candy cane

minhbestunnin · 02-27-2005, 10:03 AM

my candy cane corals had this web looking thing on them , i thought it was dirt or something , so i syphinoned it out and then i looked back and there it was again, even more this time , what is it doing ? looks like spider webs

BRI690 · 02-27-2005, 12:47 PM

what color? It could be a fungus...

minhbestunnin · 02-27-2005, 05:48 PM

its clearish white, kinda like silk, or spider webs

minhbestunnin · 02-27-2005, 05:50 PM

little strands of white clear strings floating above them , and across them ( wish i had a camera), looks like its coming from their mouths ,

Alice · 02-28-2005, 10:15 AM

It could either be that you have a Vermetid Snail that is casting it's "fishing net" of mucous among the polyp heads (look for a calcerous tube anchored on the coral skeleton - be careful they are razor sharp but otherwise harmless - or it could be that the coral itself is creating mucous trying to grab food.

Fonchy · 03-24-2005, 09:03 AM

My CC does the same sometimes I see that mucus when my blenny blows sand on them or when air touches it. As long as they look healthy dont worry about it.