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[big_ben102000]

hey, arge .. damn noob i juz got this plate yesterdae ... took it about 2 hours for it to open. and now its alittle bloated at the bottom .. is this normal ? the ones i usually see in display tanks doesnt bloat at the base leh ...

please advice ! thanks =)

[iantoh]

hi there bro,

bloating at the base is a good sign, as long as its uniform and there are no signs of tissue peeling away or anything. fungid or heliofungia sp corals will absorb water and extend their tissue matter such that no skeleton is visible if good conditions are available.

cheers,

ian

ps: that said, do take note that the plate coral needs decent lightings inorder for its symbiotic zooxallanthae to be able to photosynthesize and provide the coral with nutrition in the form of sugars, and tissue expansion sometimes can be an indication of inadequate lights.

[big_ben102000]

oh .. haha cause the last plate that i have in my 2 feet beigan to bloat and started to release some stuff for its mouth and it melted in the end.. afriad that history will happen i juz wanna recomfirm here lolz ...

haha thanks man ... this piece is in my 3 feet tank under direct blast from my PL ... trying to save up for a T5 .. i feed it plankton food once every 2 days so it should be healthy i guess

thanks again !

[shoelevy]

feed plankton???

u should feed it market prawn ma

put at the tentacles...it will sense and grab it

aniawe, how's yours water parameters like?

does the tentacles sway gently?

[big_ben102000]

muhahaha yea they do sway gently ... tenticles are about 5-6cm on average. wa market prawn isnt that alittle messy .. thats the reson y i didnt get anemone haha..

lol i dont have any test kits for now.. but i do have a sump... DIY myself lol.. wahaha gonna get shoot by all the reefers here liao lolz keep marine no test kits...lolz ... i am still schooling lar so limited $$ .. so any cheap ###### good test kits to reco ? lolz

pm me ? haha thanks thanks !