Candy cane just spit up.....

[rovster]

I have a purple candy cane with 2 heads that I was watching like I always do. One of the heads spit out some cloudy stuff like it was a geyser, then it proceeded to shrivel up. I'm not worried, just curious if anyone can tell me what that is. Tank has been doing good. No other concerns to speak of. Thanks.....

 

[Ohiomom]

poop hth

 

[SushiGirl]

What goes in, must come out! Probably just expelling waste.

 

[elegance coral]

What color was the cloudy stuff?

 

[dsmhero]

Mine does this every now and then, especially a few days after I spot feed them.

 

[michaelr]

yeah my lps always do that. Its just because i spot feed my corals a lot. I like my corals to grow fast

 

[rovster]

LOL, thanks! Here I was thinking it was a sexual or aggression thing....I didn't know corals pooped. Good to know.....good to know......

 

[Flippers4pups]

+1, pooping.

 

[elegance coral]

What color was the cloudy stuff?

Corals typically have two different forms of "cloudy stuff" discharge that's noticeable by us. One is white, that's typically sperm. The other is brown, and typically zooxanthellae expulsion. We rarely see "poo", or the discharge of undigested food. When we do, it typically isn't in the form of "cloudy stuff".

 

[Jenzifer]

yeah mine does that all the time also

 

[ReeferEric]

Corals typically have two different forms of "cloudy stuff" discharge that's noticeable by us. One is white, that's typically sperm. The other is brown, and typically zooxanthellae expulsion. We rarely see "poo", or the discharge of undigested food. When we do, it typically isn't in the form of "cloudy stuff".

Yup, I agree. If it's splitting, you should be fine.