What's Up With My Devil's Armor Palys?

[SaltwaterNoob17]

My Devil's Armor Palys have been looking kinda funny the past couple of days. Today they look really bad. The polyps are all pointy-shaped, and some polyps are closed. Anyone know what's wrong with them?

Parameters:
Temp: 79
Salinity: 1.0245
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrates: <5 ppm
Alkalinity: 10 dkh
Calcium: 380 ppm

Pic:

 

[Bifferwine]

It looks like they are cold! :rofl:

Have you noticed any bugs or pests on them? I'm not sure about the pointiness, but maybe doing a dip would help if something is causing them to stay closed.

 

[bjohanson1234]

Do you feed them? My palies love to eat. They sometimes look like that also, but they are multiplying very fast. I just have the plain old red green ones though.

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

It looks like they are cold! :rofl:

Have you noticed any bugs or pests on them? I'm not sure about the pointiness, but maybe doing a dip would help if something is causing them to stay closed.

I don't think they're cold. :roll:

I haven't seen any bugs or anything, so I'm not sure a dip is what it needs (plus, it's glued down to the LR which makes a dip tough). The center of some of the polyps right now are protruding, opening, and excreting bits of stringy brown stuff!? :dunno: WTH???

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Do you feed them? My palies love to eat. They sometimes look like that also, but they are multiplying very fast. I just have the plain old red green ones though.

No, I don't target feed.

 

[dcantucson]

You can use a Q-tip dipped into Coral-RX (Dip) and rub it gently on the palys to clean them off. Be sure to get their stems throughly.

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

You can use a Q-tip dipped into Coral-RX (Dip) and rub it gently on the palys to clean them off. Be sure to get their stems throughly.

I only have Lugol's. Would it work?

 

[BL1]

I don't think they're cold. :roll:

I haven't seen any bugs or anything, so I'm not sure a dip is what it needs (plus, it's glued down to the LR which makes a dip tough). The center of some of the polyps right now are protruding, opening, and excreting bits of stringy brown stuff!? :dunno: WTH???

Sounds like they're pooping.

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Here's the same pic again, but I've circled some stuff.

Red: See how the center of the paly is open?!

Blue: That's the bits of stringy brown stuff that the polyps are excreting...

 

[PRC]

?!

Blue: That's the bits of stringy brown stuff that the polyps are excreting...



What does that sound like to you?:D

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Really? It's just paly polyp poop?

 

[BL1]

most likely, that hole is their mouth. It's where they eat and excrete waste from.

 

[bjohanson1234]

I don't think they're cold. :roll:

I haven't seen any bugs or anything, so I'm not sure a dip is what it needs (plus, it's glued down to the LR which makes a dip tough). The center of some of the polyps right now are protruding, opening, and excreting bits of stringy brown stuff!? :dunno: WTH???

They could have picked up what you you feed the fish, and they are :pooh:ing right now.

 

[Zissou]

I don't think they're cold. :roll:

Man, that joke FLEW right over your head.