What is this on my Sun Coral?

[72olds455]

Just noticed it this morning.

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[Aquanaut78]

new growth

 

[72olds455]

Its not new groth, it looks more like something that may have been spit out of the mouths. I know other corals will release their symbiotic algea but sun corals do not have this to release. Is it guts?

 

[whofeelsitknows]

That's how sun corals reproduce - they spit out babies.

 

[Echidna09]

It does look like babies. Could be sponge

 

[nick540]

It could be reproducing but i am not sure. However i would move it off the sand as sand can damage the polys roting the "skin". here is where i place mine:

 

[72olds455]

I keep it in the rocks but had to move it to the front of the tank for the pic. I had no idea they reproduced like that. I hope that is what it is

 

[thecichlidpleco]

It is new growth it usually looks like spit out pieces of former poylps.

 

[dendro982]

It seems to me, that it is a new growth, have something like this on my sun coral.
Only feed your coral much more, it is very skinny, and should be plump, as the lower coral on the second photo.
Good luck!

 

[72olds455]

Okay I will up the feeding. When it spawns like tht is it best to move the babies, or just let them drift. I do not see tham now and have no idea where the may have landed. I have a nice safe fuge they can be moved to in the future.

 

[dendro982]

Sorry, I meant the new polyps in the same colony, budding on the sides and between big polyps, asexual propagation.

I had never seen my tubastrea spawning, bu have a lot of spawns in different parts of tank - they settle, where it seems to them being acceptable. But when they will be of handleable size, like 1/8", they can be picked off by nail and glued to another place by superglue. The further development will be slower, than for intact spawns, but in months they begin to grow OK. Tried all of this once.

The picture of spawning tubastrea is here
link to the thread about spawning video.