Frogspawn questions

Brian1f1 · Jul 16, 2018

I have what I think is a huge head of branching frogspawn. I’ve had it a couple months. Curious about how long it takes for new little heads to begin forming? I don’t think any are yet.

Also, is it normal for them to almost always have Incredibly long sweepers our during the day?

Last question, the little growths near the base (squirts maybe?) are they at all harmful?

Thanks!

Crabs McJones · Jul 17, 2018

Looks like a very healthy frogspawn to me :) The sprouts near the base look like sponges along with spirorbid worms. As long as it's open and healthy I wouldn't be to worried about it growing out. Before you know it you'll have a bunch of heads on your hands :) My Hammer (another type of euphyllia) went from two heads to around 30 in two years.

Brian1f1 · Jul 17, 2018

Crabs Mcjones said:
Looks like a very healthy frogspawn to me :) The sprouts near the base look like sponges along with spirorbid worms. As long as it's open and healthy I wouldn't be to worried about it growing out. Before you know it you'll have a bunch of heads on your hands :) My Hammer (another type of euphyllia) went from two heads to around 30 in two years.

Thanks! I really like that piece. If I could my Aussie gold torch to grow we’d really be in business!

OriginalUserName · Jul 17, 2018

Are you sure that is a branching frogspawn? If so it will bud fast once you get it going. I probably fragged 3 heads a month on mine once it got to softball size. Mine also was a great eater which is apparently unusual for them.

uhgster1 · Jul 17, 2018

OriginalUserName said:
Are you sure that is a branching frogspawn? If so it will bud fast once you get it going. I probably fragged 3 heads a month on mine once it got to softball size. Mine also was a great eater which is apparently unusual for them.

It’s a branching. Wall types have very specific type of base. Semi-circular unless it’s a frag, which is very obvious buy a straight edge on any side.

uhgster1 · Jul 17, 2018

uhgster1 said:
It’s a branching. Wall types have very specific type of base. Semi-circular unless it’s a frag, which is very obvious buy a straight edge on any side.

Which now that I looked really good at looks like it does!! I agree with you.

OriginalUserName · Jul 17, 2018

uhgster1 said:
It’s a branching. Wall types have very specific type of base. Semi-circular unless it’s a frag, which is very obvious buy a straight edge on any side.

That is such a large "branch" then. Mine seem to split way before getting to that size.

Brian1f1 · Jul 18, 2018

That’s why I’m confused by it. It’s absolutely enormous for a single head (at least in my experience). I think the shop fragged it, maybe that’s why it doesn’t have other heads yet? A wall wouldn’t be perfectly oval right?

Mavric · Jul 18, 2018

I wish mine was looking that good! I got the frag about 3 weeks ago and it has gone from golf ball size to baseball size. Really excited to see it start branching out.

Brian1f1 · Jul 18, 2018

Mavric said:
I wish mine was looking that good! I got the frag about 3 weeks ago and it has gone from golf ball size to baseball size. Really excited to see it start branching out.

It sounds like yours is looking really good?

OriginalUserName · Jul 18, 2018

Brian1f1 said:
That’s why I’m confused by it. It’s absolutely enormous for a single head (at least in my experience). I think the shop fragged it, maybe that’s why it doesn’t have other heads yet? A wall wouldn’t be perfectly oval right?

I haven't seen any oval ones myself. Corals can grow in weird shapes due to flow etc. Keep us posted if you see heads form on the fleshy parts.