Plate Coral Question

[TAZ]

Morning all,

Over the weekend I picked up a Plate Coral (long tentacles). For the first couple days everything has looked good. This morning when I looked at the tank, a section of this coral has really inflated a lot (at least 2 times bigger than normal). As it is only in one section of this coral, I have no idea what is going on. I was wondering if anyone else has ever seen this? Is this normal for this coral, or is there something wrong with it? I did a round of water tests this morning and everything looks great.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Martin

[mnoll406]

Hey Martin,
Not sure what that is, is the coral directly on the substrate? I know they don't like to be on rocks. Just read something in the Calfo book stating that heliofungia actually moves around at a decent rate, maybe that's what it's doing.

Mike

[TAZ]

the coral is sitting directly on the sand, and is not blocked by anything so can move around if it want's to.

[psuedo]

I have one, and it does that all the time. It is just moving around. Word of caution though, box him in with rock, as they love to move around

[TAZ]

thanks for help guys, glad to hear there is nothing wrong with him. I will box him in with some rock tonight so that he does not move. One other question, I currently have it directly under my 250W. Do they prefer a lot of light or should I move it so that it's not directly under it?