Bubble coral spitting up

MikeyAl · May 14, 2016

I noticed my bubble coral not fully open. As I was watching, all of a sudden, it was as though he convulsed and spit up some dark gooey stuff.
Is this normal?

All water parameters normal and no changed other than adding a hammer coral - which is nowhere near the bubble

Thoughts?
Thanks. Mike

GatorGuys · May 14, 2016

Anemones do that! give it a little time and he should be back to 'normal'. My anemone does this pretty much once a day - its the way the anemone expels waste.

If it continues to be shriveled up - or if you start to see the white twisted intestines come out - then you have a problem... but what you described is normal.

MikeyAl · May 14, 2016

GatorGuys said:
Anemones do that! give it a little time and he should be back to 'normal'. My anemone does this pretty much once a day - its the way the anemone expels waste.

If it continues to be shriveled up - or if you start to see the white twisted intestines come out - then you have a problem... but what you described is normal.

Is bubble coral considered a nem?

MikeyAl · May 15, 2016

Obviously I know it's not an anemone. I assume it behaves similar to a nem as do other corals that have a oral disk to eat and purge?

Baby Ray · May 15, 2016

Can you post a picture?

MikeyAl · May 15, 2016

I am out all day. But this morning is looking pretty good b

Tab28 · May 15, 2016

Generally there are a couple times brownish slime comes out of corals. If lighting is too much for the coral. It will expel its zooxanthellea. This is not good. This could happen if new stronger lights or if coral is new and your lights are just too much for it. It could take weeks for a coral to show signs of poor light acclimation.

A more common expel is just coral poop. This is totally normal. It happens every once in awhile. If coral looks fine. Just poop is what you saw. Anemones also poop, generally theirs is more substantial.

MikeyAl · May 15, 2016

Tab28 said:
Generally there are a couple times brownish slime comes out of corals. If lighting is too much for the coral. It will expel its zooxanthellea. This is not good. This could happen if new stronger lights or if coral is new and your lights are just too much for it. It could take weeks for a coral to show signs of poor light acclimation.

A more common expel is just coral poop. This is totally normal. It happens every once in awhile. If coral looks fine. Just poop is what you saw. Anemones also poop, generally theirs is more substantial.

Thanks. It shouldn't be the lights. I've had him for 4 months now. I am running under Ocean Revive LEDs and lights are or 40% blue and 15% whites. I am adjusting 1% daily until I get to about 65/20, them will adjust even slower until about 80/30.