Corals releasing stringy things after feeding!!!!

[vetteguy53081]

I just feed my corals reef roids for the first time. I too some of my tank water in a cup and pour a table spoon of reef roids in to it. I mixed it up and got a turkey baster and filled it up. I sprayed my corals with the reef roids and a minute later the corals are releasing this stringy slime. What is going on. Is this a problem. The only corals that did that were my hammers and frogspawn.

Its mucus from enzymes when they are fed and not abnormal for them to do this. I see this most everytime when i feed my coral especially on my euphyllia and candy canes which are a slimy biofilm

 

[Reef Devils]

It’s mucus from enzymes when they are fed and not abnormal for them to do this. I see this most everytime when i feed my coral especially on my euphyllia and candy canes

Good to know that it is normal. Why do they do it?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Good to know that it is normal. Why do they do it?

Enzymes. We produce saliva- this is their version. Corals dont have gills and have to release this somehow

 

[Reef Devils]

Enzymes. We produce saliva- this is their version. Corals dont have gills and have to release this somehow

Cool