Mar 23, 2024 #1 mustseefish Community Member View Badges Joined Mar 10, 2024 Messages 64 Reaction score 9 Location Hackensack Rating - 0% 0 0 0 My Sea urchin is walking over my Palythoa and now the paly is sticking up and out like a domed shape can anyone tell me what this is doing?
My Sea urchin is walking over my Palythoa and now the paly is sticking up and out like a domed shape can anyone tell me what this is doing?
Mar 23, 2024 #2 vetteguy53081 Well known Member and monster tank lover View Badges Partner Member 2024 Excellence Award Reef Tank 365 RGB Article Contributor Tampa Bay Reef Keepers West Palm Beach Reefer Hospitality Award Ocala Reef Club Member 305 Reef Club Wisco Reefers Midwest Reefer Fish Medic MAC of SW Florida Rock Pool Reef Keepers R2R Secret Santa 2023 My Tank Thread My Aquarium Showcase Joined Aug 11, 2013 Messages 91,928 Reaction score 203,059 Location Wisconsin - Rating - 100% 13 0 0 mustseefish said: My Sea urchin is walking over my Palythoa and now the paly is sticking up and out like a domed shape can anyone tell me what this is doing? Click to expand... They will do this when starving for light and even food known as stretching
mustseefish said: My Sea urchin is walking over my Palythoa and now the paly is sticking up and out like a domed shape can anyone tell me what this is doing? Click to expand... They will do this when starving for light and even food known as stretching
Mar 24, 2024 #3 encrustingacro Valuable Member View Badges Pacific Northwest Reefers Joined Aug 24, 2020 Messages 2,033 Reaction score 1,805 Location Washington State Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Fyi, that's a Zoanthus gigantus, not Palythoa.
Mar 24, 2024 #4 Mr. Mojo Rising 5000 Club Member View Badges Joined Feb 14, 2021 Messages 5,832 Reaction score 6,490 Location Toronto Rating - 0% 0 0 0 They will close up like that when things crawl on them, such as urchins and hermit crabs. It will open up later on.
They will close up like that when things crawl on them, such as urchins and hermit crabs. It will open up later on.
Mar 24, 2024 #5 FilthyFifty Community Member View Badges Joined Apr 6, 2018 Messages 27 Reaction score 36 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 l agree with both previous comments it could be due to lighting and the closed one is probably it was touched by a critter in the tank and didn’t like it to much. Hopefully if moved to a better lighting par that it likes it should fix this problem.
l agree with both previous comments it could be due to lighting and the closed one is probably it was touched by a critter in the tank and didn’t like it to much. Hopefully if moved to a better lighting par that it likes it should fix this problem.