Plate coral splitting??

[tiffany89]

I just came home from a week of vacation and my plate coral looks like this. Do they split?

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[picoreefguy]

ive seen multiple plates with two mouths but ive never heard of them splitting. not saying its not possible but i havent heard of it.

 

[edulover]

picoreefguy;868637 wrote: ive seen multiple plates with two mouths but ive never heard of them splitting. Not saying its not possible but i havent heard of it.

+1 Definitely cool.

 

[kilralpine]

They definatly can self-split. I had a fungia plate that nearly died and came back with 3-4 mouths; itself pinched off one of the extra mouths and is now about nickle sized. My other plate I bought shortly after my other one started recovering is also now showing signs of an upcoming split, usually starts similar to the way a mountain does, raising up into a ridge and then ultimatly sloughs off one side. Give it a few weeks you should have two.

 

[kilralpine]

Terrible picture but this shows almost 3 seperate plates in one, far bottom right is a baby plate nearly ready to fall off, and the obvious two larger ones. Mind you this one came back from the dead.

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[tiffany89]

Thanks for the info, this is definitely cool. I will keep you guys updated on what happens