plate babies

[thekid55]

i went to cap bay today and saw a orange plate that was stung by another coral and the part that was stung started growing little babies about a inch around. they had around 15 to 20. when i ask the staff they showed me another green one same size and said a lady brought it in. i have mine for about 7 mounths and not one little baby ( i even feed it ) anyone know how to get this prossecs going.

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[tims]

the propagation of corals is not also that easy. some corals release a sperm cloud only after a full moon , while other do this a bit often... i will see what i can find

[tims]

your talking about the Fungia sp. right?

according to the books, they reproduce either by injury or being a bit buried in substrate and they are in danger of death..

soooo not sure i would want to risk it

[thekid55]

makes sense. dont want to hurt my plate though. where did you get your info. has to be another way. could a full moon thing work?

[tims]

the book info is fromthe cross checking wihthe Aq.corals/Borneman and corals a ref. / Sprung
the sperm cloud is from coral reefs journal, reef notes section this month.
the moon light thing is a sometimes it works sometimes it does not. the reported clouds were seen anywhere from 24 to 72 hours later and at night , but a few areas and differnt types of coral were seen during the day light hours..

[thekid55]

might try a that. ( when timer turns the light off. shine a flash light on the plate for about a hour ) will it affect any other coral.

lots of help. thanks.

[tims]

not sure about that. i have not had a chance to follow up oin the rest of the refernces of the moon light part yet. it has about 30 ref. going back to the 70's

[thekid55]

ok thanks you have help alot.

thanks

or maybe = = = = =

[Sprayin70]

I hope you have great luck with your plate. I have a plate that was doing wonderful then one day it started dying for no reason. I even fen it mysis once a week. The rest of my tank is doing great and my water is in spec. Corals are funny little guys.

[Waynesworld]

same here sprayin. I have no clue what happened. orange plate turned into white speckles on top overnight