Frogspawn question

[lcs]

I've had this frogspawn for about 3 years now. It started with seven heads and now has around 40. It's in a 56 column (30x18x24), under 96watts of T5 (always has been), with a koralia 1050 and juiced up MJ900 for flow.

So, here's my question . . . why does it look so . . . polypy? The others I see look like a mass of tentacles and you can't really tell the individual heads apart.

Here's a picture:



Close up:

 

[Majikhammer]

Could be your flow.
Could be your lights.
Could be just the species of frogspawn. That they have a more bubbly polyp look. Where others have more/longer tentacles.
Thus when you add one of the above. A lot of flow on a longer polyp frogspawn will lead to very long tentacles.
Nothing looks wrong with it.
In all honesty sometimes corals just act and look different in different tanks.
Just my opinion.
Hope it helps

-Adam

 

[lcs]

Thanks for the response! It'll be moving in a few months when I upgrade; it'll be interesting to see if it changes.

 

[79chopperdr]

I think lighting is the biggest factor with frogspawn. I have some in my tank under AI sols and a small piece in my daughters bio cube under power compacts. These boh came from the same colony and look pretty different now. The one under pc is more like yours

 

[MellowReefer]

I've been worried about my frogspawn. When I first got it I had it under T5 lights and it had much longer extension. Also to note I didn't have the strongest T5 fixture. Now I have it under LEDs and it looks like yours. I also tried less flow thinking that was the problem but it hasn't seemed to help. I have tried feeding it but I'm not sure how much it really eats. One head died but the others are hanging in there. It worries me a lot because it's the coral I've had the longest.

 

[lcs]

It's interesting that MellowReefer had "better" polpy extension with lower light, but for 79chopperdr it seemed to be better under higher light. Hmmm.

I've had pretty good growth - although it seems to have stalled a bit lately. There are probably too many variable to ever be really sure.

 

[Fish Biscuit]

I have mine under PC & have really good polyp extension. I noticed lately it seems to take about an hour in the am to be fully inflated. I change bulbs every 6 months & am due for a change next month so maybe that has something to do with the slow rising out of bed.

I hear LPS likes dirty water & mine is not sludge but it's pretty nutrient rich. Try feeding Rods, Prime Reef, or Coral Smoothie a few times a week to start with & see if that helps.

Looking at the picture I have to wonder if the heads recently split & that's why it looks that way. When my branching hammer split it looked a little like that for a week or so.

 

[splateee]

I think it is just the type of Frogspawn. We have two in our tank and one is more extended and the other looks just like that one. Both are placed in the same height and are a few inches apart. Lighting is 2 x 175w 14k MH's.