shape changing mushroom

[jonathan]

has anyone ever seen this before? recently the little guy was moved to a higher flow area....and for the picture i moved the mushroom down to the substrate, so anyone who wants to verify whats going on could view it better.

the side of the mushroom that is becoming a "balloon" was facing away from the current...basically acting like a parachute. it's almost as though the mushroom was trying to "net" it's food.....

here are some pictures:

[jtReef]

Looks normal to me. Mine will do that also. Typically after they have caught a good piece of food. It is odd though. Mine never did that before then all of a sudden they started doing it for a few days and then not since. I wonder if it has to do with reproduction.

[jonathan]

i hadn't thought of reproduction, although the mushroom in question is back to it's former self...when you experienced this, did your mushrooms reproduce?

[RCBruce]

looks to me like feeding behavior. My green hairy's do that, turning themselves totally inside out, but only when I feed pellets that drop on them. Could be wrong, but I don't think it is reproduction.

[jtReef]

I have no idea. My mushrooms are out of control way worse than aptasia.

[bouraganes]

My Green Hairy shrooms do that sometimes during feeding, it's not uncommon-