Spider Web on Chalice

[Mental1]

Okay -- just bought a small chalice frag. looking at it through a magnifying glass I am seeing spider web stuff -- I can't see any bugs but the web stuff is worrying. And no, I am an idiot, I have not gotten into the habit of dipping my new corals. Any advice?

[thecichlidpleco]

I see that happen from time to time also, not sure what it is, but it usually happens when I feed or when I disturb coral. I think it is just the slime coating coming off. Chime in anyone?

[reef321]

It could be it's intestines and insides coming out. they do that sometimes when their stressed.

[Mental1]

It did get pushed off by the hermits on the first night and landed on a balsto, I saw the misentrial (sp) stuff the next dat but this has been 4 days. Will it stay stressed for that long?

[Mental1]

Sorry -- two mai tais later and I can't spell or see the mis-spelling!

[currentking]

thats what the webs were. It was eating your blasto.

[Mental1]

the blasto is fine -- no evidence of any damage but perhaps I got it off in time -- it happenned overnight at some point and I found it about 5:30 AM. But would they stay extended for four additional days? I sucked some off lst night with a turkey baster.

[thecichlidpleco]

you should not be able to suck off the intestines, so is it the insides or more of spider-web looking stuff? Does it look like small string, or have a larger diameter?

[Mental1]

It looks like small web strings -- the mesentrial stuff went away -- what's left looks like spider webs. AND it is four days later. I sucked some web type stuff off last night, as I said, with the turkey baster and there's more back today. But I just got my new circulation pumps, put them in, and it seems to be disapearing. But I am worried it is some weird type of parasite ...