Bubble coral letting out red stuff!

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  1. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    i just got my bubble coral tonight, and its opening and closing and letting out a bunch of stringy red stuff!

    Whats going on!?

    EDIT: forgot to mention, when i brought it home, i noticed in the bag there was this a lot of white muckis *sp* stuff floating around
     
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    It is going to the bathroom.
     
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  3. Puffer Chick

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    ohhhh ok, thats a relief, i thought it was like a parasite or something by how it looked. i'm a bit relieved now that it's normal.
     
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    You're welcome, I know I felt the same way when my open brain and frogspawn did that.
     
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    Could be expelling zooxanthellae........
     
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    lol i cant believe it's already doing this and only been in the tank for 3 1/2 hours with lights off, guess its happy. It's cool how it open and closes, it was pretty loud

    i shall have to look this up to see what it means :D
     
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    It can, either, be bad, or, nothing at all.
     
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    Zooanthellae are the symbiotic algae in the coral's flesh.
     
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    im hoping its nothing, wikipediea said they can die if they start loosing the zooxanthellae so im hoping its nothing, i dont want to loose it, it seems to be doing ok, its getting a lot of flow to it, and the bubbles are constantly moving in the flow, looks really cool
     
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    ohhh ok
     
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