Plate babies? Now what? (1 Viewer)

[malira]

I had a couple plates die. I kept them in the tank.

Will they detach or when they get bigger do I need to free them?

These were spots on the plate that never quite died.

These I don't know.

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[GotFrogs]

I would feed them for sure, especially if you lost the parent plate.

 

[stomper369]

what are those little brown things? i have some on some rock i bought .

 

[malira]

what are those little brown things? i have some on some rock i bought .

I don't know what they are. I'm going to let them grow.

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[frankc]

Good luck! I hope they turn into something really cool. Like the strange mushroom-looking thing I had, that only many years later became identifiable as a beautiful Lobophyllia.

 

[OceansX]

It looks like you can see a skeleton inside the polyps in the first photo, so I'd definitely grow them.

 

[malira]

It looks like you can see a skeleton inside the polyps in the first photo, so I'd definitely grow them.

The first pic are definitely plates but the others.....

The plates been dead and in there probably a year now. It's been buried at times thanks to my goby so I'm not sure what they are. The look like nothing else in my tank. ?

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[stomper369]

same here. bought 2 nice pieces of rock had them in my sump a couple days then a bunch of these appeared .put the rock in my qt tank i'm not sticking in DT till i find out what they are.

 

[malira]

same here. bought 2 nice pieces of rock had them in my sump a couple days then a bunch of these appeared .put the rock in my qt tank i'm not sticking in DT till i find out what they are.

This tank is 4 years old and I haven't put any new rock in this tank ever. The last time I added anything new was over a year and a half ago. I don't have anything that looks like this in the tank.

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[johntdaballa]

Definitely following this thread!! Keep us updated


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[FarmerTy]

Let them grow out. When they get big enough, they'll dissolve the calcium attachment point themselves and let themself free. I will snip the ones that grow too close so they don't grow into irregular shapes.

Congratulations! You're a fungia parent. This one has been producing for me for over 8 years now.

 

[malira]

Let them grow out. When they get big enough, they'll dissolve the calcium attachment point themselves and let themself free. I will snip the ones that grow too close so they don't grow into irregular shapes.

Congratulations! You're a fungia parent. This one has been producing for me for over 8 years now.

Those are awesome. Thanks for the advice.

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[Bigfishy]

I read somewhere where an individual had left a dead plate in their tank and then one day they had a baby plate sprout. I am curious to see how it progresses. Keep us posted


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[FarmerTy]

I read somewhere where an individual had left a dead plate in their tank and then one day they had a baby plate sprout. I am curious to see how it progresses. Keep us posted


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That's exactly what happened with mine. Dead plates can spawn daughter anthocauli colonies as a survival strategy. That's why you should never throw away a dead plate.

 

[Nickig23]

That's exactly what happened with mine. Dead plates can spawn daughter anthocauli colonies as a survival strategy. That's why you should never throw away a dead plate.

Same thing happened to my hammer frag. It was one head. Died. I never took it out of my tank. A year later I saw little baby hammer heads all around the sides. Now it's giant colony


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[FarmerTy]

Had some time this weekend for my annual fungia trim.

Fungia mother colony pre-haircut

Post haircut

Baby fungia plates are the best!

 

[Traclly Le Tran]

Very cool[emoji2]

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[malira]

Yes, very cool indeed.

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[malira]

Well it is 2020 and after a major tank crash and recovery. I lost the plates in 2018. Then after a minor stress on the tank, number went wacky, the players came back. After 2 years. Its It's crazy.

I wish I had kept my orange plate originally.

Now they will have a new home. They've been sold. Check out WTS.

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[Cody]

Well it is 2020 and after a major tank crash and recovery. I lost the plates in 2018. Then after a minor stress on the tank, number went wacky, the players came back. After 2 years. Its It's crazy.

I wish I had kept my orange plate originally.

Now they will have a new home. They've been sold. Check out WTS.

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Wait, so the plate coral died, you left it in for two years as a skeleton, then it started to reproduce....after two years?!! Am I understanding that correctly?