Is my plate ok?

[rk4435]

This plate coral is normally happy and puffy. It has been very small since last night. I check ammonia, nitrate and nitrate every few days and all show zero.

Any thoughts, everything else in the tank looks great. We bought this plate a couple of months ago and it has been very happy until last night.
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[brandonmason]

Is that an orange fungia? Its best to have them in the sand... my orange plate was spawning for a few days straight then something pissed it off and he recessed and died... skeleton is still in the sand with all hopes of returning with a bunch of babies but not looking good

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[porpoiseaquatics]

What Brandon said...plates like the sandbed. I'd move it. Are you feeding it at all?

 

[rk4435]

Thanks guys, I have been feeding two or three times per week. Once with trace elements and once or twice with mysis, it seems to like the mysis. I moved everything off the sand bed because the Diamond Goby is too messy. I'll find a way to move it back and hope for the best.

 

[jennm]

As stated, it's best on the sand. If the goby is burying it, that can be problematic, although they are somewhat able to inflate/deflate to clear debris off themselves.

I had a similar problem - our goby kept burrowing under it for a hidey hole, and throwing the sand on top. We ended up cutting a piece of LR flat and narrow, like a shelf, buried that in the sand and placed the plate on top - the goby could not burrow under, since the rock was on the glass. That resolve it for us, but your mileage may vary.

Jenn

 

[rk4435]

Thanks Jenn. I have it in the sandbed now and have a perfect rock for the job if I need to try that. I'm hoping it comes back, it is one of my favorite pieces.