Acro Sliming

[NateHanson]

I've got a new acro frag (some sort of staghorn form) that I put in the tank on Saturday. It's been opening pretty nicely, and everything else looks happy in the tank. Today it's been sliming a bit, and I'm wondering if this is a normal thing from time to time, or whether it's an indicator that something's wrong?

Nate

 

[Moe_K]

Which type of Acro?

 

[NateHanson]

Purple tips with green polyps. Not sure on any sort of species name.

 

[Armando]

According to Tyree:

"Some SPS corals do release quite a bit of coral slime when distressed by movement, exposed to air, stung by adjacent corals or covered with particulate matter."

 

[NateHanson]

well, now it's stopped sliming, and it's polyps are extended again, so I guess it's no biggie. I'll keep watching it.

 

[TheUltimateNoob]

how can you tell it's sliming? what does this slime look like?

 

[NateHanson]

Looks like whisps coming off the branches of the coral, like cobwebs.