+Grog Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I have a fungia plate, fancy colors, that didn't do well in my old tank. In the new tank it has been slowly recovering and I've been seeing some more polyps. Today, prior to the lights coming on, It is like totally open and full. Very strange, it went from slow recovery and struggling to BOOM, healthy looking. It hasn't looked like this since I brought it home. I'll try to snap a picture later. This was not what I expected when I looked into the tank this morning but I'll take a pleasant surprise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Fungias are miraculous in their ability to recover. Still one of my favortie corals. Glad yours is looking so much better these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grog Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 Totally deflated and is skeleton now the lights are on. I'm going to watch it late tonight and try to spot feed it some shrimp ~4:00 AM or so. I'll be hungry for a snack then! Maybe it is a night owl? Did some reading and found this is not uncommon. Was not what I expected as my other inflates with the light schedule and is puffy in the day and a skeleton at night. I'm considering some red LED strips on a separate circuit so I can observe night time shenanigans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Totally deflated and is skeleton now the lights are on. I'm going to watch it late tonight and try to spot feed it some shrimp ~4:00 AM or so. I'll be hungry for a snack then! Maybe it is a night owl? Did some reading and found this is not uncommon. Was not what I expected as my other inflates with the light schedule and is puffy in the day and a skeleton at night. I'm considering some red LED strips on a separate circuit so I can observe night time shenanigans. I'm really curious how this works with your fungia polyps. Red light works for a lot of the higher animals because their eyes do not have the recepters that detect red light. With the fungia though their chlorophyll a and b have absorption peaks in the red spectrum so they may perceive it as daylight. Take pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Tim, you know the most random things lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Tim, you know the most random things lol (My cats whisper them in my ears at night! ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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