Do plates poop?

[mitsurs01]

Are plates like anemones and poop? Mine let out this reddish brown ball of goo tonight. The coral looks perfect so I am assuming this was waste.

[DashTrash400]

Yup. I've seen all of my lps do it and have seen pictures of others online and everyone leads to poop. So I would say yes

[kurt_n]

Corals... all of 'em... only have one way in and out. Stuff goes in - stuff comes out. "Reddish brown ball of goo" describes it perfectly.

[droth335]

^^+1

[mwminer]

Never thouoght about it....makes sense however

[firsttank]

+1 , all corals poop...plate is also one of them.

[scapes]

& my fish poop as well! and boy can they ever ;(

[elegance coral]

Corals and anemones do not have dead blood cells, or bile from a liver, to turn their "poo" brown, like we do. If they discharge undigested material, it will be the same color as it was when they ate it. This is typically things like fish scales, bones, and exoskeletons. We typically don't feed these animals brown stuff, so when they discharge brown stuff, it typically isn't "poo" or undigested food. It's zooxanthellae. These animals constantly regulate the population of zooxanthellae within their tissues. If the population gets a little to large, they must discharge a portion. When they discharge large quantities, we see it as brown looking poo, but it isn't. It's zooxanthellae. If a seemingly healthy coral is discharging brown stuff on a regular basis, it's a sign that something is wrong. This can be caused by photo periods that are to long, or nutrient levels that are to high. For these animals, energy conservation means everything. The more energy they are forced to use on zooxanthellae regulation, the less energy they have for things like growth, self defence/immune systems, and reproduction. This makes it important to create an environment for these animals where they are not constantly discharging large quantities of zooxanthellae, or brown stuff.

[nam2212]

Corals and anemones do not have dead blood cells, or bile from a liver, to turn their "poo" brown, like we do. If they discharge undigested material, it will be the same color as it was when they ate it. This is typically things like fish scales, bones, and exoskeletons. We typically don't feed these animals brown stuff, so when they discharge brown stuff, it typically isn't "poo" or undigested food. It's zooxanthellae. These animals constantly regulate the population of zooxanthellae within their tissues. If the population gets a little to large, they must discharge a portion. When they discharge large quantities, we see it as brown looking poo, but it isn't. It's zooxanthellae. If a seemingly healthy coral is discharging brown stuff on a regular basis, it's a sign that something is wrong. This can be caused by photo periods that are to long, or nutrient levels that are to high. For these animals, energy conservation means everything. The more energy they are forced to use on zooxanthellae regulation, the less energy they have for things like growth, self defence/immune systems, and reproduction. This makes it important to create an environment for these animals where they are not constantly discharging large quantities of zooxanthellae, or brown stuff.

Am I the only one that feeds brown or brownish red fish food that the plate could capture and ingest?