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03-11-2008, 01:48 PM
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Little Fishy
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Location: Va
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do corals poop?
my mystery coral (we think its a pectinia) just opened up several lil holes on its top, and spit out this long strand of brown gunk, that detached and floated away.. what the heck is this
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03-11-2008, 01:58 PM
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Pinch That Penny
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Redmond Oregon
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poop
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03-11-2008, 02:03 PM
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So Where Is "Dimples"???
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As the old adage goes..."Everything Poops" LOL!
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03-11-2008, 02:05 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jnicho
As the old adage goes..."Everything Poops" LOL!
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True! And yep, corals can and do Poop, expecially if you feed them.
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03-11-2008, 02:30 PM
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Enjoy it now
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speaking of which....
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03-11-2008, 02:35 PM
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Pinch That Penny
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthOcellaris
speaking of which....
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03-11-2008, 02:48 PM
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spaceman spiff
Join Date: Feb 2006
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yup, they do. I've not seen as much in SPS compared to LPS or softies, but I'm not too surprised.
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03-11-2008, 04:14 PM
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It could be poop, but it could also be a sign that the coral is expelling zooxanthellae - a sign of too much light or stress.
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03-11-2008, 04:17 PM
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So Where Is "Dimples"???
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Originally Posted by hng
It could be poop, but it could also be a sign that the coral is expelling zooxanthellae - a sign of too much light or stress.
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Good point...In an LPS coral it's pretty obvious when they "poop" and I wouldn't worry much...In something like Pectinia I would be a little more concerned.
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03-11-2008, 04:59 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Va
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could the stress be caused by the dozens of flat worms on him? i just dipped him and put him back in the tank, in a few minutes i'm going to treat the whole tank. |
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03-11-2008, 05:09 PM
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So Where Is "Dimples"???
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Originally Posted by rhinokio
could the stress be caused by the dozens of flat worms on him? i just dipped him and put him back in the tank, in a few minutes i'm going to treat the whole tank.
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Possible...are you using Exit??? Have you used it before??? Be very careful and make sure you know what your doing if not, and be ready for water changes...I've seen lots of people kill nice specimens using that stuff!
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03-11-2008, 05:39 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Va
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yes i've read up on it, i did not see any other worms in the tank besides like 10 or so on the pectinia, . i siphoned out some tank water into a bucket, and moved the pectinia into it, treated the bucket and waved as many of the worms off as i could. i put the pectinia back in the tank after i removed as much of the flats as i could. topped back off the water in the tank, let it circulate about 30 minutes, then dosed the tank, i saw one worm in the tank on the glass and he freaked out and started moving around a lot, i scanned the rocks and never saw any other worms squirimg, about 2 or 2 minutes later all my shrooms closed up.
i let it sit for a bit until the one panicking worm detached and floated away,
i put in about 1lb of carbon in the filter chamber
i vac'd out the worm and proceded to do a 25% change. i went over the rocks and substrate for any more worms,, found none.
the shrooms seem to be feeling better, and the fish all seem fine,, in about an hour or 2 i will do another 25% change
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03-11-2008, 07:32 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
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