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10-11-2008, 11:43 PM
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To anyone with plate coral expertise
My plate corals have finally finished trying to sit on each other but now a new problem.
One of the plate corals in the tank is lifting her skirt Not sure it makes sense but to be more exact I can see the white skeleton all the way around ever since I added a pistol shrimp to the tank. I think by digging around under it, it got annoyed or something. Will this heal up eventually or is it on the decline?  
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10-12-2008, 12:05 AM
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i have moved my plate coral and ripped it a few times, and when my conch gets too close he can rip it. but i find if you feed it a lots afterward it will recover. mines never been that bad, seems like the skeleton is showing from all sides. looks like whats called a "bail out" for certain types of corals, usually caused by a last ditch effort to get away from unhealthy water conditions. i'm not sure if plates do that or not thought. whats your water like and have you been feeding it?
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10-12-2008, 12:10 AM
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Water is in tip top shape, It's on Zeo, tested this morning , all is great. All other corals are doing great but my pistol shrimp was digging around under it for a while but has moved on to a bigger fort now.
 I don't spot feed it but it gets plenty of mysis because I make a point of feeding over it so a few make it on to it.
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10-12-2008, 12:15 AM
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do you have a goby for your pistol? and have you tried giving him a little PVC home? sometimes that can keep them in just one spot. and target feed the coral every 2-3 days and it should recover.
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10-12-2008, 12:19 AM
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Yup, he's got a goby (Randall's) and he has made a permanent home under the rocks finally (with his little buddy) but now the damage is done!
 I'll start feeding him tomorrow and see how it goes... Thanks! 
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10-12-2008, 12:24 AM
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no problem, plates and pistols, two of my favorites for saltwater.
 plate corals are one of the few "walking corals" and the goby shrimp pair is pretty much unbeatable for a smaller tanks IMO. good luck, hope your plate makes it.
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10-12-2008, 12:30 AM
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I wish I could actally see this walking thing! It was happening for almost a month, I'd wake up to find the green one (pictured) sitting on top of the purple one and I thought nothing of if til it happed 3-4 times so I thought it was the current so I switched them and the same thing happened, that's when I figured it wasn't the current!
I ended up having to put a rock between them and that fixed the problem!
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10-12-2008, 12:37 AM
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well technically walking for plates is one of the things that is best you never see. happy plate corals don't need to move.
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10-12-2008, 04:37 AM
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it's receding, not a good sign. If you have something irritating it then you could try moving it elsewhere. Feed it too and that should help.
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