Do hammer corals fart?

[boya]

Hi all. sorry I cant find another way to phrase the title, but basically I was watching my tank when my hammer coral decided to shrink (by 10%) and released smoke-like "fart".

From my google search, I've only read about them pooping, not "farting".

 

Has anyone ever seen this behaviour? Not sure if I should be concerned 

 

Thank you

[Guest]

nothing to be concern, if you're feeding them or they eat what's in the water column, they will release their poop sometime. Only concern if they shown brown jelly on their head.

[Gingerbreadman]

I dun think there is anything to worry about. Sometimes I see my lps do it too after feeding day


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[Gongon78]

Its not juz hammers ,torches ,frogspawn all do tis.They do pooping .Haha

[Mel]

On 1/5/2021 at 3:16 AM, Willy Guccivera Yap said:

nothing to be concern, if you're feeding them or they eat what's in the water column, they will release their poop sometime. Only concern if they shown brown jelly on their head.

Thanks for explanation ☺️

[jeff lam]

I understand now thanks alot


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[Roychan]

This is interesting. I'm gonna observe my hammers and frog spawn!
Can I check it usually happens when lights on or off?

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[puffer_jame]

haha can take video next time, sounds interesting

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