Favia...

[nanocubeking]

My favia isnt puffing up. Is starting to show its skeleton too. Can someone tell me wats wrong? Please???!!!

 

[Adrinal]

Puffing up and showing its skeleton? I'm not connecting with that description. can you get a picture of it?

 

[SkiFletch]

he said isNT

I'd be concerned mostly with chemistry or predation...

 

[nanocubeking]

Thanks both of u guys. Someone on Reefcentral said it may be lighting so I moved him up.

 

[SkiFletch]

IMO/IME they brown out or puff up due to poor lighting, showing their skeletons is only when something is nipping at them, phosphates are exceptionally high, salinity exceptionally high/low, pH exceptionally low, or alkalinity exceptionally low

 

[nanocubeking]

Its kinda weird what happend this morning. I have left my favia in this spot for a while and yesterday it was still not puffing and its skeleton was showing. But this morning I was looking at the tank with out the lights on. About 1 hour after that I turned the lights on and the thing was just about fully puffed up. So to (hopefully) inforce it puffing i spot feed it some roto rich. Im still watching for its tentacles to come out. But i think it maybe getting better.

 

[Lynden]

To much flow can cause retraction too.