RFA being weird

[ReeferJay86]

I just anted to see if this is normal for a RFA to be doing this.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

That doesn't look normal to me. Can you give us some detailed info on your setup? Lights, parameters, age of tank, age of nem, ext?

 

[Nick Steele]

Mine have done this on occasion but not often. I believe it’s something to do with being feed or maybe pooping.

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

Mine do that when they get aholf of something big to eat

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Mine do that when they get aholf of something big to eat

Interesting, I've kept rfas for almost 10yrs and never experienced this. But I only feed them very small seafood pieces and not very often.

 

[Caseyoidae]

Giving birth?

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

Interesting, I've kept rfas for almost 10yrs and never experienced this. But I only feed them very small seafood pieces and not very often.

Not all of them do it. It is mainly the green one with the red center on top. I have already fed the tank for the night and don't generally target feed the rfas but tomorrow ill try to get it puffed up.

 

[ReeferJay86]

That doesn't look normal to me. Can you give us some detailed info on your setup? Lights, parameters, age of tank, age of nem, ext?

I have a IM30L, 1 AI Prime 16HD w/25% acclimation mode, salinity-1.025 cal-427 phos-.04 alk-8.6. Haven’t checked the rest yet. Tank is 7 months old, starting to get small spots of coralline on the back wall. Just purchased the nem yesterday from LFS. I have another green RFA in the tank, as well as, toxic green hammer and a dragon soul favia.

 

[ReeferJay86]

Mine do that when they get aholf of something big to eat

I spot fed yesterday, as it was my scheduled feeding day. It ate fine as well as the other nem. But it still was doing this afterwards.

 

[ReeferJay86]

The LFS was slightly rough getting it off the holding basket. I asked her to use her finger to tickle it off, I turned my back and then saw her using the net to get it off . I think it might be injured, I noticed some red veiny like lines under it right now. I can try to get a pic to understand what I’m talking about.

 

[ReeferJay86]

the best I can get a picture

 

[Kellie in CA]

In my experience, when they start turning themselves inside out like that they are on the way out. Is it not attaching?

 

[ReeferJay86]

In my experience, when they start turning themselves inside out like that they are on the way out. Is it not attaching?

It has moved but I don’t think it’s attached itself to the substrate