Starving,annoyed or Rogaine?

marie · #1 09-23-2007, 07:29 PM

I was scraping the glass on the tank this morning and looked over and saw this. This coral often looks "hairy" but never to this extreme

christyf5 · #2 09-23-2007, 07:51 PM

Wow serious Rogaine! That looks so awesome! Likely he's annoyed though, I can't remember what those stringy bits are called.

Aquattro · #3 09-23-2007, 08:02 PM

Think they're called slime. Acros do that sometimes if you pull them out of water, or do a large water change that ticks them off a bit. Not a concern as long as it stops shortly.

marie · #4 09-23-2007, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by reef_raf

Think they're called slime. Acros do that sometimes if you pull them out of water, or do a large water change that ticks them off a bit. Not a concern as long as it stops shortly.

They're mesenterials filaments I believe... definitely not slime anyway

Aquattro · #5 09-23-2007, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by marie

They're mesenterials filaments I believe... definitely not slime anyway

Ah, ya, if it doesn't blow loose in the current, then mesenterials. Pic looks like slime after moving a coral out of water. The particulate from scraping has probably annoyed it. Definately not Rogaine...

marie · #6 09-23-2007, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by reef_raf

... Definately not Rogaine...

Which is a good thing. I'd hate to have a coral that was so vain, it was worrying about going bald

Der_Iron_Chef · #7 09-23-2007, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by marie

Which is a good thing. I'd hate to have a coral that was so vain, it was worrying about going bald

Agreed. Baldness is a gift....or that's what I try to tell myself.

Cool photo, though. I've never seen that before!