odd tort growth

[surfn]

 

[greystreet41]

very cool, and nice macro. I'm no sps expert, but I've heard of weird growth patterns if a piece has been fragged often...is that true or not so much?

 

[Sambo]

Yea, that is certainly odd. I, be extremely anal retentive, would have to cut that off. LOL. Thanks for the pic.

 

[surfn]

very cool, and nice macro. I'm no sps expert, but I've heard of weird growth patterns if a piece has been fragged often...is that true or not so much?

nope, hasn't been fragged that much at all. its just your standard ORA tort.

Yea, that is certainly odd. I, be extremely anal retentive, would have to cut that off. LOL. Thanks for the pic.

well, gotta keep the size in perspective. thats just a single coralite coming off the main colony......not even close to the size of an actual branch. every time i clean the glass i usually nip a tip off the colony, i'm sure i'll break off this unusual coralite growth while cleaning the tank or something sometime.

 

[Hypertek99]

Looks weird but i like it. Funny looking.

 

[J. Montgomery]

Has the colony always been mounted in the same orientation?

 

[msman825]

that looks like it would make me a future frag (go pats)

 

[surfn]

well, not always, but since i moved in july its been in the same spot.

 

[bkv1997]

surfn:

I've had a few of my sps corals do that where a tube worm of some sort was growing out of the frag and the coral eventually grew over it.

Brandon

 

[twon8]

surfn:

I've had a few of my sps corals do that where a tube worm of some sort was growing out of the frag and the coral eventually grew over it.

Brandon

bingo, that looks like a tort keeping up with the growth of a tube worm/snail.