Spewing Zoa's (Bit Of Assistance Needed!)...

[cbianco]

I bought some pretty purple with silver center zoanthus on Sunday at Fin-Addict. I have been watching them closely and have not yet mounted them. They are in a containment basket (plastic with holes) in my aquarium. Here is the strange part...

I come home today and they are spewing something from their mouth's. It almost looks like... well... fish poop is coming out of them! Whats going on here?

I tested my water parameters and they are good (amm=0, trite=0, trate=10 and ph=8.2). I am not dosing any kalk (havent't for the past two weeks). Can someone tell me what is happening, why and how I can avoid this? Also, are they destined to die?

Please help!

Christopher

[::pete::]

Not fish poop, but zoa poop

Mine do it all the time!

[GaryP]

Fish are the ones with fins.

[cbianco]

Glad I don't poop out my mouth! :lol

What?... I'll go away now! :lol

Christopher

[witecap4u]

Glad I don't poop out my mouth! :lol

So are we, you'd have some pretty bad breath >_<

[Reef69]

Actually theres a medical condition where your stomach gets full of crap and your body is forced to poop out of your mouth..LOL..how do i know this?..6 jack and cokes + an uncle who is a doctor = asking if people can poop out of their mouths..LOL

[cbianco]

This conversation may have taken a turn for the worst. :lol

Christopher

[jaded]

all photosynthetic corals will also spit out zooanthalea from time to time. I would imagine with the stress of moving to their new home this could very likely be whats going on.

what color is the poo?

[cbianco]

jaded

It a dark color.

Christopher

[jaded]

Even under normal conditions, there is always a regular expulsion or digestion of "old" or dysfuctional zooxanthellae. Such regeneration is not bleaching, and the observation of strands of brown zooxanthellae being emitted from the a coral are not neccessarily indicative of a bleaching event. (E. Borneman)

I'd say you had a small bleaching event, but it could also just be time for your zoo's to renew his supply of zooxanthellae. One way or the other a water change and carbon couldnt hurt!!!