weird

[SVXH6]

what dos it mean when your SPS have white stringy things coming out of them?? i have a few doing/have seen others do this as well and i would like to know what it may mean..

 

[SVXH6]

i believe they may be mesenterial filaments.. this is from stress rite?? i have seen LPS do this to fight but ondering why the SPS would do this.. my params are cal 425, alk8.5, ph 8.2, phos 0, ni 0, na 0..

 

[clkwrk]

some say stress amd some say feeding response.

 

[Wiskey]

My coral used to do it allot when I would feed so I figured they were trying to eat. I also used to see coral that was having a ruff time do this. They would also send off those strands to attack other coral.

Whiskey

 

[clkwrk]

Here is a small quote from a paper"Mesenterial filaments are duplications of the gastrodermal epithelium of the coral which protrude through the oral aperture and also through the epidermis. These filaments sweep across the surface of the parent coral colony and also extend beyond the border of the colony to adjacent organisms (e.g. sponges, bryozoans, and calcareous algae) or to other coral colonies. This activity may be more pronounced at night or during periods of low tidal flow. The mesenterial filaments are important for protecting the coral against invasion and overgrowth by neighboring organisms such as sponges, calcareous algae and other corals. However, these digestive enzyme-releasing filaments also would retard the colonization of microbial agents that might settle onto the surface mucous blanket or that might be ingested into the coral gastrocoele. Proteolysis of microbial membranes would effectively control the proliferation of microbial flora and also might provide a food source for the coral.

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Paper found here

http://www.globalcoral.org/The significance of emerging diseases in the tropical coral .htm

 

[SVXH6]

i notice it when i feed anything meaty(silversides).. and whenever i use garlic drops on the food for my fish(this causes a big reaction)..