Flower Pot Question

[mswafford17]

I have never seen this before but my flower pot is swelling up like a full water ballon. Does anyone have an idea why it is doing this? The flowers disapear into the flowerpot and it gets about 3 times its normal size. All the water params are good. Nitrates 4 ppm and the phosphate is nill. I do a 5 gallon water change once a week. everybody else is fine and looking great and nothing has been changed in the tank.

 

[Woodstock]

Take a pic! Quick!

 

[mswafford17]

I took a bunch of them and I will post them in a few minutes

 

[mswafford17]

here is the link to the flower pot in question

http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s305/mswafford17/flower pot/

let me know

when he is swollen he is a little bigger than a softball

 

[rpawluk]

I used to have a pink/red goniopora that did the same when ever i would add water or stir up the sand bed. it would even do it when a fish swam by... i think its a defense mechanism of some sort.

 

[kathywithbirds]

Just want to see what people say on this one... mine does something like that, it "hugs" itself if I disturb it suddenly and doesn't have time to retract, then when it relaxes it looks normal again. Thought it was a defense mechanism too.

 

[mswafford17]

I found a neat site with lots of info. but still want others input..

Goniopora.org:::Goniopora Reference Web Site


has good pics as well

 

[cheeks69]

Mine would do the same thing, I also think it's a defensive reaction.

 

[kathywithbirds]

Yeah, goniopora.org is where I got most of my info from. Slow server though.