Reef Roids?

Dad · #1 02-18-2006, 11:38 PM

After feeding tonight with reef roids the first time, My Frogspawn, Torch and various other corals Slimed like crazy, just stands and strands of slime comming off them

Is this a issue? i thought a coral sliming was a defence mechanism?

any advice?

digital-audiophile · #2 02-18-2006, 11:50 PM

Did you spot feed or filter feed with the reef roids? I just picked up my first batch today and am planning on feeding at lights out. Interested to see if I will get the same reaction.

Dad · #3 02-18-2006, 11:53 PM

I spot fed

OCDP · #4 02-19-2006, 12:52 AM

I think the slime is a good thing? It's trying to catch all the food and suck it in I thought?

I could be wrong though.

Ruth · #5 02-19-2006, 01:11 AM

Has anyone noticed that their anemone's are not liking this stuff? My huge green carpet anemone that is usually like 12-15" across shrunk up to about 4 inches after I had been feeding this for about 5 days. I wasn't sure if it might be that I am in the process of switching salt. I did my normal water change (15%) last Sunday and have not fed any 'roids all week and it is back to it's nasty glory.
I can't say that it is the 'roids but something made it act out of character. I have had this anem for over a year and that is the first time it has ever done that. It stayed shrivelled up for about 3 or 4 days.
I know this could be from a number of reasons but the timing was odd. I don't have any other anemones in this tank and have not fed this to my other tank with anemones, and won't, as I am running zeo on that tank.

Beermaster · #6 02-19-2006, 04:16 AM

Ruth

When i was over at Dads, watching him feed the reef roid, his RBTA closed right up tight when the reef-roids hit him, he did not like it at all i think

Scott

When everything was sliming, it looked real bad, the tank was just a mess, we immeditly turned on all the pumps and the skimmer, to help clean it

so confused............

It didnt look good at all, so i am not sure what to think?