is this normal?

[aqua-escaping]

Looks like brown tenticles coming out of the zoas mouth. Is this normal?

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[JAR]

My guess is that it is quite normal when you are being eaten my a mushroom!

 

[sfsuphysics]

Poop

 

[650-IS350]

Yep Zoanthid poops, expelling excess food

 

[BAYMAC]

not "poop"

Zooxanthellae expulsion

http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/139/m139p167.pdf

 

[cbrennan4]

+1 on poop. Looks like those two mushrooms are swallowing up that colony haha

 

[BAYMAC]

If you all think its poop, why is it filled with zoox cells that giver it the brown color? Its neither poop or pseudofeces, it zoox expulsion, a well documented event.

 

[rygh]

If you all think its poop, why is it filled with zoox cells that giver it the brown color? Its neither poop or pseudofeces, it zoox expulsion, a well documented event.

Well... last time I peeked in the toilet, poo was kinda that color.

Kidding - I agree - probably not poo.

Suggest you check nutrient levels, phosphate in particular.
In theory, it can cause excess Zooxanthellae. Read that on the internet, so it must be true.
Can't hurt to test nutrients anyway.

 

[BAYMAC]

Stress in general causes it.... too much light seems to be the most common issue.

It was the first odd thing I encountered with my first tank... I way over-lit it with PC, yeah, you can actually do that with PC bulbs :lol: