My new little piggie

[fittiger]

I've had this guy since Friday of last week and have fed it twice. I've caught it multiple times with mini/micro stars in its tentacles and mouth. Also when feeding the tank frozen mysis, the mysis sticks to the fungia's tentacles as easily as it does to my elegance coral. Is it normal for fungia to feed this aggressively? I've had one before and nothing stuck to him.

This one is an Aussie specimen so maybe he's just healthier.

Let me know what you think.

 

[dustin Combs]

Very nice!!! Has he fluffed up for you yet? And yeppers they are porkers!

 

[fittiger]

Yeah, gets suprisingly big and fluffy. Probably about 5.5" to 6" across at the longest points and about 2" high. He looks great. Thanks Dustin

 

[Sheol]

Nice Fungia, I notice mine often has an open mouth, too!

Matthew

 

[ILoveReefer]

Some plates have more of an appetite then others. I have one that feeds on frozen mysis, pellet food, a hermit crab who tried to take food out of the plates mouth, and anything else that lands or crawls on him. I have 2 others who very rarely seem to eat but I've had them for years so I guess those 2 guys get most of what they want from the lighting.

 

[fittiger]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12858779#post12858779 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sheol
Nice Fungia, I notice mine often has an open mouth, too!

Matthew

Sheol, Its mouth actually isn't open, its just the pattern surrounding the mouth...one of the reasons I had to have it.

 

[stunreefer]

IMO/IME, the "stickier" the coral is, the better off and more healthy it is. this clearly shows that its hungry and ready/waiting for some dank grub to come cruising by.

Take my elegance for example, if I go near it, it literally sticks to me like a carpet anemone, and if I dont notice and pull away a bit, I can even dislodge it from its spot in the sand.

When I worked at an aquaculture facility a while back, I saw hundreds of Elegance corals in the while I was there, and not one came in sticky like mine. Also, unfortunately, to my knowledge not one survived long.

 

[fittiger]

When I came home yesterday, right as the lights came on I was looking at the tank and I noticed this fungia had completely inflated with water. It looked more like a ball than the normal fluffy plate look. When the lights came on it started deflating to normal. Any idea why this would happen?

 

[stunreefer]

IMO/IME, he could've been hunting, trying to relocate (swelling would cause its tentacles to hit the ground more and be able to crawl, also thats how anemones move is by swelling more to "catch" the current), or trying to reproduce.

 

[fittiger]

Thanks

 

[FullMoon777]

very nice