Let's see your frogspawns!

[Agu]

That's the same coral as in my avatar in a different tank.

 

[dtburton75]

Here’s an update on the so-called dead spawns from the LFS listed above it looks like it is getting some color back too.

My other one is doing well also.

 

[davejnz]

Well,its not a frogspawn but here's a growth sequence of my branching hammer(E.parancora).This coral grew from 4 to 43 heads in a little over a yr.
10-17-04

3-21-05

8-17-05

11-3-05

 

[MiddletonMark]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7468257#post7468257 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by glbtrottr
Anyone feel like fragging a head or two of froggie or hammer for a newbie? You dudes have some *awesome* stuff!

Check your reef club and their frag swaps - at our last frag swap we had two different frogspawn varieties available. From what I see at the LFS, they seem to damage in shipping [though FWIW, one of my 3 types was shipped to me, attached to styro].

But the branching kinds are very amenable to fragging, and at least around here they're fairly common frags ... rightly so, for such a gorgeous coral.

This originally seemed like a sorta average variety when a small frag ... but having grown out I've come to enjoy the fact that some tips are green, some are pink, some are green with pink areas ... I really need to get a larger tank, give this coral a foot and a few years and let it show off.

Radium + actinic make this color oversaturated, but here's the three morphs I have ... like them all

 

[davejnz]

And here's an older pic of my "Euphyllia garden" before my hammer got real big.

 

[MiddletonMark]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7482497#post7482497 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by davejnz
This coral grew from 4 to 43 heads in a little over a yr.

:thumbsup: Sounds like a happy hammer.

Amazing how these corals grow when conditions are ideal, perhaps it's just certain clones/varieties ... though obviously you're doing something right

To limit my frogspawn's size in my 58, it seems like cutting it back to 4-5 heads every year is almost required so that it never gets above 20 heads and threatens the rest of the tank.

 

[davejnz]

You know,I think your right Mark.I have a branching Frogspawn right next to it.That coral is probably a yr older than the Hammer that grew so fast.Although it has had decent growth,it only added about 25 heads from a 2 headed frag.Another thing i found surprising(which now makes sense to me why this frogspawn didn't grow as fast) is that when i fragged both corals,the frogspawn's skeleton was very dense compared to the hammers.

 

[tygger]

Cool. You guys have some very nice frogs! Mine is green with purple tips, but the green is no where near as dark or bold as all of yours. It sometimes looks a bit transparent. Is that normal?

Also, what do you guys feed it? And how, do you just squit it into the polyps?

I just recently got a 3 headed frogspawn and have not been feeding it so that could be why its a bit transparent.

 

[bobafett]

Two colors on same stalk!!!

 

[Horizon Canopy]

here's mine, started from 2 heads about 2.5 years ago...

 

[mandrin13]

My pics never seem to work here.I bought two frags from sykthyn about 2-3 months ago.I think Im doing something wrong because there hasnt been a single new head.Not even on my torch.I dont spot feed them much.Would that help.he is very pretty.Thanx stykthyn

 

[PatMayo]

Nice pictures guys. What is the best water conditions for growing LPS corals? It appears that some folks spot feed there frogspawn and some don't feed them at all.

What works the best and what is the best thing to spot feed them with. Is plate coral an LPS coral as well? And what should plate coral be feed.

Are the best water conditions for plate corals and frogspawn the same or do they differ?

I apologize for all the questions but I am just starting to add corals to my tank and am trying to get all the information I can.

Regards,

Pat

 

[55semireef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7400757#post7400757 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by this is me
The beast.

The beast under actinic

Close-up of the polyps.

Thats a hammer coral not a frogspawn

 

[jay357]

This is one of mine. I have 3 spawns and 2 torches and 1 hammer.

Heres her Anenome Crab. She has been in the same place on that frogspawn for about a year now. Which is fine with me because its right in front for great viewing.

Have a few more I will snap a few pics later.

Jay

 

[55semireef]

Nice

 

[mayor10]

Is there anything in particular that makes them more puffy? (More light, less light, more flow, less flow?) Mine don't get that way at all. Some of these look like they're ready to burst.

 

[55semireef]

Yours look real small. Nice ricordia btw/

 

[mayor10]

thanks.

yeah, that's the size they were when I got them, about 6 weeks ago.

Not sure why they're just ho-hum. I've also never seen them put out feeder tentacles.

If anyone has any thougth or tips I would appreciate it.

 

[cbashaw]

Here's my frogspawns

 

[zmar84]

Here's mine on the first day in my tank.