Intermittent slime floating around DT

[Starry]

Bio film build up? could be in the hoses.

[daplatapus]

How much surface agitation do you have? I had a section of my sump where I had nearly no surface movement what so ever. The water flowed so smoothly over the baffles that there was no surface movement and I found I had a slight film develop over it in time. I just assumed it was an accumulation of something, either protein the skimmer didn't get a chance to remove or a byproduct of one of the tanks inhabitants.
All I did was move a piece of equipment that roughed up the flow before a baffle creating some wave action across that section and I've never had it again.

[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,

[marie]

Yep it's the foxface, when the fish gets to be 9" long, the sheets of it are huge and get tangled up in the corals

[gregzz4]

Huh ... there's my Friday 'you learn something new everyday' intake

OK then, you've convinced me and I'll start watching the fox more closely

Thanks for the help everyone

Sorry I doubted you Madreefer

[gregzz4]

Update ...

Thanks again everyone for your input
Since the Fox sold I haven't seen any more slime
I haven't been watching the tank as much lately, but so far so good