Is my purple hammer pooping??

[nanomania]

What are these red stuff coming out?? Is it healthy??

 

[JOE_2217]

What are these red stuff coming out?? Is it healthy??

Yup, looks like it to me. What goes it must come out!

 

[nanomania]

Yup, looks like it to me. What goes it must come out!

But I don't feed anything

 

[Katrina71]

It's eating.

 

[webmanny]

You are not going to like this, but it looks like your coral is expelling zooxanthellae algae. This is not a good sign.

Please keep an eye on this coral because it is not doing well, in my opinion. How long have you had this coral and when did it start doing this?

My recommendation would be to dip it in Coral RX and keep an eye on it daily. If you want to see more, you can google "hammer coral expelling zooxanthellae".

Please note this is just my recommendation based on my experience in the hobby.

 

[Scurvy]

I agree, most likely its an unhappy coral right now. While it is possible for some corals to poop, Most of the time thats not whats happpening.

 

[nanomania]

You are not going to like this, but it looks like your coral is expelling zooxanthellae algae. This is not a good sign.

Please keep an eye on this coral because it is not doing well, in my opinion. How long have you had this coral and when did it start doing this?

My recommendation would be to dip it in Coral RX and keep an eye on it daily. If you want to see more, you can google "hammer coral expelling zooxanthellae".

Please note this is just my recommendation based on my experience in the hobby.

I'm from India, we don't get Rx here. Reef dip I already have. Is it coz of high lights?

 

[webmanny]

Ok with the Reef dip. I am not sure what could be causing it without more information.

1. What are your parameters?
2. Any variations in temperature recently? (These corals are very sensitive to temp and alk changes)
   
3. Did anything change in your tank recently?
4. How long have you had this coral in your tank?

 

[nanomania]

Ok with the Reef dip. I am not sure what could be causing it without more information.

1. What are your parameters?
2. Any variations in temperature recently? (These corals are very sensitive to temp and alk changes)
   
3. Did anything change in your tank recently?
4. How long have you had this coral in your tank?

It's Been a few days, I guess it started doing this when I fed it frozen mysis . I dip them in reef plus n store it in freezer. have a green hammer, and it's doing fantastic. No changes. Temp is 27c it's always been that,maybe it was from cooler water?

 

[nanomania]

What you guys think about the hammer now? Does it look healthy?

 

[Scurvy]

Looks pretty happy to me. Have you seen it releasing anything since the originL post?

 

[nanomania]

Looks pretty happy to me. Have you seen it releasing anything since the originL post?

Only if I feed it. Should I place it at the bottom? Is it coz it's right below the light?

 

[Shady]

Leave it where it is , it looks healthy enough. The first video is just having a poo , nothing to worry about in my opinion.

 

[Scurvy]

Only if I feed it. Should I place it at the bottom? Is it coz it's right below the light?

No, it looks pretty happy there. Id leave it be.

 

[webmanny]

I'm curious. Did it make it? Was it just hungry or dying? Can you share some updated pics?

 

[Elegance Coral]

That is not poo. The coral is discharging zooxanthellae. Corals do not have bile from a liver, or dead blood cells to color their poo brown. If, they poo, it will be the remains of something they ate that was not fully digested. If they eat pink shrimp meat, and poo a portion out later, the poo will be pink. If you capture that discharge, and view it under a microscope, you'll see that it's clear slime, loaded with brown zooxanthellae. The coral is trying to adjust to the bright light at the top of the tank.
I would move the coral to a more subdued light area. The coral looks a little pale to me. Like it has lost some of it's zooxanthellae. Otherwise, it does look healthy. In lower light, it will produce much deeper/richer colors.
HTH
Peace
EC