frogspawn question

[renogaw]

I did a search for bubble and frogspawn, and got a thousand posts about bubbles in the water. so i figured i'd ask since the posts i've found on frogspawn don't really talk about this.

tank parameters (last time i checked, after dosing with the 2 part doser): 75 gallon, 3 mj1200, 1 mag5 from sump/fuge. plenty of heat, staying around 79-80 degrees. salt around 1.026 (my eyes can't tell if it's 1.025 or .026). alk 9.5, calc 440 (haven't tested magnesium in a while) pH stays around 8.2-8.4. 260w pc's (not the best thing i realize, but i've grown an anenome from near death to 7" diameter).

I got a frogspawn about 2 weeks ago from someone who needed to get it out of his nano. it is on top of the rocks, a power head goes over it, but doesn't generally disturb it too too much. this is how it looked:

2 weeks go by, my nitrates are at about 10 and i need to do a water change (been 2 weeks). i noticed a little bubble inbetween 2 heads (this is with a flash with the lights off btw, so it's a little deflated so i could get a pic of the bubble--i'm sorry it's a little blurry, the camera had nothing to focus on):

and full pic

anyone know what that bubble may be? I can try for a less blurry shot when the lights come on, but the frogspawn would be inflated above it.

 

[sufunk]

Most likely means that it is about to grow a new head! That's what happens whenever mine gets a big bubble in the center.

Congrats!

 

[renogaw]

oh goodness, really? this thing already has 5 heads on it... i can understand why the guy was in such a hurry to get rid of it.

 

[renogaw]

any other thoughts or is this general concensus? i'm just afraid that something may be going bad with it, although i did look this morning and it seems the bubble is pushing the 2 heads away from each other.

 

[bassist6108]

pretty sure it's going to get a new head. Wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Bud's Reef]

I've had a two headed frogspawn for several months and each head recently grew their mouths very big and then the mouths elongated and then they separated. As the mouths have continued to spread apart I get huge bubbles in between them. These bubbles come and go and I was told the same as others are saying here that that is just part of the splitting process so I quit worrying about them. Each head had really grown so I hope they will both complete the splitting process soon.

 

[renogaw]

thanks all. so.. looks like it's time to look into fragging frogspawn...