Feeders or stn/rtn???

Alex's Nano Reef · Jul 12, 2022

Am I killing this stag or are these feeding tentacles

tbrown · Jul 12, 2022

Alex's Nano Reef said:
Am I killing this stag or are these feeding tentacles

I'm not great with SPS but those look like feeding tentacles to me.

Alex's Nano Reef · Jul 12, 2022

Idk looks pretty tissue necrosis like to me idk tho to be honest

shakacuz · Jul 12, 2022

feeding response. i believe the picture was just taken at a wrong time making it seem like "flesh is coming off".

MnFish1 · Jul 12, 2022

Alex's Nano Reef said:
Idk looks pretty tissue necrosis like to me idk tho to be honest

It looks like mucus to me. Do they retract or go away?

Alex's Nano Reef · Jul 12, 2022

MnFish1 said:
It looks like mucus to me. Do they retract or go away?

Yeah they seem to be going away but aren’t feeder tentacles on stag horns supposed to come out of the polyp not next to or near the polyp. Maybe I’m just paranoid

PeterErc · Jul 12, 2022

Mesenterial filaments

Charlie’s Frags · Jul 12, 2022

Those are mesentrial filaments. Some claim it’s a feeding response and other claim it’s a stress or irritation response.

Lonely reefer's · Jul 12, 2022

No those are not feeding tentacles, it’s a stress or irritation response like charlies's frags stated.
Possible water parameter is off or lights par too high for this particle coral.
I would move it to lower par

wareagle · Jul 12, 2022

I would check for bugs, especially if PE has been progressively getting worse.

vetteguy53081 · Jul 12, 2022

filaments. Increase flow slightly.
What is your phosphate and Nitrate levels?

Steve2020 · Jul 12, 2022

zoasaholic said:
No those are not feeding tentacles, it’s a stress or irritation response like charlies's frags stated.
Possible water parameter is off or lights par too high for this particle coral.
I would move it to lower par

I have a Strawberry Shortcake and another Acro, not sure of type, that does this but ONLY when I spot feed them, then they retract in about an hour or two. I spot feed with the power heads kept on so are you saying that feeding can cause stress or irritation?

Alex's Nano Reef · Jul 13, 2022

vetteguy53081 said:
filaments. Increase flow slightly.
What is your phosphate and Nitrate levels?

Phosphate is .06 nitrate is in like the 10-12 range but phos and nitrate bottomed out for a day but still it was acting up like this last week when my params were on point. Flow might be a issue but I got a Mp10 running on 13-16% in different modes