Can open brain move by themselves???

[angelfishlover]

Hey jus got an open brain from GO.First 2 days haven't fully open now fully open it seems lke it moves from the current location I put to the sandbottom not far away from it.Do they act like plates which can move by themselves???

[tansk]

Don't think so

[Gouldian]

Hi Bro,

I am not sure it can be considered moving but due to the fact that Lobophyllia is capable of expanding and reducing their tissue, I surmise that they should be able to move a few CM.

But if yours move several CM in a short period, you may want to check for urchin or worms hidden beneath your coral.

I have experienced one moving away from my green star polyps several times.

Below is a link to another reefer's similiar experience:

http://www.3reef.com/forums/coral/moving-b...####-41368.html

HTH

[angelfishlover]

I guess after it expanded it move by few cm.Found no worms or urchin cause i dun have an urchin.Now open very big.Mines not lobophyllia but Trachyphyllia Geoffroyi.

[reeftask]

Is there anyway that the pump current moved it when the sand gives way?

There is some fish,... will rescape your LR so they too can do this

[angelfishlover]

Actually i do some research they can mve like plates too if the current is not ideal for them.Today it's at the sameplace whr it moved.

[reeftask]

Actually i do some research they can mve like plates too if the current is not ideal for them.Today it's at the sameplace whr it moved.

How do they move?

[angelfishlover]

Later their tissues expand like gonna pop and moved by the current to a slow flow area.

[reeftask]

Later their tissues expand like gonna pop and moved by the current to a slow flow area.

ummm, a nice idea they have. seems corals are clever too, LOL