Flower Pot question

[sammyjankis238]

I bought a flower pot a week or so ago. It had completely closed by the time I got it home, at which time I realized that it had 2 areas that looked like a ball. I was very careful in the placement of the coral and it is doing great. It opened beautifully within hours of being under the lights. Yesterday however, when I turned the lights on I noticed that the "ball" like areas seemed to be slothing off. One is hanging about 1/2 inch off of the main body of the coral. both pieces opened normally under the light and seem to be doing fine. My question is is this how flower pots reproduce? I will try to post a pic of it today before I turn the lights on in the tank.

 

[florida joe]

I bought a flower pot a week or so ago. It had completely closed by the time I got it home, at which time I realized that it had 2 areas that looked like a ball. I was very careful in the placement of the coral and it is doing great. It opened beautifully within hours of being under the lights. Yesterday however, when I turned the lights on I noticed that the "ball" like areas seemed to be slothing off. One is hanging about 1/2 inch off of the main body of the coral. both pieces opened normally under the light and seem to be doing fine. My question is is this how flower pots reproduce? I will try to post a pic of it today before I turn the lights on in the tank.[/QUOTE
I also purchased one recently it has been in my tank DT for 4 days I will also take a pic before the lights come on and after and we can compare notes

 

[shrimpi]

Originally Posted by sammyjankis238
http:///forum/post/2490928
I bought a flower pot a week or so ago. It had completely closed by the time I got it home, at which time I realized that it had 2 areas that looked like a ball. I was very careful in the placement of the coral and it is doing great. It opened beautifully within hours of being under the lights. Yesterday however, when I turned the lights on I noticed that the "ball" like areas seemed to be slothing off. One is hanging about 1/2 inch off of the main body of the coral. both pieces opened normally under the light and seem to be doing fine. My question is is this how flower pots reproduce? I will try to post a pic of it today before I turn the lights on in the tank.
if the flesh is sloughing off its most likely die-ing. I bought a sick flowerpot a few weeks ago and its flesh completely sloughed off and even little bits of it were blowing around the tank. It died. I had the lfs replace it and all is good. Ive had flowerpot before in a larger tank for about a year (until I downsized and it was too big for my nano so I had to sell it) and it NEVER sloughed off flesh.
Something is wrong with yours im pretty sure. They have a low survival rate to begin with.
Can you post a pic? also, your tank setup: size, lights, flow, etc.
my sick one was completely normal looking and this is how it looked after a few days. It was almost totally bald.

The brown spots are usually the skeleton you are seeing because the skeleton isnt covered with flesh anymore.
Good Luck
Jessica.

 

[sammyjankis238]

Here is a pic from when I turned the lights on today. I'm not sure about all the specs on the tank because my husband is the one that does all the up keep of the tank. All I know is that it is a 72 gallon tank.

 

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[bonita69]

mine did the same thing, looked like slim. So when I looked it up "Slime on Flower pot corals", I found loads of info on Brown Jelly. I took my coral out and treated it as if it had it. I put in a bath it in a bit stronger than a normal Betadine dip and used a small med doser the kind for kids, looks like a very small turkey baster and just kept shooting it at the the slime till it came off did this all the way around the coral. Then I rinsed in fresh clean tank water while holding it in my hand and rinsed it over the sink. It was very stressed from the harsh dip but no more slime was coming off or building up. And Today that coral looks awesome!! I have only had it about 4 weeks but it has never looked so good! As of now the coral is doing wonderful. I heard they are just plain hard keepers so only time will tell.

 

[emeralcrab]

Here is a picture of my flower pot I got a week ago. It is hugh, and so far looks great, even when it closes up for a while at night, the flesh looks good. I don't think I would of bought it if I would of known they are not easy to keep for very long. Of course my LFS says their easy.....should of known....I usually research and research before I buy something. But then I have kept things for 2 yrs. now that people have said you can't. So we will see. This picture is washed out due to using a flash, it is a really pretty green in real life, and is larger then a soft ball when opened. Good luck with yours, I have mine in a QT tanks right now with some other corals.

 

[emeralcrab]

Sorry better add the picture uh? Man this site is being slow today.

 

[emeralcrab]

Here is another picture of it, maybe it is a better picture. Photo is a little washed out, even without flash...wish I could figure out camera better.

 

[bonita69]

Looks good and healthy to me. When mine opens all the way it is about the size of a cantalope.

 

[sammyjankis238]

 

[sammyjankis238]

the thing is, ive had a flower pot die before, and the flesh actually comes off and turns brown. In this case, the flesh is fine, but there is a string that hangs like 2" off it, and at the end of the string is a pod of about 20 tiny flower pot sprouts.

 

[emeralcrab]

Does kind of sound like it is releasing baby polyps....don't know for sure...keep us posted and if you could post pictures of the string with the polyps on the end.

 

[dallas612]

not to hijack but what kind of flow do these things like? i passed on one that was the size of a cantaloupe or bigger fully opened for around 50 bucks because the fish store told me they were a lagoon coral and needed low flow.

 

[sammyjankis238]

the first pod fell of today. it fell behind the rock but im going to attempt to retrieve it. the flower pot is still fully opened, and doesnt seem to have any die off from the spot the string detached from.

 

[sea n life]

sammy that is a baby flowerpot thats how you frag them when the lights are off and its closed up rub your hand over them if you feel little balls or bumps thats baby flowerpots you can take those balls off and start new ones congrats on your new flower pot

 

[bonita69]

Originally Posted by dallas612
http:///forum/post/2492753
not to hijack but what kind of flow do these things like? i passed on one that was the size of a cantaloupe or bigger fully opened for around 50 bucks because the fish store told me they were a lagoon coral and needed low flow.
Mine is doing very well, and has grown a bit. Here my vedio to show my flow.Sorry my foxface loves the camara
Enjoy