RBTA Takes a Dump Video

[Beverly]

Have just been reading up on anemones at WetWebMedia....

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/anempt2.htm

The removal of regurgitated food in mucus balls and bands through netting and siphoning must be a regular maintenance feature. Digestible foods are converted almost entirely into ammonia...to be removed by system filtration. Some filter-feeding anemones produce mucus nets, pass them up and over, trapping particles and ingest the whole mass. Mucus strands from locomotion and filter-feeding do not appear to be toxic.

Seems like anemone waste removal is a recommended practice. Who wudda thunk it?

[danny zubot]

Well, I'm sitting here thinking to myself that us reefers have hit an all time low with this thread.

Someone delete this thread fast, before anyone finds out that we're all looney!

[AJ_77]

No, it's fine - I used to fish out carpet poop too... not going to argue the merits of removing such gross waste from a closed system.

It's just... well, the anemone-butthole-syphoning sequence was a bit too much for my sensitive nature. Certainly one of the oddest things I've seen on video.

But for instructional value - hey - it can't be beat.