[Dave.I]

Hi guy's,

Recently ive been trying to get a nice collection of plate corals.I bought one a few months ago and have found it to be a very easy and interesting coral to keep.They are super colourful and when compaired to many other lps corals,cheap!

So how about a picture tread to show whats out there?

Come on,dont be shy!

I'll start.............

My newest one,worth noting its a double header and underneath there is another baby growing down from the base! I love this one!


















Thats mine so far.Lets see some more!

Dave

[sheep600fx]

Very nice collection mate, You just beat me to that double header You were on the phone while I was making up my mind lol.So I bought that lovely oulophyllia Ive been on about getting for a while. Anyway heres my bad photo attempt
, Old photo under Halides and when I had sand
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[Dave.I]

Very nice Sean! Im glad i got it! I picked it out in the first place and then forgot to say i would pick it up in a couple of days!Close shave!
Do you feed yours? Mine get mysis twice a day when i feed the fish. The purple one went for a walk today.Its moved about 3 inches by expanding and contracting accross the glass.Its getting loads of flow but is moving towards more! Im sure i saw one of them spawn a tiny bit today but not the full works.Queue jokes!

[tommo]

These things are excellent spawners IME, look out for little jewel anemone looking type things growing randomly on various rocks with mini stalks, then watch them grow into mini plates , then one day they drop off these little stalks and become fully functioning independant little fungia!

Tom

[sheep600fx]

Mine tends to grab some mysis when I feed the fish, I feed cyclopeeze 2-3 times a week and it loves it, I also found the remains of a hermit sticking out of the mouth once as well I only used to feed mysis and cyclopeeze once a week when I was you know where and all stock did well

[jason@jasonsaquatics]

Stunning pics guys

When i went on me hols they were everywhere stacked up on top of each other in shallow waters and were sucking up the light

Will see if i can find a few pics for you


jas

[Dave.I]

That would be great Jas.They are the only lps that i can keep in full light in my system appart from my acan.They really seem to love the light and also alot of flow.And my regal angel doesnt like the taste of them!
Check out this link to see just how stunning these corals can be.
http://reefbuilders.com/2009/12/31/readers...ear/#more-13750
With the way the american market is right now im sure we will see some real stunners in the UK before to long.Lets hope!

Dave

[jason@jasonsaquatics]

Had to clean the pics up a little as the water was cloudy due to how sandy and shallow it was

There were thousands of them most were stacked on top of each other ,stunning to see




Like said not best pics but best i could do due to the water clarity


jas

[Dave.I]

Brilliant Jas.Thats the sort of picture that tells us alot.They are in an sps environment and this explains why they are doing so well in my sps system when other lps,although ok,dont seem to be thriving like the plates are.Maybe they are the perfect lps for the sps tank? I ignored them for the last 12 years,god knows why!

[lindsay]

What surprises me about allot of pictures of them in the wild,is where they are found,often on the rock in lrg numbers,they normally get put on the sand at the bottom of our tanks.

[Dave.I]

I think sand could be a bad idea for them as the flesh on the underside could die and rot.The only corals i would put in sand are the ones with a conical bottom like elegance and some brains ?
Anybody kept plates on sand long term?

[bobba fett]

I used to have a pink and an orange plate and also a tongue which was very much like a foot long 2 inch wide plate. Att lived directly on the sand for years, I loved them, especiattly when they feed and blow up like a faat hamburger

[jason@jasonsaquatics]

Where i went Dave these were some of the shallowest corals on the reef at approximately 4 to 5 feet down at high tide but they were only found in the shallows none were deeper that 6 foot ,(Very Bright m8 ).

They can pack a punch so give some space m8 as they will give the sps a hard time


jas