Arg! Pavona got stung by paly...

[tbrown]

Ok, so my pavona got rolled over by a snail and landed on my Arctic Ice Palys. Did they sting him or were they eating him? Also, I thought the pavonas and leptos were supposed to be semi aggressive and zoas/palys we're supposed to be more passive. I guess they're passive aggressive? ;)

It looks like skeleton to me...

 

[Jilly92]

Ok, so my pavona got rolled over by a snail and landed on my Arctic Ice Palys. Did they sting him or were they eating him? Also, I thought the pavonas and leptos were supposed to be semi aggressive and zoas/palys we're supposed to be more passive. I guess they're passive aggressive? ;)

It looks like skeleton to me...

I think palys would release a toxin rather than sting. I have them surrounding a jf outer space psammocora and they don't bother it, but I'm sure it's inhibiting it's growth so I will be moving it soon. Palys just need an island to themselves they multiply too fast.

 

[tbrown]

I think palys would release a toxin rather than sting. I have them surrounding a jf outer space psammocora and they don't bother it, but I'm sure it's inhibiting it's growth so I will be moving it soon. Palys just need an island to themselves they multiply too fast.

Yeah, they're on the sandbed but my stupid snail pushed my pavona and he fell into them. I'm pretty sure he'll recover, I hope, but it stinks to see the skeleton where it was so beautiful and green...

 

[sculpin01]

Pavona's are usually the one's stinging everyone else nearby. The polyps were probably just preemptively striking.

It'll recover. Like polyps, Pavona's are pretty much indestructible.