bloated mushies

[VelvetAirwaves]

hi all , just an observation i've been making , my mushies more than often are bloated , most of the time before i on the lights , after i on the lights they're fine. just wondering if this behaviour for mushies is normal and has anybody else experienced these type of behaviour in mushies or any other corals?

[albinosage]

hi all , just an observation i've been making , my mushies more than often are bloated , most of the time before i on the lights , after i on the lights they're fine. just wondering if this behaviour for mushies is normal and has anybody else experienced these type of behaviour in mushies or any other corals?

I hardly observe my tank when the lights are off, but I'm guessing you mean the mushroom closes up or curls into a ball? That is pretty much their normal behaviour when they are digesting stuff. They open as soon as the lights switch on cos they are photosynthetic.

[VelvetAirwaves]

I hardly observe my tank when the lights are off, but I'm guessing you mean the mushroom closes up or curls into a ball? That is pretty much their normal behaviour when they are digesting stuff. They open as soon as the lights switch on cos they are photosynthetic.

yeap something like that , plus the stem or what you call that gets like filled with i dont know what haha! XD

[sparks1107]

yeap something like that , plus the stem or what you call that gets like filled with i dont know what haha! XD

my mushrooms also curled up like a ball when my lights are off. think its normal. no worries.

[fishiee]

ya. mine too. especially my big, green, ugly yuma.

[VelvetAirwaves]

oh good , was starting to get worried if there was some ghost toying with my corals. but all is well now

[iskay]

Curling up in the dark seems to be good sign. I observed that only my established mushies curl up at night and the new ones usually does not.

[VelvetAirwaves]

are there any other odd behaviours that certain corals tend to have? my gonipora seems to bloat up and i mean bloat. : / but i saw pictures of other peoples gonios also bloating up , wonder if thats a good sign :S

[yikai]

my mushies also curl up at night. no worries

[ambystoma82]

are there any other odd behaviours that certain corals tend to have? my gonipora seems to bloat up and i mean bloat. : / but i saw pictures of other peoples gonios also bloating up , wonder if thats a good sign :S

corals r same as human

70+% in body is fuild.. less their skeleton n flesh...

LPS also absorbs water elements,as perceive by human eye as a fat n bubbly coral lolx..

mushroom normally close u p their poylps at night or shrink many times at night its common..

it would b very stress on them if debris collect on them at night then while they r resting they still have to shed their mucus to let the debris float away..