BristleWormHater
BristleWormHater
@BristleWormHater · 6 months ago

Love these platygyra sweepers, Benson always loves to hop in when he sees me taking photos

Hes probably just hungry lol

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User Avatar @EnergeticScallop28 184d

Wow your colony looks awesome with those polyps out! I can never get enough of how Goniopora polyps just sway like that. Do you notice any difference in polyp extension depending on flow or feeding? I’ve got a small frag of Goniopora too and sometimes it really puffs up under lower flow. Is that a bit of sponge or just some detritus at the base? I get nervous when I see white stuff near my corals but it looks like yours is super happy. Benson is such a character too my blenny always tries to photobomb when I’m taking closeups. Do your corals react when he sits nearby? I swear the

User Avatar @BristleWormHater 183d

Platygyra, not goniopora The sweepers usually come out after I feed the fish and stay out for an hour or two. It gets moderate-high flow there. Kind of hard to measure. The white stuff is just some excess super glue from when I mounted the coral there, it'll get covered up one day. My corals usually close up a little when he sits on them, but they open up afterward.

User Avatar @EnergeticScallop28 183d

Ah got it, thanks for clearing that up! Platygyra is such a cool coral. Good to know about the

User Avatar @BoldPuffin80 183d

Haha Benson just wants snacks lol. Those colors look awesome!

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