Platygyra pooping? what the heck is going on!?!

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So, after doing my routine dosing/testing I noticed my platygyra doing this
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Now my original thought were sweepers, though after closer inspection I noticed they looked nothing like platygyra sweepers, they were coming out of the mouth and detached in the water column, now while I've seen corals do this before, never in this quantity, so, was he just... constipated?!? I do feed nightly and his feeding response wasn't as strong as usual so maybe? What do you think?
 

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It could be pooping, or expelling excess zooxanthellae; I'm not sure though, as the thing looks clear. Could also be shedding mucus; did you do a water change recently?
 
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It could be pooping, or expelling excess zooxanthellae; I'm not sure though, as the thing looks clear. Could also be shedding mucus; did you do a water change recently?
Sort of clear but has a brownish color, I actually have never done a water change as (hopefully not for much longer) its a coral-only setup
 

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