Long black stringy... thing

[scoopsthedog]

Coming out right from the mouth of a zoa for around 30 min then sucked back in. Any ideas?

 

[Bunnee911]

Check your lighting. It could be trying to expel it's zooxanthellae

https://www.google.com/search?q=zooxanthellae&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

 

[Pola0502ds]

Is taking a dump? I know that is something they do from time to time

 

[smh254]

Yeah poop

 

[cloak]

Like mentioned above it's probably either poop or the coral is receiving too much light, but why the polyp would reel it back in is beyond me.

 

[scoopsthedog]

Check your lighting. It could be trying to expel it's zooxanthellae

https://www.google.com/search?q=zooxanthellae&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

I think it was poop. Maybe didn't suck it back in.

 

[A. grandis]

Not poop. It's releasing excess zooxanthelae form it's system.
Normal part of the metabolism, specially when bulbs are changed or with temperature fluctuations.
Totally normal, if they don't loose their colors and if there is not too many polyps joying the event at the same time!
Grandis.

 

[Pola0502ds]

Are you saying zoas never have the pleasurable experience of taking the browns to the super bowl and that its always zooxanthelae?

 

[A. grandis]

I'm saying that if you put that short/long string under the microscope the probability is that you will see only zooxanthellae.
When they release little balls sometimes it's all zooxanthellae too. Sometimes not.
At least the times I've done that, that's what happened.

Grandis.