Acro slime

[tbub1221]

What is it exactly . I'm referring to the stinky mucus that they excrete when there aggravated from touching .
Is it just food waste or is it a defense mechanism . It smells something awful from some sps and others not so much .
I don't make it a habit of touching all over my sps but sometimes its inevitable when you snap a piece off during maintenance and it requires glueing .

 

[snowmansnow]

why are you rubbing your sps like that?

its just mucus

btw.. my wife is from conyers

graduated HS in 95

 

[fishlips]

Tbub1221;914077 wrote: What is it exactly . I'm referring to the stinky mucus that they excrete when there aggravated from touching .
Is it just food waste or is it a defense mechanism . It smells something awful from some sps and others not so much .
I don't make it a habit of touching all over my sps but sometimes its inevitable when you snap a piece off during maintenance and it requires glueing .

I have noticed your occupation.If you ever need a partner or help,i can do it.

 

[tbub1221]

SnowManSnow;914109 wrote: why are you rubbing your sps like that?

I don't think its the touching they dislike so much as the licking , they really dislike that.....:sick: ... J/K

I very rarely do touch it , but I hit a piece today with the back of my hand and broke it off its base rock so I grabbed it to glue down and it slobbered in my hand.

Fishlips;914112 wrote: I have noticed your occupation.If you ever need a partner or help,i can do it.

:up: Will keep that in mind.. It's a tuff job but someone has to do it.

 

[brandonmason]

I think it is a defense thing, I had a colony that would slime over anytime I put epoxt in the tank... didnt matter how far away I was with the epoxy... it would always slime... never really saw a negative effect from it.