bues0022 June 25, 2019 Share June 25, 2019 This has started developing over the past few months. Not exactly sure if it’s normal, good, or a nasty. Coral is a favia, and I’m talking about the white fleshy thing inbetween the polyps. It is more pronounced when I feed, goes back to almost nothing during the day. During feeding, it almost looks like the “guts” of a mushroom coral. Is this his part of the favia? Is it a hitchhiker that has finally grown up a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime June 25, 2019 Share June 25, 2019 No photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bues0022 June 25, 2019 Author Share June 25, 2019 Am I the only one that has a ridiculously hard time getting a pic from my phone to a post? Argh!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime June 25, 2019 Share June 25, 2019 I use Tapatalk from my phone, easiest solution. From desktop, I host on flickr. Photobucket used to be everyone's huckleberry until they jumped the shark and ransomed everybody's memories. From what I can see on your picture, is it part of the skeleton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bues0022 June 25, 2019 Author Share June 25, 2019 Nope. It’s definitely soft. I poked at it with a tweezers. Felt soft like guts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn.reef.nerd June 25, 2019 Share June 25, 2019 Do they look like this? Sponge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bues0022 June 26, 2019 Author Share June 26, 2019 Nope. Definitely not a sponge. It really looks like mesenterial filaments, but they aren’t coming from a mouth of this coral. Can these filaments come from in-between? Some kind of sex organ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bues0022 June 26, 2019 Author Share June 26, 2019 (edited) Hmm. Maybe they are mesenterial filaments: https://www.nano-reef.com/forums/topic/296533-white-curly-stuff-on-acan/ one guy seems to think its a it’s a sign of warfare, but idk. Mine has had them for a while in several different placements (some very far from other corals), and they expand more during feeding. Edited June 26, 2019 by bues0022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn.reef.nerd June 26, 2019 Share June 26, 2019 Like this? My lobo does that when there are nearby corals. It kills it every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bues0022 June 26, 2019 Author Share June 26, 2019 Yeah, looks like that, but it’s SUPER small on mine. Largest I’ve seen is 1/3 the size of a pea. Closest coral are some zoas about 3” away. There really isn’t much near this coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime June 26, 2019 Share June 26, 2019 39 minutes ago, bues0022 said: Hmm. Maybe they are mesenterial filaments: https://www.nano-reef.com/forums/topic/296533-white-curly-stuff-on-acan/ one guy seems to think its a it’s a sign of warfare, but idk. Mine has had them for a while in several different placements (some very far from other corals), and they expand more during feeding. Favias are extremely aggressive, could be right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFR June 29, 2019 Share June 29, 2019 I can’t really see the object well, but as it’s more on the ridge between the two corallites, I’d say it’s probably a barnacle or a sponge. Does it sort of look like a “fan” that pulses in and out of an opening periodically? This is usually more frequent during feeding. (Google images of barnacle feeding) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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