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11-06-2003, 09:24 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Dalton, GA
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MarkV, Robsweet, Ckreef: Plate coral frags (Calfo Discussion)
 
Camera now working (well amost) .... on the top are the pics of the plate frags that we discussed earlier. The loose plates grew and fell off the "frag tree" pictured on the bottom. The "frag tree" as I call it was where aquatic wildlife broke up the dying frag and glued pieces of it to this "stump".
In the place where the ones fell off, new ones have grown back. It's pretty amazing. The re-grown plates are about nickel size now and should fall off soon if they follow the timeframe of the first 4 that fell off.
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11-06-2003, 09:52 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Macon GA
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Dale that is totally awesome. And the the plate tree is one of a kind. I can't wait to get mine at the Tuesday meeting. I will have a space down in the sand cleared and ready for him. We'll get him in the tank as soon as you get there and hopefully he'll come out before I have to pack it back up to go home.
See you at the meeting
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11-06-2003, 10:22 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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INTERESTING STUFF. that is amazing how that coral can regenerate from a seemingly dead skeleton. great pics.
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11-07-2003, 06:25 AM
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Reef Geek
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Atlanta
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VERY cool.
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11-07-2003, 11:15 AM
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Summer's Daddy
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Lawrenceville, Ga in a van down by the river
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BTW, Dale, Iwill have 12 bucks for mine on tuesday.
Ray
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11-07-2003, 11:49 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Dalton, GA
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well that settles that one. All four will have new homes and hopefully we'll keep regenerating this species over and over. MarkV gets only one now - we weren't for sure, lol.... you get the other one as we had discussed.... 
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11-07-2003, 01:24 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Atlanta
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Very cool pics! That looks to be a short tentacle plate, fungia. That's a good thing as they are more hardy. I used to have one that was about 8 inches in diameter, that would spawn anually. Squirting a little mysid shrimp on them and watching them stuff their mouth with it is a cool thing! 
Can't wait to pick mine up!
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11-07-2003, 06:58 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Remlap, AL
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Guys,
I bought a Fungia that was split in half, with babies on one half. After four months there are about eight big babies on the skeleton. I hear people say they will fall off on their own, but some of them are a good 2" across. Sorry I missed Calfo, but please let me know his take on these things. I will attach a pic that is a few weeks old.
Thanks for any info,
David
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11-07-2003, 07:56 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Dalton, GA
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Hi david, I'm not sure that this is always the case, but mine did just fall off. They were helped though just a bit. The "tree" fell from it's position higher up in the tank to the bottom where there was a spot of high flow. I think they released themselves in this high flow and drifted to a lower flow section of the tank. Just an observation for you...
great picture BTW!
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11-07-2003, 08:04 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Macon GA
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Quote:
Originally posted by WestPat
Sorry I missed Calfo, but please let me know his take on these things.
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Here is a link to Dale's original thread where I posted a summary from the calfo lecture and book.
http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/sh...threadid=25947
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12-14-2003, 10:51 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Dalton, GA
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Update on Plates
Here's an update on the plates... this is a new picture of the plates that have regenerated from where the ones some of you received had fallen off.
This still really amazes me.
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12-14-2003, 11:13 AM
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REALLY excited to be here
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Douglasville, GA
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Are you going to sell any of thoose?
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12-14-2003, 04:31 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Macon GA
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Well mine is still kick-in butt really hard. The size of a quarter when all closed up and 2" in diameter durning the day when fully opened. A totally awesome coral.
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12-14-2003, 04:36 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Dalton, GA
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wow Charles, 2" open.... guess you'll need more room in the nano... your tank parameters have got to be "perfect".... I just can't imagine 2" on that plate ..... can you get us a picture sometime??
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12-14-2003, 06:05 PM
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Stress Monger
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Dale can I reserve one for the Jan meeting? Thanks
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