Flower Pot Question

mswafford17 · 06-11-2007, 05:32 PM

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 · 06-11-2007, 06:15 PM

Take a pic! Quick!

mswafford17 · 06-11-2007, 06:49 PM

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

mswafford17 · 06-11-2007, 07:20 PM

here is the link to the flower pot in question

http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s...wer%20pot/

let me know

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

rpawluk · 06-11-2007, 07:37 PM

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 · 06-11-2007, 07:53 PM

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 · 06-11-2007, 08:42 PM

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 · 06-11-2007, 08:49 PM

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

kathywithbirds · 06-11-2007, 10:19 PM

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

06-11-2007, 05:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
mswafford17 Limpet Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: phoenix az Posts: 126 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Flower Pot Question 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. __________________ 135 Flatback Reef. HUGE POWER BILL. PRICELESS

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mswafford17 Limpet Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: phoenix az Posts: 126 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Flower Pot Question I took a bunch of them and I will post them in a few minutes __________________ 135 Flatback Reef. HUGE POWER BILL. PRICELESS

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mswafford17 Limpet Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: phoenix az Posts: 126 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Flower Pot Question here is the link to the flower pot in question http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s...wer%20pot/ let me know when he is swollen he is a little bigger than a softball __________________ 135 Flatback Reef. HUGE POWER BILL. PRICELESS

06-11-2007, 07:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,937 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Flower Pot Question 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. __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

06-11-2007, 08:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
mswafford17 Limpet Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: phoenix az Posts: 126 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Flower Pot Question 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 __________________ 135 Flatback Reef. HUGE POWER BILL. PRICELESS

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cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 7,386 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Flower Pot Question Mine would do the same thing, I also think it's a defensive reaction. __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

06-11-2007, 10:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,937 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Flower Pot Question Yeah, goniopora.org is where I got most of my info from. Slow server though. __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

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