Is my Brain Coral pooping?! (pic included)

ToTaLCHaoS13 · 08/12/2006, 01:28 PM

Do Brain Corals poop or is this something else?!

cham · 08/12/2006, 01:39 PM

Taste it, if it tastes like poop.....it is.

ToTaLCHaoS13 · 08/12/2006, 01:51 PM

Actually my coral beauty ate it right after I took this picture!

glxtrix · 08/12/2006, 02:12 PM

im not an expert about open brains, but if it's like an anemone, it is pooping in a sence, when it eats it takes all nutrients from food that it needs then expells it out its mouth when no longer serving value to it.

skeeter-doc · 08/12/2006, 11:00 PM

your trachyphyllia is simply purging itself of excess zooxanthellae
normal occurence and nothing to worry about, just shows it is healthy and that you have been feeding it

Tat2demon · 08/13/2006, 04:58 AM

@ cham. I think thats my new signature!

cham · 08/13/2006, 07:30 AM

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Originally posted by Tat2demon
@ cham. I think thats my new signature!

Now thats funny.

masterqaz · 08/13/2006, 07:32 AM

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Originally posted by skeeter-doc
your trachyphyllia is simply purging itself of excess zooxanthellae
normal occurence and nothing to worry about, just shows it is healthy and that you have been feeding it

happened to mine and mine started going down hill.

King-Kong · 08/13/2006, 09:54 AM

All of mine do this on occaision (all of my LPS). It's poopin!

p.s. take Cham's advice and get back to us

cardona · 08/13/2006, 09:06 PM

yea it is expelling waste, so dont worry. as long as it inflates afterward it is all good. but if it dosnt inflate after say 2-3 days cheack the water. and the water might have some nitrates streesing it.

Ciarán · 08/14/2006, 04:32 PM

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your trachyphyllia is simply purging itself of excess zooxanthellae

Yep, looks like zooxanthellae rather than "waste" to me.

08/12/2006, 01:28 PM	#1
ToTaLCHaoS13 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cartersville, GA Posts: 379	Is my Brain Coral pooping?! (pic included) Do Brain Corals poop or is this something else?!

08/13/2006, 04:58 AM	#6
Tat2demon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 833	@ cham. I think thats my new signature! __________________ Nate cham - "Taste it, if it tastes like poop.....it is." Current Tank Info: 400 gallon in progress. 8x3x2.5

08/12/2006, 01:39 PM	#2
cham Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Winter Garden, FL Posts: 3,632	Taste it, if it tastes like poop.....it is.

08/12/2006, 01:51 PM	#3
ToTaLCHaoS13 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cartersville, GA Posts: 379	Actually my coral beauty ate it right after I took this picture!

08/12/2006, 02:12 PM	#4
glxtrix Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ATL, GA Posts: 882	im not an expert about open brains, but if it's like an anemone, it is pooping in a sence, when it eats it takes all nutrients from food that it needs then expells it out its mouth when no longer serving value to it.

08/12/2006, 11:00 PM	#5
skeeter-doc Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: TX Posts: 1,643	your trachyphyllia is simply purging itself of excess zooxanthellae normal occurence and nothing to worry about, just shows it is healthy and that you have been feeding it

08/13/2006, 09:54 AM	#9
King-Kong Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 2,346	All of mine do this on occaision (all of my LPS). It's poopin! p.s. take Cham's advice and get back to us

08/13/2006, 09:06 PM	#10
cardona Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Antonio Posts: 25	yea it is expelling waste, so dont worry. as long as it inflates afterward it is all good. but if it dosnt inflate after say 2-3 days cheack the water. and the water might have some nitrates streesing it.