Acros sliming after Reef Roids

[USMC 4 LIFE]

Every time I feed my acros Reef Roids they tend to slime up. A clear stringy substance is seen coming from the acros. It’s blown away soon after he pumps are turned back on.

Is this a defense mechanism or is this simply normal behavior when hand feeding fine particles to Acros?

Acros have good polyp extension, great color and growth.
90g tank with refugium + skimmer. No carbon or phosphate dosing
Ap 700 with 4 bulb ATI fixture
Salinity 1.026
Alk 8.5
Cal 430
Mag 1350
Temp 78
Nitrate ~0.5 I rarely test for this and phosphate as the cheato my refugium keeps these things in check.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Every time I feed my acros Reef Roids they tend to slime up. A clear stringy substance is seen coming from the acros. It’s blown away soon after he pumps are turned back on.

Is this a defense mechanism or is this simply normal behavior when hand feeding fine particles to Acros?

Acros have good polyp extension, great color and growth.
90g tank with refugium + skimmer. No carbon or phosphate dosing
Ap 700 with 4 bulb ATI fixture
Salinity 1.026
Alk 8.5
Cal 430
Mag 1350
Temp 78
Nitrate ~0.5 I rarely test for this and phosphate as the cheato my refugium keeps these things in check.

Mine do the same, always assumed it was a feeding response. #reefsquad anyone know?

 

[larangcon]

It is a feeding response to trap the particles in these web like string line that comes out when it senses food in the area. Not a scientific answer but basically what it is.

 

[reeferfoxx]

Every time I feed my acros Reef Roids they tend to slime up. A clear stringy substance is seen coming from the acros. It’s blown away soon after he pumps are turned back on.

Is this a defense mechanism or is this simply normal behavior when hand feeding fine particles to Acros?

Acros have good polyp extension, great color and growth.
90g tank with refugium + skimmer. No carbon or phosphate dosing
Ap 700 with 4 bulb ATI fixture
Salinity 1.026
Alk 8.5
Cal 430
Mag 1350
Temp 78
Nitrate ~0.5 I rarely test for this and phosphate as the cheato my refugium keeps these things in check.

Keep doing what you are doing! ;Happy

 

[hybridazn]

Yup they are happy haha

 

[USMC 4 LIFE]

Ok great! it’s reassuring to get confirmation. It’s just such a strange response as the slime never gets retracted by the polyp heads.


Thanks all

 

[jorahx]

Ok great! it’s reassuring to get confirmation. It’s just such a strange response as the slime never gets retracted by the polyp heads.


Thanks all

My torches do this same thing. And never retract it back in. I keep water off for awhile hoping they will but nope. Eventually I turn water back on and the slimy stuff flys around until a fish eats it or it gets caught on another coral.

 

[k2-]

Thank god I came across - I fed my acros reefroids today and I was worried and just posted the thread I will link up

 

[exnisstech]

Thank god I came across - I fed my acros reefroids today and I was worried and just posted the thread I will link up

Same. I fed reef roids to acros in two tanks last eve for the first time. I was pretty freaked out by the amount of slime they put out. I figured it was a feeding responce but it's nice to have reassurance.

 

[JHSteepat]

I direct-fed reed roids and my chalice trapped the food in excreted mucus and then gulped down the mucus + roids. All good as far as I know, it’s how many corals feed

 

[droblack]

Maybe the corals are shedding waste, making room for more nutrients.