Button Coral pooping?

[DerekG4]

Hello, just yesterday I bought a button coral and I have no idea what it's spewing out of it's mouth. It just looks like really long, thin brown strings coming out of it's mouth. The whole polyp is about 6 inches wide and 4 inches long while the strings are about 3-4 inches. Is it normal for it to do this? First time I ever seen a coral do this.

The first picture is after I put it in the tank and fully opened. The second is the strings it's spewing.

 

[scooter31707]

I have read that corals can excrete wastes, which they do through their mouths. Sometimes they will excrete more waste when stressed, like from moving and adjusting to a new aquarium. Maybe this is what is happening in your situation.

 

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I have read that corals can excrete wastes, which they do through their mouths. Sometimes they will excrete more waste when stressed, like from moving and adjusting to a new aquarium. Maybe this is what is happening in your situation.

nailed it

 

[DerekG4]

Ah, ok. First time I've ever seen it happen to coral and I got worried once it did it. Now that I look at it, it looks just fine. I suppose I overreacted. Thanks for telling me