dvmsn
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I notice these little guys on my rock two to three months ago. I initially thought that these guys were majano anemone's. I even tried to eliminate them via the kalk method. Last week I was looking at them closely again because I was planing to zap them again. That is when I noticed that one had slightly receded and I noticed several septa on its side. Upon closer inspection of other colonies, I noticed that I could see the corallite and septa located in the tissue of several other individuals. The mother colony has about a 14 inch diameter when fully expanded. Unfortunately, I didn't notice any "spawning event" and can't really pin down the exact time that I noticed them. The photos I enclosed show clearly the corallite and septa in some of the babies. There are 10-15 individuals located throughout my tank. If the planula have any settlement preferences, they are not apparent to me.
I found several reports of Euphyllia corals spawning but none of planula surviving to maturity. If you know of any reports, regardless of the species, I would love to know about them.
I posted photos at this thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=300386
Sorry the pictures aren't very clear, but the colonies are too small for my camera to take any better photos. The coralites are fairly clear on several of the photos.
I found several reports of Euphyllia corals spawning but none of planula surviving to maturity. If you know of any reports, regardless of the species, I would love to know about them.
I posted photos at this thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=300386
Sorry the pictures aren't very clear, but the colonies are too small for my camera to take any better photos. The coralites are fairly clear on several of the photos.