Sound Off: Your extended polyps are telling you something right?

[vpoiu1263]

This is daylight spectrum photo.
PE so far is still ok.
But some of them get poor PE and O see red bugs on them.

 

[casper320]

Have you ever looked at a polyp's anatomy? Its primarily just a mouth and stomach. I guess one could make the argument that they are vestigial, I don't think that's likely. I would just be interested to see if they perform eating similar to a sponge. Do they pump water into their polyp then out? Or do the food particles just adhere to the tentacles and through osmosis go to their stomachs?

 

[Neo Jeo]

I use to get PE during the day but now only at night for the past month. My water is the same as it was. So I dont know.
I started using Vibrent for GAH so thats my only guess.

 

[maroun.c]

While I agree with PE being mostly all sign that corals are happy, I have watched corals in RTN few times mostly after shipping stress while polyps were fully extended.

 

[marlinmon]

I’ve had plenty of SPS have phenomenal PE while they were RTNing lol. I’ve got one SPS right now that won’t pop it’s polyps out at all but it continues to encrust and grow. I dunno...

 

[itsforte]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/first-sos-indicator-for-sps.543979/#post-5613959

You can take what I posted for reference.

 

[High ICP]

Have you ever looked at a polyp's anatomy? Its primarily just a mouth and stomach. I guess one could make the argument that they are vestigial, I don't think that's likely. I would just be interested to see if they perform eating similar to a sponge. Do they pump water into their polyp then out? Or do the food particles just adhere to the tentacles and through osmosis go to their stomachs?

This is the SPS forum, right?

Mouth and stomach?

 

[Guttersnipe]

For those of you who say your corals show polyp extension but have stn or rtn,
The part that has polyp extension is healthy. Frag it before the rtn or stn spreads.

 

[marlinmon]

For those of you who say your corals show polyp extension but have stn or rtn,
The part that has polyp extension is healthy. Frag it before the rtn or stn spreads.

We know. It’s hit or miss if it survives even then.

 

[MnFish1]

Here are some instances where excessive PE is bad... High ammonia presence and the coral has to respirate more than normal. The zoox is unhealthy and not doing its job with the lights on. Water has low oxygen level. It could mean plenty of good things too.

No PE could just mean that you have a fish or invert that likes to pick on the corals. It could also mean that all kind of parameters are out of whack.

In any case, PE does not really mean much. Just look for changes from day to day... if a typically hairy coral all of a sudden has no polyps out, then look into it. If all of your SPS have polyps out to the max, then also look for some bad stuff like maybe the protein skimmer is not bubbling, or something has died and you have a bit more ammonia than normal.

This - I think there are better ways to judge coral 'health' than polyp extension - though if its not happening during day and its not doing it at night - that could be a sign of a problem - but no one watches their coral 24/7....

 

[Keepswiming]

I voted no based on this healthy bleaching Pink Floyd frag that didn’t like the shipping!

 

[MnFish1]

I voted no based on this healthy bleaching Pink Floyd frag that didn’t like the shipping!

Don't get it.

 

[Keepswiming]

Don't get it.

I was joking. The polyps were out while it was bleaching so I voted no.

 

[Keepswiming]

Don't get it.

I use to think that PE was a good indicator of health but I am not sure now. I still look for it on my healthy sps, but feel it is irrelevant with newly shipped frags or tissue necrosis. It was noted above that the portions of the sps that had PE and were not necrosed could be fragged because they are "healthy", but in my experience there is a slim chance of survival, and it might be better to just blow off the necrosed tissue and give them a stable/not stressful environment (lower lights) to maximize the chance.

 

[MnFish1]

I use to think that PE was a good indicator of health but I am not sure now. I still look for it on my healthy sps, but feel it is irrelevant with newly shipped frags or tissue necrosis. It was noted above that the portions of the sps that had PE and were not necrosed could be fragged because they are "healthy", but in my experience there is a slim chance of survival, and it might be better to just blow off the necrosed tissue and give them a stable/not stressful environment (lower lights) to maximize the chance.

Thanks - I read it the wrong way lol

 

[Keepswiming]

Thanks - I read it the wrong way lol

It was poorly written. I tend to rush on forums and not proof reed. ADAH hard at work! lol