Plate Coral Dying help!!

[woolfe]

My jawfish partially covered my plate coral with sand and now it's dying. I moved it up high on the rocks for now. Is there anything else I can do for it?

 

[murkywaters]

good luck Wolfe I hope you win

 

[Frankie]

Just keep doing what you have been. I can't say moving it up so high into the light is good. I would go about midway if anything. Good luck!

 

[Snelly40]

yeah, they like light but also like to be nice and stable, is there anyway to just move it away from the jawfish?

is it getting enough light on the substrate?

 

[Frankie]

My big concern is bleaching it out with too much light to fast.

 

[cheeks69]

What type of light do you have and how many watts ? You say the coral is dieying, is it showing it's skeleton or is the flesh receding ? Do you usually target feed it ? Was this one incident with the Jawfish or does he continually bury the coral under sand ? This is a sand dwelling coral and doesn't usually do well if placed under direct intense light and shouldn't be placed on the rockwork.

 

[woolfe]

4x54w T5 HO slimpaq 10,000k Daylight
4x54w T5 HO slimpaq 460nm Actinic
4 moon white lunar lights

I put him that high because it was the only place where I could get it away from Earl (the jawfish) and keep him in the light. I'll move it to under the ledge. I was thinking that the light would probably help. .:smack: The only other spot on my sandbed is taken by a huge wellsophyllia brain. Earl only did it I believe, because the plate moved a little and got too close to his hole. I see skeleton all over the place. I target feed it maybe once a week but I know it gets some every time I feed the tank.

 

[cheeks69]

woolfe can you provide a photo ? If placing it on the SB it's not necessary to shade it. If it's still alive I would try to feed some meaty food such as small pieces of shrimp or squid and hopefully it can recover.