Where did this SPS come from???

[33yrplus]

I was doing some routine maintenance and was cleaning the mounts for the Korallia pumps I use in my SPS system. I noticed something growing on the top of this mount and on closer inspection it is an sps of some type. Here is a pic of it encrusted on the Korallia mount.

I have since fragged it off the mount and glued it to a frag plug. It is starting to encrust and has turned green in the higher light. I plan to grow it out and see what it becomes.

So the question is how did it get there as it was in a place that no coral could touch it?

My suspicion is that either it was a polyp bail out or a spawning. I don't know if SPS bail out polyps like some LPS do. Does anyone know?

I did have this Acro spawn on Dec 23rd 2011

Cheers,
Tim

 

[rworegon]

Looks like a Monti of some sort to me.

 

[animalkingdom]

maybe stylo or pocillopora, pocilloporas are notorious polyp bailers

 

[danil]

right meteor shower type.

 

[Dugless]

I have plenty of pocillopora that pop up just like this. Judging from the pic and polyp size, I would guess it as such.

 

[DeepThought]

I can't say anything about the origin or what it is... All I wanted to say was... COOL!!!