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MitchM
04-21-2004, 04:26 PM
Has anyone else seen these?
I have a pocillipora coral that has a blue mushroom growing beside it, and at night time only, the SPS is sending out what I am calling sweepers, in the immediate vicinity of the mushroom.
I've tried taking night pictures of it, but the coral is at the back of the tank, and every picture I try turns out to be out of focus.
Pocillipora's are "fuzzy" enough during their regular feeding, but these "sweepers" are at least 2 or 3 times as long.

I can try to take some better pictures of it, if someone can give me some night-time-picture-taking advice.

I've got a Nikon coolpix 995 and also have a separate hand held flash available with a flash activated "slave"

Or maybe this is just a regular occurrence.....and I wasn't in class that day....

:mrgreen:

Mitch

Aquattro
04-21-2004, 05:13 PM
Sounds normal. Mine get really long sweepers at night.

Son Of Skyline
04-21-2004, 05:22 PM
My pocillopora has sweepers out during the day sometimes in sections of high flow. They're not super long but they're out.

MitchM
04-21-2004, 05:25 PM
o.k... I didnt know about sps sweepers.

Thanks. :smile:

Mitch