Long Stringy Strands from Acro

[jackie]

I've had this piece for a few months and it's doing well, polyps open, but noticed these white strands this morning (I'm fairly new with acros). BTW, Greg, it's one of your blue highlighted acro's I bought a while back, awesome coral....

 

[NateHanson]

It's sliming.

Some SPS do it regularly to get rid of waste, or when bothered by water conditions, another coral, or you.

I've found that some of the corals that slime a lot need to be given more room than other SPS, because they'll quickly kill another SPS that gets too close. I had a green slimer (understandably one of the slimiest corals I have) fall close to a green digi frag, and that frag was a skeleton in a day, even though I separated them after about an hour. (Fortunately it wasn't anything important, and I can just cut another frag from that quick grower.)

 

[jackie]

It seems ok now, I took a turkey baster and blew it off. It is about 1/2" away from a purple digi, so I think I'd better move one of them. thanks

 

[JustDavidP]

Sometimes, my acro's throw mesenterial when I feed. They look like slime, but aid in feeding (so I've been told). Maybe that's what you're seeing? Did you see them during or shortly after feeding?

 

[jackie]

No it wasn't from feeding, in fact I just realized I forgot to feed the tank yesterday I was so busy. LOL, no wonder the fish were knocking each other unconscious every time I walked up to the tank. I did a water change and noticed the water was a little yellow, so the acro was probably choking. I hadn't changed the carbon in a while... I didn't know about mesenterial, that's interesting. You don't read everything in books! thanks