Anyone have a trumpet/candycane that does this?

[NanoKat]

I keep seeing my trumpet (correct me if I'm calling it the wrong name) do this. I've not seen others like this, just wondering if it's a good thing or a bad thing...here's a photo...

It looks like some sort of polyp extension from the mouth to me. They seem happy, so I am assuming it's a good thing...

 

[jessp]

i think those are feeder tentacles

 

[mar-y-sol]

definetly feeder tentacles, mine does the same thing when the main lights go off and they fully extend when all the lights go out

 

[ninjamini]

They do it all the time. I feed mine mysis.

 

[loyalrogue]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9261212#post9261212 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ninjamini
They do it all the time. I feed mine mysis.

Yep.
I'll turn off the lights about 30 mins before I go to bed.
By the time I'm ready for bed the feeder tentacles will be fully extended, and I'll shoot a couple of mysis into the center of each head.
I try to feed mine about 2-3 times a week.

 

[JTEAGUE]

Not only does mine do that but it also sends out sweeeper tentacles that are about 5 inches long. Longest sweeper tentacle of any of my corals

 

[ReefWreak]

Mine do that, but I've seen them completly invert their bulb/puffy area so that their only structure is this big mass pointing outward trying to catch floating by food.

 

[ninjamini]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9262844#post9262844 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JTEAGUE
... sweeeper tentacles that are about 5 inches long...

I've never seen that. I guess I will have to go look.

 

[nyvp]

if you go to exotic on oakland park, in the front show tank they have white ones that are open all the time

 

[Rockitmakr]

Yup,
mine do it every night just after the feeding frenzy!
:beer: