Intermittent slime floating around DT

[soapy]

Certain corals will shuck off their skin, or at least a slime layer as a way to clean off and renew. I have a Blue ridge coral that does it every now and then. That could be what is happening in your tank?

[gregzz4]

It's not sticky like coral sluffing ...

It just floats around like sheets/pieces until it gets shredded and then goes away

Sometimes it gets stuck on SPS or LR, but it eventually keeps circulating until it disappears

[Madreefer]

Once you sell your foxface you'll probably never see it again. My best bet is that it's from that fish. I have a magnificent foxface and I see the same stuff your describing come off of him.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Once you sell your foxface you'll probably never see it again. My best bet is that it's from that fish. I have a magnificent foxface and I see the same stuff your describing come off of him.

HUH ??? Really ?

Are you just messin' with me ?

Well, hopefully you'll be right and I'll never see it again once we sell the fox, but I doubt it

It's too big to come out of the fishes intestinal tract and it looks like some kind of ghost floating around the tank

I wish I could get a pic or vid of it ....

[Madreefer]

No dude I'm not. And he'll eat it too. I've actually seen it come right off of him.

[gregzz4]

Hmm ...
I've never seen any kind of slime come off our foxface, or any of our corals for that matter, so I can't say what is going on ...

Thanks for the try Madreefer

I'm stumped

If I ever get a chance to take a pic of this goo, I hope someone will recognize it

In the meantime, maybe someone else will pipe up with a similar situation ....

I've said it before ...
This slime looks like a ghost floating around the tank and eventually gets shredded by the pumps

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

No dude I'm not. And he'll eat it too. I've actually seen it come right off of him.

This I can say for sure has never happened ...

Maybe, like you say, this will go away once our fox is sold, but I really doubt it
This is not some kind of nutrient the fish like
None of our fish will eat this goo ....

I hope to report back that this issue is gone once the fox is sold, but I doubt it

It's not small enough to be fish waste, nor coral waste

It's sheets of stuff ....

I've said before, it looks like ghosts in the water, floating around, waving things of a clearish white color, or whitish-clear

I'll do my best to get some pics or vids of it .....

[Starry]

Bio film build up? could be in the hoses.

[Relect]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

No dude I'm not. And he'll eat it too. I've actually seen it come right off of him.

+1 my foxface does that too

[Ross]

From Reef Central
"The fish is definitely shedding its cuticle...nothing to worry about. it's not really a mucous layer, but more akin to a reptile's skin, altho not "quite". Lionfish and other Scorpioniformes do this on a regular basis, and it's one of the reasons these fish are disease-resistant.

Here's a vid showing our volitans molting:

LIONFISH SHEDDING CUTICLE "

cont...
I had my local genius at the fish store tell me it was the mucous layer shedding. He said that venomous fish do this to restore their defenses."


Hope that helps,