Puzzling New Find

[rjla67]

I have been slowly starting to add some new corals to my 110g reef tank set up. Nothing hard, so far sticking to the easy and bullet proof variety to get going.

One of the corals I added was Button Polyps, or Zoanthidaes. I picked up several small frags at a LFS, and all have been doing great and even have started to multiply. However, I noticed in an area I know for sure I didn't put any of the Zoas in since it is kinda behind the front of the live rock, I spotted several polyps pop up out of no where. I've searched around to see if these Zoas can multiply in areas where they were never there before. Is this possible? TIA for any insight anyone may have.

-robert.

 

[bprinehart]

How long have you had the rock? Possible they are hitchhikers? Otherwise it is possible for a polyp to become loose from a colony and settle elsewhere in the tank.

 

[rjla67]

I've had the rock for couple of months but I doubt that they are hitchhikers. I think maybe they got there for when I cut off a piece for I had some hanging down loose to glue to a small rock that maybe the piece I cut I didn't cut it clean and they dropped off and landed there. Weird I know but that's the only thing I can think of.