Sick Plate Coral!

[14biocube]

I got a plate coral about a week ago, and it was perfect! Inflated, tentacles out, eating well......
But for the last few days it has alot of mucus, and it doesnt inflate all the way.
Also, i think i can see part of its skeleton coming out! And it has clumps of skinny white stands tangled together in some areas.....Anyone??

I tried loading pics but it has an error saying network is busy after it is almost done

[aquawolf]

Whatever you do, do not remove it from the tank.

What kind of flow do you have it in? Most of the time they like a gentle flow, just enough to move the tentacles. If there is too strong a flow, it may be tearing the flesh away from the skeleton some. You may try to blow it off with a turkey baster and see if that helps it at all.

The reason I say do not remove it is I have seen many of these corals recover when it looks like there is no hope for it. I currently have a short tentacled green one that was missing a big chunk of its skeleton after a rock fell on it. It looked bad for at least 6 months, but now is actually looking better than ever.

I wish you the best with yours.

[biowheel]

Originally Posted by 14biocube

I got a plate coral about a week ago, and it was perfect! Inflated, tentacles out, eating well......
But for the last few days it has alot of mucus, and it doesnt inflate all the way.
Also, i think i can see part of its skeleton coming out! And it has clumps of skinny white stands tangled together in some areas.....Anyone??

I tried loading pics but it has an error saying network is busy after it is almost done

Try uploading a picture to your gallery .

[14biocube]

Ok, it has a gentle flow on it and it has short tentacle so they dont really move. The skeleton looks like a shark fin poking out in the middle of the side, not like it is coming out form under. Ill post the pics in my gallery. Thank you!

[14biocube]

it still says server too busy when its done loading.....idk...

[14biocube]

could i email them to someone who can then put them on?