Fungia Plate advice

Joel Duval · Dec 7, 2018

Hello everyone, I'm starting a new tank and going bare bottom with it, I have a large Indo Fungia Plate Coral and have never not had it in sand, my question is would it be ok not in sand? I've never seen any bigger ones not in sand. Thanks in advance.

James M · Dec 7, 2018

That’s fine On a BB

Joel Duval · Dec 7, 2018

James M said:
That’s fine On a BB

Ok awesome. Thank you

DSC reef · Dec 7, 2018

Agreed, will do just fine on the bare bottom. Ours grew most of its life on bare bottom.

James M · Dec 7, 2018

Joel Duval said:
Ok awesome. Thank you

YW

Joel Duval · Dec 8, 2018

DSC reef said:
Agreed, will do just fine on the bare bottom. Ours grew most of its life on bare bottom.

That is good to hear. Mine is about 6 years old now, he's a big s.o.b. lol. Eats 1 cube a day by himself. If going BB ment I'd have to rehome him... Well I wouldn't go BB lol

jgvergo · Feb 10, 2019

Joel Duval said:
That is good to hear. Mine is about 6 years old now, he's a big s.o.b. lol. Eats 1 cube a day by himself. If going BB ment I'd have to rehome him... Well I wouldn't go BB lol

Can we see a picture of him?

DSC reef · Feb 10, 2019

This was our plate in a bare bottom 75. Came in as a tiny hitchiker

Halal Hotdog · Feb 10, 2019

I have a golden head sleeper goby and he buries anything on my sand bed. Moved my plate to rock work around 6 months ago and it is doing great there.

Joel Duval · Feb 13, 2019

jgvergo said:
Can we see a picture of him?

Here he is!

Jvesche20 · Feb 13, 2019

DSC reef said:
This was our plate in a bare bottom 75. Came in as a tiny hitchiker

Lucky hitchhiker. What did you have that he was attached to?

Joel Duval · Feb 13, 2019

Jvesche20 said:
Lucky hitchhiker. What did you have that he was attached to?

Right! I've never had a cool hitchhiker like that.

Jvesche20 · Feb 14, 2019

Joel Duval said:
Right! I've never had a cool hitchhiker like that.

The best thing that I have gotten is a lawnmower blenny. I purchased a large montipora colony and he was in between the montipora. Got home right before I was going to do an iodine dip I saw his eye's got lucky I saw him otherwise he would have been toast

jgvergo · Feb 15, 2019

Joel Duval said:
Here he is!

Beautiful!

DSC reef · Feb 15, 2019

Jvesche20 said:
Lucky hitchhiker. What did you have that he was attached to?

A piece of live rock. Didn't notice it until the blues came on. My wife showed me a green speck on the rock. I kinda laughed it off then many years later a very large happy plate.