coral poop?

luvzz2play · 03/04/2013, 08:50 PM

What is this brown stringy jelly like substance coming from the side of my coral? coral poop? loosing its good bacteria?
also, i've seen my coral belch twice in the past few minutes. ok... now it just belched a 3rd time. and it is shrinking in size. normal? i just bought this new coral the other day.

sk8ter20art · 03/04/2013, 10:44 PM

still new here, but i was a bit alarmed the other day when my zoa's started pooping all at once, didn't realize they did it from there mouths. at first i thought it might have been some kind of parasite. Had to go hit up google.

not sure about your specific coral though.

as far as bleaching is concerned any recent changes to the tank, lighting, new additions, water quality?

MARINECRITTERS · 03/04/2013, 10:55 PM

If it is bleaching then you have poor water quality, check your calcium and alkalinty. The jelly can be waste/stomach matter, but it comes out of the mouth in a white form. It looks like you coral has a common disease in the lps coral world, brown jelly disease.
Frag off the healthy part or you will loose the whole coral, it can also spread to neighbouring lps corals.

MARINECRITTERS · 03/04/2013, 10:59 PM

Oh sorry you said belched not bleached, the belching pulsate could be the coral releasing the jelly, no it is not loosing a good bacteria, corals do contain a algae cell called zooxanthellae but if the coral lost it, it would also bleach out, zooxanthellae would not come out in a jelly form.

Caronte · 03/05/2013, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by luvzz2play

What is this brown stringy jelly like substance coming from the side of my coral? coral poop?

I think those are his tentacles to capture prey

Quote:

Originally Posted by sk8ter20art

still new here, but i was a bit alarmed the other day when my zoa's started pooping all at once, didn't realize they did it from there mouths. at first i thought it might have been some kind of parasite. Had to go hit up google.

Probably your zoas was just spawning

bshow24 · 03/05/2013, 12:52 AM

Those do like like a bubble corals tentacles, when waste it released it is more brown.

As for the zoas, if they are releasing a long stringy substance, its waste.

luvzz2play · 03/05/2013, 09:13 AM

ok.... just to clarify a couple of things. the color in the picture is off. stupid droid photo. The colors are more brown for the stringy thing and it is coming out the side while the coral itself is more green. i know i know. bad color photo but it is what i can do

the coral is an Acanthophyllia Deshayesiana (Meat Coral)
it belches out of its mouth.
during this process it deflated over a 5-10 minute process. today, it looks healthy and normal again.

this photo is closer to what the color actually looks like

MARINECRITTERS · 03/05/2013, 10:01 AM

If it came out of it's mouth it is just waste/stomach matter. This could mean it is stressed though, although any lps coral will do this on occasion.

luvzz2play · 03/05/2013, 11:33 AM

today? it looks like it did before. inflated, tentacles are out.

yesterday, it belched a few times and i saw particulates come out the mouth and some wispy,stringy stuff. During this time, it was deflating and long stringy brown stuff came out the side that was probably 3" long. I've also seen the long brown stringy goo come out he mouth a few days ago.

nogascans · 03/05/2013, 02:08 PM

Remember that these animals do not have a defined digestive tract, just a single ended gullet, so what comes in thru filtering or in any chemical processes with zooxanthellae algae, has to come out as waste the same opening.

I have witnessed this with my open and closed brains, anemones, and occasionally with other LPS corals, Zoas.

Sincerely,

David

rjd0521 · 03/05/2013, 02:10 PM

Those are feeding tentacles.

03/04/2013, 08:50 PM	#1
luvzz2play Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: South of St Louis, MO Posts: 238	coral poop? What is this brown stringy jelly like substance coming from the side of my coral? coral poop? loosing its good bacteria? also, i've seen my coral belch twice in the past few minutes. ok... now it just belched a 3rd time. and it is shrinking in size. normal? i just bought this new coral the other day.

03/04/2013, 10:44 PM	#2
sk8ter20art Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: middle georgia Posts: 220	still new here, but i was a bit alarmed the other day when my zoa's started pooping all at once, didn't realize they did it from there mouths. at first i thought it might have been some kind of parasite. Had to go hit up google. not sure about your specific coral though. as far as bleaching is concerned any recent changes to the tank, lighting, new additions, water quality? __________________ 90 gal wavefront reef tank, durso standpipe, 20g sump, protien skimmer, 4xt5 light. under construction: 75gal reef DT, 40 gal sump, bean animal overflow. livestock:2 ocelleris clowns, bi-color dotty

03/04/2013, 10:55 PM	#3
MARINECRITTERS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,525	If it is bleaching then you have poor water quality, check your calcium and alkalinty. The jelly can be waste/stomach matter, but it comes out of the mouth in a white form. It looks like you coral has a common disease in the lps coral world, brown jelly disease. Frag off the healthy part or you will loose the whole coral, it can also spread to neighbouring lps corals.

03/04/2013, 10:59 PM	#4
MARINECRITTERS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,525	Oh sorry you said belched not bleached, the belching pulsate could be the coral releasing the jelly, no it is not loosing a good bacteria, corals do contain a algae cell called zooxanthellae but if the coral lost it, it would also bleach out, zooxanthellae would not come out in a jelly form.

03/05/2013, 12:52 AM	#6
bshow24 Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 584	Those do like like a bubble corals tentacles, when waste it released it is more brown. As for the zoas, if they are releasing a long stringy substance, its waste.

03/05/2013, 09:13 AM	#7
luvzz2play Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: South of St Louis, MO Posts: 238	ok.... just to clarify a couple of things. the color in the picture is off. stupid droid photo. The colors are more brown for the stringy thing and it is coming out the side while the coral itself is more green. i know i know. bad color photo but it is what i can do the coral is an Acanthophyllia Deshayesiana (Meat Coral) it belches out of its mouth. during this process it deflated over a 5-10 minute process. today, it looks healthy and normal again. this photo is closer to what the color actually looks like

03/05/2013, 10:01 AM	#8
MARINECRITTERS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,525	If it came out of it's mouth it is just waste/stomach matter. This could mean it is stressed though, although any lps coral will do this on occasion.

03/05/2013, 11:33 AM	#9
luvzz2play Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: South of St Louis, MO Posts: 238	today? it looks like it did before. inflated, tentacles are out. yesterday, it belched a few times and i saw particulates come out the mouth and some wispy,stringy stuff. During this time, it was deflating and long stringy brown stuff came out the side that was probably 3" long. I've also seen the long brown stringy goo come out he mouth a few days ago.

03/05/2013, 02:08 PM	#10
nogascans Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Jesup, Georgia (USA) Posts: 387	Remember that these animals do not have a defined digestive tract, just a single ended gullet, so what comes in thru filtering or in any chemical processes with zooxanthellae algae, has to come out as waste the same opening. I have witnessed this with my open and closed brains, anemones, and occasionally with other LPS corals, Zoas. Sincerely, David

03/05/2013, 02:10 PM	#11
rjd0521 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 326	Those are feeding tentacles.