I have a lil pile, pile = 4 or so, of bright green berries on the sand below my frog. They r the same color as the tips of the frogs tenticles, metallic green. About the size of the tip/ball of a ball point pen and they are stuck together. Eggs maybe? The only other similar colored thing in the tank is some met.green shrooms. Crazy?
do frogs poop lil bright green berries?
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papagimp
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My frogspawn recently went through somewhat of a "shrinking", where some of it's tentacles pinched themselves off towards the base and dropped what you described very well as little green berries everywhere. I don't think it's unhealthy cause my froggie does have nice extentions during the day, feeds regulary, seems happy. Maybe it's coral self-pruning or something.
DonavonsReef
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I had the same problem till I found out that it was coral banded shrimp pulling off pieces at night. He would pull a piece off, nibble on it then discard it. That was all fine & dandy till one of those little green bubbles landed on one of my prized acans & burned a big crater in it. Needless to say the shrimp is no longer in my tank & I no longer have green bubbles either.
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johnski
do they look like mini hammers, if so it could be it budding, have a look below the heads of the main colony and see if there are any more growing on the soft tissue
pixburg-reefer
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I was told that if the tentacles come off of your euphyllia that it could be a stressful response. Such as, I have had it happen if it gets too much flow by a powerhead falling or something. I don't think that it is a good response. But I was also told that if they do drop their tentacles they will start to develop a new skeleton themselves. I don't know if that's accurate though. I have never had it happen to me.
Kelly
Kelly
Yup, would like a true experts opinion here. These berries or T-tips are 2 weeks old and are still alive. Glowing bright met.green in the sand. They remain the same size, no growth that I can tell. U would think that if they are tenticles dropped by the frog that they would shrivel up and die.......Time will tell.
papagimp
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the tips that fell off of my froggie did shrivel up and die, since then I pull em out when I see em, but I have been told that sometimes they will start to regrow into a new frog. I think I saw an article about this at www.wetwebmedia.com I may be wrong but I think that's the place I saw it.
CaptainPicard
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frogspawn dingleberries?
pixburg-reefer
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well in the book Aquarium Corals: Selection, Husbandry, and Natural History by Eric Bornemanon-page 309 under the special inforamation (under the euphyllia sp.) it says as follows:
"It has been reported on several occasions that sweeper tentacle tips of E. ancora may sometimes stick to substrate and break off, where they can then form new colonies. If this is true, it would be a totally novel and hither to undocumented form of asexual reproduction or a generalized defense mechanism. Tentacle tips with swollen acrospheres are more likely to become detached, and the drifting tips, completely sealed like neutrally buoyant water balloons, stick onto virtually any surface they encounter."
Kelly
"It has been reported on several occasions that sweeper tentacle tips of E. ancora may sometimes stick to substrate and break off, where they can then form new colonies. If this is true, it would be a totally novel and hither to undocumented form of asexual reproduction or a generalized defense mechanism. Tentacle tips with swollen acrospheres are more likely to become detached, and the drifting tips, completely sealed like neutrally buoyant water balloons, stick onto virtually any surface they encounter."
Kelly
pixburg-reefer
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Thanks I'm glad I could help. If they do let me know 
I used to have a 10 inch wall frogspawn that would do that occasionally but they never did turn into little colonies themselves. They mostly became lost in the back of my tank. But best of luck
Kelly
I used to have a 10 inch wall frogspawn that would do that occasionally but they never did turn into little colonies themselves. They mostly became lost in the back of my tank. But best of luck Kelly
calero
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be careful
be careful
hey bud, i have been keeping frogs for years and it happen to me sometimes, i don't know, maybe selfprunning ?but i don't know if they grow because i have lost a lot of mushrooms and other corals because of the green berries, they are like acid so if i was you, i will remove them, they are very light and anything ( including fish movement ) can make them change location and if they stop are one of your beautiful pieces they will do a very severe damage, good luck.
be careful
hey bud, i have been keeping frogs for years and it happen to me sometimes, i don't know, maybe selfprunning ?but i don't know if they grow because i have lost a lot of mushrooms and other corals because of the green berries, they are like acid so if i was you, i will remove them, they are very light and anything ( including fish movement ) can make them change location and if they stop are one of your beautiful pieces they will do a very severe damage, good luck.
Hopestar075
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wow I was wondering what those things were!! I am going to be following this thread
pixburg-reefer
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yes they do still have the stinging capabilities because of the cnidocytes (stinging cells). They are still in the tissue. So yes as they float around they can effect other corals.
Kelly
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