what is on the ricordea's mouthÂ£Â¿

smilodon · 05/16/2009, 04:26 AM

Just fed a piece of shrimp. and then after the daylights are off and the actinic lights on, the ricordea protrudes something out form it's mouth. and then after the actinic lights are off and lunar lights are on. those thing are retreat back to it's mouth.
what are those thing? never see them before.

greenbean36191 · 05/16/2009, 05:47 AM

They're the coral's guts.

noahm · 05/16/2009, 08:33 AM

It is the innards of the coral. Usually they only do this if stressed, spitting out the food, or something came along and tug-of-warred the food out of its mouth like a hermit. It takes a lot usually to stress a ric, so I am going to imagine it has something to do with the feeding process.

05/16/2009, 04:26 AM	#1
smilodon Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GTA, Canada Posts: 188	what is on the ricordea's mouthÂ£Â¿ Just fed a piece of shrimp. and then after the daylights are off and the actinic lights on, the ricordea protrudes something out form it's mouth. and then after the actinic lights are off and lunar lights are on. those thing are retreat back to it's mouth. what are those thing? never see them before.

05/16/2009, 05:47 AM	#2
greenbean36191 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 10,598	They're the coral's guts. __________________ Some say the sun rises in the East. Some say it rises in the West. The truth must be somewhere in the middle. Current Tank Info: tore them down to move and haven't had the time or money to set them back up

05/16/2009, 08:33 AM	#3
noahm Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 2,736	It is the innards of the coral. Usually they only do this if stressed, spitting out the food, or something came along and tug-of-warred the food out of its mouth like a hermit. It takes a lot usually to stress a ric, so I am going to imagine it has something to do with the feeding process.