Hey I got this candy cane coral and I dipped it but when I stuck it in the water it release this string looking stuff and there's this hand looking thing that keeps popping out of the middle of the coral. Any idea what this could be?
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Was this right after the dip and placement? If so it’s normal. A lot of lps and sps “slime” when dipped or bothered. It should be good to go by morning.
That’s their feeders. Typical for lights out, and feeding times.
The picture doesn't show the brown gunk btw it happened too fast I couldn't get a picture.
I just saw it blow out this brown gunk out of its mouth and it has this algae strung across it.
The brown stuff didn't look quite like that, it was more like little puffs of it. Any idea how to remove the feather duster? Its wedged in between the coral and the guy at my lfs (I trust him ive talked with him a lot) said the coral looked like it was splitting.
This is my torch pooing just for example.
But if new to tank then probably as others have said and is just sliming due to being stressed/ handled etc.
Im new to saltwater but only other things i thought off when you said hand looking thing was a feather duster/ tube worm which will retract if you or any fiah goes near it or vermitted snail which casts out a mucus net and catches food and retracts it in.
Where did this brown stuff come from?The brown stuff didn't look quite like that,
It came out of the mouth, I saw it open and spew short bursts of this brown cloudy stuff out and then the mouth closed. Also in the picture does the coral look opended or is it partially closed?Where did this brown stuff come from?
1. Center of the coral aka mouth
2. On the side of coral
3. Other
It is pooo . looks different for each coral. Torches have a pretty thick poo. Hammer, frogs, Candy's have a puffy poo. If it makes sense.It came out of the mouth, I saw it open and spew short bursts of this brown cloudy stuff out and then the mouth closed. Also in the picture does the coral look opended or is it partially closed?
Poo.It came out of the mouth, I saw it open and spew short bursts of this brown cloudy stuff out and then the mouth closed. Also in the picture does the coral look opended or is it partially closed?