Frogspawn droppin pieces of tenticle floating in the water column any idea's why...

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

i've looked in my reef a couple of days now and everytime i look in two times already i catch a little piece of the frogspawns tenticles floating in the water column, any idea's as to why it seems to be letting go of it's tips? thanx in advance for the help...

 

[fras]

How is the frogspawn looking health wise? If it's healthy I would suspect a fish perhaps ripping tenticles off (I've seen my wrasse have a go), if it's not then there's your answer.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

it's healthy and inflated...

 

[nmprisons]

This is actually common. According to Aquarium Corals, Frogspawns will actually release sweeper tentacles from their colony into the water colum. There is a disagreement as to whether this is a form of division (unlikely) or simply aggression. What other corals do you have in the tank?

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

torch,scolymia,ricordea...hope this helps.

 

[nmprisons]

I wouldn't worry about it. I would, however, remove them as soon as you see them because if they were to land on you scolymia or ricordea they could do some serious damage. I just re-read the section in Aquarium Corals and they said that this happens in otherwise very healthy specimens.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

thanx a bunch no more prisons...

 

[nmprisons]

no problem ... best of luck to you

 

[Kgoarmy17]

I have a pair of maroons which pick at both my Frogspawn and my anemone.
; /

Started hosting my bubble coral lastweek > GBTA.
weirdo's
lol

 

[chocodile]

My frogspawn has done the same thing. It also looks as healthy as can be. It looked like the tentacles twisted off and released the end peice like a balloon. But I figured it was doing that because it appears to be forming a new head.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

thank you chocodile, by the way those chocodile cupcakes are scrumptious too...lol

 

[bobafett]

It happens in my tank when my fish fight and chase each other past the frogspawn. Occasionally a small piece will come off and float around.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

cool, thanx bobafett...

 

[seaduck]

my frog started dropping tips every 2 weeks or so. They would twist off. Now 2 months later I have 2 heads instead of one.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

cool, thanx seaduck.

 

[ek9vboi]

Same here but my torch does this. I think a piece fell into my mushroom and burned it. Either my shrimp or clowns are tearing it up or it is normal behavior.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

exactly what i was thinking ek9vboi. shrimps are questionable? hmm...

 

[reefinmike]

too much flow?

 

[dvmsn]

I had a large torch that did this. It was very healthy. It would also spawn. I had about twenty babies sprout around the tank. I thought they were majanoes and actually started to kalk paste them. I posted the details here http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=300386
Unfortunately, I deleted them from my photobucket account and have lost my computer since then. Most people, including Boreman, thought that the detached tantacles were the start of it all.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

cool, thanx everyone.