Acan is pulling away from its skeleton?

Discussion in 'LPS Corals' started by crustytheclown, Oct 2, 2010.

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  1. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    There's a few random acan heads in my LFS's LPS tank. They were bailouts too, and seem to be doing ok. They're been there at least a month.
     
    blackraven1425, Oct 22, 2010
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  2. crustytheclown

    crustytheclown Eyelash Blennie

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    What causes this?
     
    crustytheclown, Oct 25, 2010
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  3. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    Usually, it's a reaction to stress. Rarely, it can be a reaction to extremely favorable conditions.

    It's kinda like the anemone splitting behavior. It happens only on the extremes of really good conditions or really bad conditions. It's when they feel they have either enough nutrients to disperse satellite colonies safely, or if it feels like that's no other choice for survival.
     
    blackraven1425, Oct 25, 2010
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  4. crustytheclown

    crustytheclown Eyelash Blennie

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    wow thats crazy?
     
    crustytheclown, Oct 27, 2010
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