Did my coral evacuate it's polyps???

returnofsid

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Okay, I've got something in my tank that I have NO idea what it is. Laying on the sand, under and around my Kenya Tree and a Mushroom are these lil' tiny balls. There's about 3 piles of them and probably close to 50 or more of these lil' round things. Above this area is my Monti Cap. The Monti looks fine but I'm wondering if these came from it. They're very light weight and kinda blowing around a lil' with the current. I'm not real good at sizing but would say they're about the size of the EYES in this smiley face :rolleyes: maybe slightly smaller. When I've watched documentaries about corals and seen what they spew in the current during spawning....that's the first thing I thought of but then thought...NO WAY. They're in a fairly new tank set up.

Here's a link to pics I just took and uploaded.

http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...t=100_4033.jpg
http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...t=100_4032.jpg
http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...t=100_4031.jpg


I have moved all of these corals recently from the 29 under PC lighting to the 75 under T5 lighting. I've also increased flow quite a bit...A LOT actually.
 
That should work. I just tried the links I provided first...didn't work for me either. Tried the new links and works fine.
 
Mystery solved and boy do I feel silly. I posted this first on RF. One of the local members who's given me some frags chimed in and solved the case. One of the frags he's given me is a Kenya Tree attached to a snail shell. This was originally in my 29 gallon with crushed coral substrate so I guess I never noticed it before. I just moved these to my 75 with sugar sand. The lil' round thingys are actually his substrate!! lol. Something called Reef Base
 
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