Is my neon green sinularia shedding?

[be_ninja_pancake]

It’s much smaller than it usually is, all shriveled up. It was normal yesterday. Also ignore the sexy shrimp on it

 

[Timfish]

Probably, I'd be patient. Corals often close up and all corals have to shed their mucus coating as it ages to renew it.

The microbiome of coral surface mucus has a key role in mediating holobiont health and survival upon disturbance - The ISME Journal

Microbes are well-recognized members of the coral holobiont. However, little is known about the short-term dynamics of mucus-associated microbial communities under natural conditions and after disturbances, and how these dynamics relate to the host’s health. Here we examined the natural...

www.nature.com

 

[be_ninja_pancake]

Probably, I'd be patient. Corals often close up and all corals have to shed their mucus coating as it ages to renew it.

The microbiome of coral surface mucus has a key role in mediating holobiont health and survival upon disturbance - The ISME Journal

Microbes are well-recognized members of the coral holobiont. However, little is known about the short-term dynamics of mucus-associated microbial communities under natural conditions and after disturbances, and how these dynamics relate to the host’s health. Here we examined the natural...

www.nature.com

Yeah it was back to normal the next day lol. I’m a first time reef parent, so any small changes in my tank and I’m like “oh no are they ok????”

 

[Timfish]

Yeah it was back to normal the next day lol. I’m a first time reef parent, so any small changes in my tank and I’m like “oh no are they ok????”

Get used to it! I've been keeping reef systems for 4 decades and am still paranoid when I see changes I wasn't expecting or new stuff happening.