Plate Coral swelling up
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This might be an attempt to move. When they swell up like that it's much easier for the currents to kind of set them a drift so to say. It's not going to end up on the other side of the tank, but moving two or three inches is not unheard of. GL.
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I had my first plate coral do that (circa 2007), I haven't trusted getting another since
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Sorry for your loss 
if you have space, leave it in your system. Sometimes a few months later a baby will grow. Mine didn't, but many have told me to set it in the back a forget about it. You might get lucky.
if you have space, leave it in your system. Sometimes a few months later a baby will grow. Mine didn't, but many have told me to set it in the back a forget about it. You might get lucky.
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Plates can be really weird sometimes. It could have been as simple as a hermit crab falling onto it. You'll probably never know. I lost one that way, I think. My crabs are always falling off the rock.
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sorry for your loss, like everyone else stated they puff up to move because they're unhappy, maybe he just really was depressed...how old is he?
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I would start checking water parameters and also the test kits against new water saltmix just in case something is wrong. last month I was on the verge of a tank crash as my Alk checker was out of calibration for awhile. Sorry for your loss.
Had it for about 5 months. It pretty much stayed the same size. For the whole 5 months it always had long extensions, very vibrant colors and looked even better than it did at the LFS. Up until the other day when i posted a pic of it swelling is when it started going down hill. This system is only a year old and its probably not as mature as I would like to think especially being ULNS but you're right it could of been anything that stressed it out.
