Why is my stoney coral retracting and showing spines at night

BlueLagoon1
Sam
@BlueLagoon1 · 1 day ago

Need some help identifying this one. It’s Stoney and during the night it retracts leaving a bunch or bumps/spines sticking up.

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Hmm this one is stumping me and Reef ID. If you can comment more pics of it and at night too that would be helpful. I am invested in figuring this one out so we can also make reef id better. Aha I will keep looking.

Posted a couple more pics.

White light pic might help!

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Daylight setting. I’ll try and get some retracted shots later.

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Not fully retracted but best I could do today.

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