Kenya tree deflated?

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So my large beautiful Kenya tree has been deflated for the past few days, and I was wondering if that's a sign that it's going to die? It reproduced prolifically about a month ago, and everything else is doing great. Parameters are dkh 10, CA 420, MG 1450, no3 6, po4 .04.

Here's a before and after shot. I saw a hermit touching it the other day, but no visible damage, and nobody has ever bothered it before. The tank has been up a little over a year and a half. You can see some other babies fully inflated doing fine, so I don't think it's anything in the water, just wondering if they have a life cycle that they reproduce and then die?

Thanks!

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Sometimes they just get upset and deflate for no apparent reason. I have 11 different pieces of Green Nephthea Leather in my aquarium at this very moment and 2 of them are deflated while the others are all bushy. In the next hour or so those two could puff out again a different one will be deflated. I know my biggest colony absolutely hates it when my emerald crab crawls on it and it will deflate for a few hours.

Your zoas are all open and looking good, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.
 
My kenya tree is doing the same. Im sure something is bugging it.
 
As much as my wife loves it, I'd like to take it out and replace it with a hammer coral. It's just been like that for three days now, and nothing has really changed.
 

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