Plate coral help

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  1. muskrat

    muskrat Bristle Worm

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    This morning and for a month, since the time I bought it, my coral has been doing very well with fully extended tentacles. Got home today and they are shrunk all the way to the base. My lavender mushroom, toad stool mushroom, waving hand Xenia, Polyps and Starburst Polyps are all doing fine. The only one not fully extended is the Frogspawn along with the plate coral. My water is perfect with salinity at 1.024. I did add top off water but only about a gallon, just an hour ago. Any suggestions? Here's a pic
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  2. nicodim55

    nicodim55 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    It looks like there's a cut on the flesh. Is it just me or does anybody else see the cut? From my experience with plates once they suffer a cut on their flesh they don't recover, well at least in my experience:-[
     
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  3. muskrat

    muskrat Bristle Worm

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    it was like that when I bought it. I assumed it was it's center because I asked.
     
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  4. rlman41299

    rlman41299 Skunk Shrimp

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    looks like it is cut by something
     

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  5. Va Reef

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    That is the center, the cut is in the midle bottom of the pic, were the skeleton is showing.
     
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  6. muskrat

    muskrat Bristle Worm

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    Oh, I see what you're referring to now. Nothing in the tank, including my hands, have done anything to it. Weird.
     
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  7. Va Reef

    Va Reef Giant Squid

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    Theres alot that goes on in your tank that you dont see ;). but it could've happened at the LFS or something
     
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  8. muskrat

    muskrat Bristle Worm

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    nope, I watch it 24/7
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  9. NU-2reef

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    it could be that the coral is expelling water and will slowly replace it. keep an eye on the exposed skellton, as long as your params are in check and there are no other coral with sweepers it should recover.
     
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  10. muskrat

    muskrat Bristle Worm

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    well, it's looking better. fingers crossed.
     
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