Some zooxanthellae expelled last night

bfliflet

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I thought my gigantea was looking okay last night until I watched it as the lights went out and noticed he was eliminating some zooxanthellae. This was after it was put back in the DT after a Cipro treatment of 7days following Minh's normal recommendations. It has been in the DT for about a week since medicating when I just happened to see the expulsion process. It was probably 3-5 pencil led sized excretions about 1/8" long -- looked like fish waste. It was fed the day before some fresh fish about the size of a pencil eraser. It was Tilapia which in hindsight is not a good choice given it is freshwater but it tasted good to me. Here's a video today. Thoughts? Monitor? Medicate again?

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If you fed it and looks like poop it is probably poop... Mine does it nightly from the precious nights feeding. Looking good otherwise?
 
I think it look pretty good. I would just leave it alone for now and carefully observer it. IMO, when we change condition/environment, the anemone will change it's zooxanthellae and will purge some of them. I read somewhere that anemone and corals have multiple strains of zooxanthellae in their tissue which changes with light condition/intensity.
 
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