Zoas spiting out brown slime???!

[Adio800]

One type of my zoas are spiting brown slime looking stuff out of there mouths?! I'm freaking out what is it!?

 

[Flreefer]

Most likely excrement!

 

[Adio800]

So not a bad thing?

 

[My Little Ocean]

If its stringy probably excrement and nothing to worry about but if it seems to be a bit more constant and not very substantial maybe expelling zooxanthellae, how long have you had them?

 

[Adio800]

Ita stringy dark brown and maybe a week.. But they spit it out then open fully

 

[My Little Ocean]

Yeah sounds like excrement don't worry they must be in a place they catch a lot of food

 

[Adio800]

Okay thank you!

 

[My Little Ocean]

No problemo I'm here all week haha

 

[Adio800]

Lol!!!!!!!!!

 

[alink708]

Mine to it too , I was wondering the same thing...

 

[redsea]

One possibility that I could think of would be palytoxin....

 

[MacDracor]

I think palytoxin is secreted like mucous... only a guess, mind you. I've never heard of it being spit out, or people would be more aware that they've been exposed. I know the secrete it in greater quantities when freaked out.
On a side note, I thought my BTA was pooping last night. Looked closer, it was an extremely gutsy amphipod dodging tentacles. LOL

 

[Sniperhank]

I've had coral other than zoas do this. My brain has done it, I'd assume it was from being happily fed.

 

[MacDracor]

Pretty much any cnidarian (coral, anemone, sea pen, jelly fish, etc) that eats solid food through a mouth will occasionally ooze out some brown slime. It's the downside to only having one digestive opening. We vertebrates are so spoiled. Everything is one way. LOL