Hammer Coral Brown Stringy Stuff

accel · 03/31/2018, 01:07 PM

I have a hammer coral and I see this brown stringy stuff.. I googled and from what I read this is just poop BUT I want to make sure it is.

As soon as I start typing this the brown stringy stuff got carried away by the flow. No more stringy stuff. This morning I did 25 percent water change with RO/DI water at 1.025/1.026 salinity if that helps.

Photos
https://ibb.co/eyT9zn
https://ibb.co/bFtL5S

accel · 03/31/2018, 01:11 PM

Sorry I took another look. It looks there's another one but really small. This is how it looks after it expelled the longer stringy stuff

accel · 03/31/2018, 01:11 PM

https://ibb.co/fX5pzn
https://ibb.co/mJXrC7

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nfrench2100 · 03/31/2018, 01:22 PM

It’s just poop man lol. I wouldn’t worry about it. Those Hammers look nice and healthy

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mickeyfish · 03/31/2018, 01:24 PM

I have seen these on my torches, hammers, and frogspawn. What I have been told is that this was the Coral expelling excess zooxanthellae algae.

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accel · 03/31/2018, 02:23 PM

Thanks nfrench2100 and mickeyfish. Yeah I read something about that too about the excess Zooxanthellae algae.

homer1475 · 03/31/2018, 03:38 PM

poop

BeachBumm · 03/31/2018, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by homer1475

poop

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03/31/2018, 01:07 PM	#1
accel Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 110	Hammer Coral Brown Stringy Stuff I have a hammer coral and I see this brown stringy stuff.. I googled and from what I read this is just poop BUT I want to make sure it is. As soon as I start typing this the brown stringy stuff got carried away by the flow. No more stringy stuff. This morning I did 25 percent water change with RO/DI water at 1.025/1.026 salinity if that helps. Photos https://ibb.co/eyT9zn https://ibb.co/bFtL5S

03/31/2018, 01:22 PM	#4
nfrench2100 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 131	It’s just poop man lol. I wouldn’t worry about it. Those Hammers look nice and healthy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ 30Gallon Marineland Half-Moon Rimless Saltwater (Started cycling 9-1-17) Currently 25lbs Liverock. 40lbs CaribSea Fiji Pink Aragonite. ReefOctopus BH100F Skimmer

03/31/2018, 03:38 PM	#7
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	poop __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

03/31/2018, 01:11 PM	#2
accel Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 110	Sorry I took another look. It looks there's another one but really small. This is how it looks after it expelled the longer stringy stuff

03/31/2018, 01:24 PM	#5
mickeyfish Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: New York Posts: 196	I have seen these on my torches, hammers, and frogspawn. What I have been told is that this was the Coral expelling excess zooxanthellae algae. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/31/2018, 02:23 PM	#6
accel Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 110	Thanks nfrench2100 and mickeyfish. Yeah I read something about that too about the excess Zooxanthellae algae.