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Unread 10/06/2014, 05:52 PM   #8
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My pulsing xenia stop pulsing at night.

So the reason they pulse is to get water moving around their polyps, which brings more CO2 for photosynthesis. At night, they can't photosynthesize, so they don't need to pulse.


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