Frogspawn polyp migration?

LookItsAdam · Mar 25, 2020

I did some tank maintenance yesterday and temporarily got rid of my frag rack, moving my coral frags on to the rocks in the mean time. This morning I woke up and noticed the frogspawn had not opened (not surprised or worried, it probably doesn't like its new spot), however I did notice what looks like a new colony starting on the rockwork below it. See pic.

It 100% looks like a tiny frogspawn colony and I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before. CAN this even happen? Has anybody had this happen before? The frogspawn has only ever lived on my frag rack in the tank, which was about 8in away from where this pic was taken. My only other theory is that the emerald crab, seen in the corner of the pic, ripped off a piece of flesh which just happen to fall there, and will soon die.

Any thoughts?

kireek · Apr 17, 2020

Frogspawn will make tiny offshoots when they are growing.These will have a hard skeleton like the mother colony.Sometimes a piece of the flesh will "bail out". This is usually a result of stress or damage and the loose flesh simply dies.