White strings coming out of Red Planet polyps

[nanojosh]

Almost a month ago I noticed diminishing PE on my RP so I keep an eye on it and now it's almost non existing with lil white strings stretching out of a few polyps. I have pieces of the same colony in all my tank and they are all fuzzy with polyps. All my other sps in that tank have full PE so should I start a spot feed regimen out what. Params are SG 1.024 Alk is 8.7 Ca is 400 steady and mag is alway 1350 only filter media I run is chemi pure elite.


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10 gal nem tank 2 maxi minis 2 rock flower and one sunburst RBTA

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[Tahoe61]

Those sound like Mesenterial Filaments. Poor PE on a RP is not a good sign IME. I would check it thoroughly for Red Bugs first and feed it generously. Be on the look out for a coral close to the RP causing issues. My Pocillopora did bad things when it was next to my RP.

 

[El Chavito]

I think those are just feeder tentacles. My red planet does the same. Just got it 2 weeks ago. Began extending those feeder tentacles when I moved it to a higher flow area. Color is fine in it. My water parameters are close to yours

 

[nanojosh]

Tahoe what are mesentarial filaments? And Chavez I know they are not feeder tentacles those used to come out at night. They look like the coral is poopin thin strands of white poop. They have lessened since then. Oh I forgot PO4 it's at.25. Is there any kind of internal type of acro parasite? Thanks for the input guys !


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[nanojosh]

Sorry Chavito not Chavez.


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[Tahoe61]

Mesenterial Filaments are used as both a mechanism of defense and a means of acquiring nutrition. My RP will show Mesenterial Filaments when stressed, when attacking near by corals and when food has been introduced to the tank.

 

[DSP]

Mesenterial Filaments are used as both a mechanism of defense and a means of acquiring nutrition. My RP will show Mesenterial Filaments when stressed, when attacking near by corals and when food has been introduced to the tank.

+1 right on the money

 

[nanojosh]

Ok that makes sense I had fed rods food for the first time yesterday before this happened. So maybe I should start spot feeding the RP. The only other coral that's even a little close to the RP is a psammacora and I don't think it's close enough to get a stress response from the RP ill post a few pics tonight of the no PE and the nearby corals.


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[Tahoe61]

Ok that makes sense I had fed rods food for the first time yesterday before this happened. So maybe I should start spot feeding the RP. The only other coral that's even a little close to the RP is a psammacora and I don't think it's close enough to get a stress response from the RP ill post a few pics tonight of the no PE and the nearby corals.


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I feed mine Rod's Food and have for years.

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

May I show my ignorance by asking what PE and RP are? :-\

Thanks, I'll get it eventually.

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[playin gmz]

Polyp extension and Red Planet

 

[shred5]

They are usually a sign of aggression if not coming out during feeding and especially if they stay out. Something near it might be bothering it and it can sense it is there.. Problem is in our closed system it may not even be next to it just in the same tank.... You can try poly-filters and/or carbon sometime that can help. Do you have gorgonia, soft corals or anemones these allot of times are the cause.... People that farm corals know this all to well Softy and sps systems need to be separate. Coral Allelopathy can be a pain...

Also people sometime confuse sweeper tentacles and mesenterial filaments. Thought they both are a sign of aggression...

 

[nanojosh]

Fed coral chili and phyto yesterday and got the same response but still no PE so ill continue on a light feeding regiment and hope to see some PE soon. Thanks all for the input.


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[rajkovich207]

I see this in my corals some times and assumed I knew what it was, problem was it didn't click until now. My thinking is this, I had problems keeping sps for a long time. I would see those strands and would loose it shortly after. It makes sense to me that it isn't getting what it needs and is starving, so it shoots out the strings trying to feed and make up the difference in the lacking nutrition. Look at it's colors. See if moving it lower and in slightly less flow with regular feeding helps. And I know a lot of people think it's junk but I started dosing brightwell aquatics replenish and vitamin c. And have since noticed an improvement in coral color and a bit of growth. For about 33 gallons of water after displacement i use 20 drops replenish and 3 drops vitamin c daily. Hopefully this makes a bit of sense and could be useful to someone.

 

[bct15]

It's a feeding response, it's the menestrial(sp.) filaments.

 

[nanojosh]

Yep definately a feeding response the same thing tonight after feeding rods food. The polyps are just starting to peek out so I will keep up the feedings. Tomorrow ill use coral frenzy.


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[bct15]

Only feed your corals once to three times a week.

 

[Tahoe61]

Yep definately a feeding response the same thing tonight after feeding rods food. The polyps are just starting to peek out so I will keep up the feedings. Tomorrow ill use coral frenzy.


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Introduce a small amount of any liquid or slurry, wait until you see a decent feeding response and add a little more food. When you start to see a significant amount of filaments introduce the rest of the food. Feeding sps takes longer then feeding other corals and fish. Over time you will see that the sps respond more quickly to the presence of food. Turning off some of the pump in the displays may help as well.

 

[nanojosh]

Only feed your corals once to three times a week.

Ok so I'll feed tomorrow again. And then Sunday my hopes are high for this one I'm starting to see the polyps peeking out again.


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