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Hello all,
I've got a beautiful purple mag that I am concerned about. He's been in an observation tank for about 10 days now. Most of the time, it is fully inflated and covers the 4" tee fitting it's attached to. From time to time though, I see it completely deflated. It is usually also expelling larger brown masses, which from what I understand is either fecal matter or dead zooxanthellae, or it's expelling some mucous with brown specks in it.
I know the standard inflate/deflate cycle is usually when it deflates during lights on and re-inflates during lights out. This one however usually with be re-inflates before lights out. In the picture you can see some inflated tentacles and this is while it is re-inflating after being completely deflated. The mouth is normally tight except when it is expelling something.
My question is is this normal behavior or signs of a bacterial infection?
I've got a beautiful purple mag that I am concerned about. He's been in an observation tank for about 10 days now. Most of the time, it is fully inflated and covers the 4" tee fitting it's attached to. From time to time though, I see it completely deflated. It is usually also expelling larger brown masses, which from what I understand is either fecal matter or dead zooxanthellae, or it's expelling some mucous with brown specks in it.
I know the standard inflate/deflate cycle is usually when it deflates during lights on and re-inflates during lights out. This one however usually with be re-inflates before lights out. In the picture you can see some inflated tentacles and this is while it is re-inflating after being completely deflated. The mouth is normally tight except when it is expelling something.
My question is is this normal behavior or signs of a bacterial infection?