Glued Down Plate Coral Still doing Great!

I know I already have a thread about this but it kind of got a little out of hand lol So, I'll start this one and every update will go to this thread lol

So, the plate coral that I ended up gluing down is still doing great so far! It is growing like crazy!! When I first got it (can't remember how long ago it was... In November I think) it was only about 1/2 of an inch in size. For the people who don't know the whole story, I ended up gluing the plate coral to a piece of rock and burried the rock in the sand so my electric blue hermits couldn't flip it over and move it around and kill it. Anyway, so I thought it was time for an update on it and so far so good. I haven't seen any ill effects of gluing it down what so ever. It has now grown to about 1 1/2 inches across and still growing. I was forced to move my frogspawns closer together because the plate was starting to get shaded over a little. Eventhough it has been a while now since I've glued it down, I will still keep an eye on it, but so far so good

This pic was taken a few days after I got it. Ratty little thing with a couple holes. In the previous owners tank this guy was stuck under the mother coral and not taken care of well. But he was free, so I took him.


This pic was taken today! More than twice the size of when I first got him and doing well. He even caught some flakes in this pic lol.


I don't know how that third pic got there! lol

 

Wow looks great! Is it easy to take care of? Im jealous lol..

 

Congrats! Glad it doing well.

 

Yea, it's very easy to care fore. Meet its lighting requirements, keep water quality up and feed it once in a while and they do great.

 

I've never seen a coral like that before, it really looks amazing! I bet it glows nicely too under the actinics. Was wondering how large of a tank you're running. I really like the salt and pepper sand bed, but what did you glue the coral to? looks like it's just sitting happily in the sand

 

I'm glad it is working out for you!

 

That's cool! I might have to get me one.

 

It's a short tenticle plate coral or Fungia Coral. There is also a long tenticle version and a lot of people sometimes mistake them for an anemone lol. My tank is only a 10gal nano. It looks AMAZING under actinics! It's the most colorful coral when the moonlights are on! I use to have just all black sand but then decided to mix in some aragonite to give the tank a little something unique! I glued it to a piece of rubble then burried the rubble in the sand so it looks like the plate it sitting on the sandbed. They technecly aren't suppose to be glued to anything and rest of the sandbed on their own. They can inflate their tissue and float around the tank. That's why they are called a "free living" coral. My hermits kept flipping it over and burrying it etc before I glued it down, so I decided to try gluing it and so far it's doing great and no hermit can bother it.