A few months ago I listened to a podcast from a well-known manufacturer of supply products in Germany (“Sangokai”). The owner is a doctor of marine biology specializing in coral ecophysiology. He also said that the polyp extension is NOT a reliable indicator of whether the coral is doing well or not.A great polyp extension have often been seen as a good sign and a sign of wellbeing. IMO *** needs not to be that way. Many people see the polyp extension as a sign of a healthy coral that seek food. IMO - with photosynthetic coral doing this under daytime - food hunt is probably not the main reason why the extend their polyps.