Frogspawn act like Mushroom

[Aqua Pro Builder]

One head of my frogspawn fall off from it's skeleton, yet open fully-kind off like mushroom sometimes try to wander around. have you guys seen that or anyone has some clue to what's going on?

 

[marrone]

This came up a while ago. I don't remember if it was a thread or just a discussion at a frag swap but from what I remember it's some thing that seems to only happen in captive and not in the wild.

It maybe a type of polyp extrusion. Where the polyp separates from the Skeleton and starts a new one. It's a type of asexual reproduction. It seems that the flesh part falls off from the skeleton and is healthy and opens up fully. The remaining colony is usually fine and continues to grow.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

This came up a while ago. I don't remember if it was a thread or just a discussion at a frag swap but from what I remember it's some thing that seems to only happen in captive and not in the wild.

It maybe a type of polyp extrusion. Where the polyp separates from the Skeleton and starts a new one. It's a type of asexual reproduction. It seems that the flesh part falls off from the skeleton and is healthy and opens up fully. The remaining colony is usually fine and continues to grow.

Looks like it, because the other head is splitting too.

 

[prattreef]

It is a type of polyp "bail out" and is thought to be a reaction to stress. I too recall it being said that this never occurs in the wild. I am not aware of any of the polyps that have survived long enough to regrow a skeleton.

 

[meschaefer]

I have had it happen to me. I kept the polyp alive for about three months before I lost it.

I think it is discussed in the first volume of The Reef Aquarium.

 

[alfani]

this happens to me with a elegancy...needless to say it did not survive very long

 

[noodleman]

happened to me with a frogspawn and an acan, none survived

 

[Zoous]

I had the same thing happen to me. A piece of my frogspawn tentacle separated from the mother colony. It looked good. Unfortunately, I tried to catch it but it accidently got caught by my xenia and ate it.

 

[Alex]

I've had several fall off and they did well even tripled in size while a couple simply died. I've since given them away and kept one which is still growing.