Palytoxin??

[Fastidious]

Ok, so I just got back from class and glanced at my tank. I see my emerald crab pinching my new zoa colony, like really goin at them. So i bump him off, then the zoa squirts some light brownish colored stuff out from the closed position. Is this palytoxin? If so, will it harm anything in my tank and should I do some water changes to bring down the concentration? or will it go away by itself? Heres the colony that did it, the lowest closed polyp is the one that was being bugged

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=208479&stc=1&d=1350938951

Thanks

 

[organism]

its just expelling zooxanthellae algae ie pooping, nothing to stress on

 

[Fastidious]

Aha so it the crab literally scared the crap out of it, poor little polyp.

 

[MUCHO REEF]

I agree with Organism, nothing to worry about.

I would however remove that Emerald crab ASAP. They are not reef safe with your zoanthids. Just do a search in this forum or Google "are emerald crabs safe with zoanthids".

Good luck my friend.

MUCHO REEF
TOTM - August 2003

 

[ibtigr33]

Pooping!!!! Lol! The clear slime that you see and feel when you try to frag your palys is the stuff I would stay away from.

 

[OKCchief]

Aha so it the crab literally scared the crap out of it, poor little polyp.

That's funny. But for real, ditch the crab if want to keep zoas.

 

[ohchiz84]

i had an emerald for awhile in my nano with zoas and shrooms and i never noticed any problems