is this lobo dieing

jstack · 05/16/2016, 01:42 PM

I got off way early from work today and my new Lobo was doing this in the dark reg shot off how it looked when i just added it

cloak · 05/16/2016, 01:54 PM

No, it's not dieing. Sometimes they'll puff up like that when they're hungry. This increases the surface area and makes it easier for the the coral to catch something out of the water column.
Inflating like that also helps them move. A strong current would be able to move the coral a few inches much more easily when it's inflated, as opposed to the second picture where it's more of a solitary rock low to the ground. The sails have been raised so to say. GL.

jstack · 05/16/2016, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by cloak

No, it's not dieing. Sometimes they'll puff up like that when they're hungry. This increases the surface area and makes it easier for the the coral to catch something out of the water column.
Inflating like that also helps them move. A strong current would be able to move the coral a few inches much more easily when it's inflated, as opposed to the second picture where it's more of a solitary rock low to the ground. The sails have been raised so to say. GL.

thanks makes sense! lights came on and it pulled itself closer under the lights xD

05/16/2016, 01:54 PM	#2
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	No, it's not dieing. Sometimes they'll puff up like that when they're hungry. This increases the surface area and makes it easier for the the coral to catch something out of the water column. Inflating like that also helps them move. A strong current would be able to move the coral a few inches much more easily when it's inflated, as opposed to the second picture where it's more of a solitary rock low to the ground. The sails have been raised so to say. GL. Last edited by cloak; 05/16/2016 at 02:06 PM.