Key to keeping a Wellso long term

WrasseSandwich · Oct 31, 2011

I used to have a beautiful wellso, but after a couple months it started to die and after that it quickly went

What's everyone's doing to keep their wellso's fat, happy and alive

VegasRick · Oct 31, 2011

I had one for almost 10 years, occasionally fed it not much else.

shells4 · Oct 31, 2011

Feed it every week or two. Also make sure nothing is picking on it. My sailfin tang decided both of mine were toys and they had to be moved to another tank. I didn't see the tang picking on it for a while, they just started to close up and after a couple weeks of watching I would see the tang occassionally picking at them, after awhile he starting to actually pick them up and throw them around. So much for being reef safe!

Russellaqua · Oct 31, 2011

I find that because of their shape they can sometimes get detritus or sand on them too. Make sure this doesn't sit there as it will cause a spot to die and could eventually kill the coral.

WrasseSandwich · Oct 31, 2011

Thanks, as far as feeding it, what would be best, I fed mine cut up pieces of raw shrimp

WrasseSandwich · Oct 31, 2011

Russellaqua said:
I find that because of their shape they can sometimes get detritus or sand on them too. Make sure this doesn't sit there as it will cause a spot to die and could eventually kill the coral.

That's pretty interesting, if one part starts to die is there any hope of it recovering?

Russellaqua · Oct 31, 2011

Sometimes if you can cut out the necrotic part and keep the coral in good flow it might recover. These corals are notoriously sensitive to "surgery" of any kind and often don't make it. That's why people don't generally frag them either.

Tab28 · Oct 31, 2011

I've had mine for over 4 years now. I feed it once a week with a small piece of silverside. It also catches several mysis while I feed the fish. It is almost always fluffed out, but If not I will not feed it. Not sure why I was just told not to feed a plate coral unless its tenticles are out. I carry that to all my fluffy LPS. They are not fond of great water current. Just enough to see a slight waving of it's flesh. When I got it it was about the size of a golf ball. Now larger than a softball when inflated. Years ago I had issues with them. I think it may have been with Alk and Salinity spikes. I would not raise/slowly, that may have been an issue with several LPS that I had. It seems that the fluffy LPS were more sensitive to Alk aand Salnity changes.

WrasseSandwich · Oct 31, 2011

Russellaqua said:
Sometimes if you can cut out the necrotic part and keep the coral in good flow it might recover. These corals are notoriously sensitive to "surgery" of any kind and often don't make it. That's why people don't generally frag them either.

Well that suxs, I can't imagine even attempting to frag one