Fungia/Cycloseris placement?

[duberii]

I have what I believe is 1 cycloseris and 1 fungia plate on the lowest shelf or rock that I have. I’d prefer to put them down on the sand, but I’m not sure if that’s the best idea...

I have a fighting conch, some nassarius snails, and some cerith snails that regularly bury themselves in the sand and emerge, which makes me worried that they’ll flip over the plate, tear the flesh, or bury the plate.

Does anybody else keep their plate corals on the sandbed with reckless inverts? How does that work out for you guys?

 

[ScottR]

I keep mine on the bottom. Sometimes sand gets kicked up and I use a turkey baster to blow it off. But usually my fungia doesn’t trap sand like scolys do.

 

[duberii]

I keep mine on the bottom. Sometimes sand gets kicked up and I use a turkey baster to blow it off. But usually my fungia doesn’t trap sand like scolys do.

Ive read some things that they can brush themselves off, but maybe I’m being too protective of a coral parent because I’m really nervous to put them down there. My conch is definitely a bulldozer.

 

[ScottR]

Ive read some things that they can brush themselves off, but maybe I’m being too protective of a coral parent because I’m really nervous to put them down there. My conch is definitely a bulldozer.

Try it. If it doesn’t work out, move them. They’re pretty durable corals.

 

[Brad Waddell Wrath's Reef]

I keep mine on the sand. Had them there for 6 months plus and no issues.

 

[35ppt]

Those are sand dwelling corals and should not be placed on rocks.

/I have conchs, cerith, nassarius and pistol shrimp and no issues besides the shrimp stealing the fungia babies. They'll run off with anything they can.

 

[duberii]

Those are sand dwelling corals and should not be placed on rocks.

/I have conchs, cerith, nassarius and pistol shrimp and no issues besides the shrimp stealing the fungia babies. They'll run off with anything they can.

they’re on a flat portion of the rock, and I made sure I’d know if they’re moving. They’ve been stationary, so I really don’t have a reason to move them. Is there any other reason you say they should be placed on the sand other than the fact that they can move and fall? Fungias in the wild are found on rocks from what I’ve seen

 

[35ppt]

they’re on a flat portion of the rock, and I made sure I’d know if they’re moving. They’ve been stationary, so I really don’t have a reason to move them. Is there any other reason you say they should be placed on the sand other than the fact that they can move and fall? Fungias in the wild are found on rocks from what I’ve seen

They can move much faster than you realize I think. I have seen one travel almost a foot over night. Their natural habitat is rubble/sand, not rocks, so that's where I keep them.

 

[duberii]

They can move much faster than you realize I think. I have seen one travel almost a foot over night. Their natural habitat is rubble/sand, not rocks, so that's where I keep them.

Just put them on the sand bed