zoas with gaping mouths

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Is this zoa colony okay, it's mouths are wide open and some are excreting brown strings(looks like poop) anyone here experience this type of behavior before and is this colony going to be okay?

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Is this zoa colony okay, it's mouths are wide open and some are excreting brown strings(looks like poop) anyone here experience this type of behavior before? They

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Above seems normal - they may be hungry with their mouths open

My taller zoas similar to above like to catch thawed fish food like LRS Reef Frenzy and others... they only have one opening like many corals... food goes in, poo comes out...
 
Is this zoa colony okay, it's mouths are wide open and some are excreting brown strings(looks like poop) anyone here experience this type of behavior before and is this colony going to be okay?

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These zoa are stretching slightly in search of spectrum and are likely hungry. Mysis shrimp is an ideal food opposed to planktonic powder food such as Reef Roids which elevate phosphate levels. Assure also flow is not aggressive but moderate
 

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