope never to encounter such a problem...

i fed my corals 2twice a week with 5 in 1, koral kolor, and reef building elements...

so far have been fine...

[Sonicsound]

not easy task to nurse the coral back. try before mostly fail