New Frogspawn Coral

jar05g · #1 12/03/2007, 10:12 PM

Hey guys. I got a new Frogspawn coral today and I was looking at it earlier tonight and noticed it has a mouth looking thing and at random times this fan looking thing would come out of the mouth. What is going on here? I just got it today so it's still closed up. Anyone know?

steven_dean17 · #2 12/03/2007, 10:15 PM

Mouth and tongue. Well their version anyway.

jar05g · #3 12/03/2007, 10:17 PM

How crazy. Why do they do that?

tinysuperbug · #4 12/03/2007, 10:35 PM

Never seen a frogspawn with a "tongue". Sounds to me like a barnacle.

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boxerzz · #5 12/03/2007, 11:03 PM

They may be hungry if nothing else if coming out

jar05g · #6 12/03/2007, 11:05 PM

I see. Well I guess it's harmless. From that site, I see that I also have CTENOPHORES. I noticed it on my polyps. I only see them at random times....looks like a long piece of string coming out from the polyps. It's weird how much you get when you buy just one coral.

ILoveReefer · #7 12/03/2007, 11:41 PM

I know the pic is a little fuzzy but is this something like what youve seen on yours?

serum153 · #8 12/04/2007, 02:27 AM

Barnacle

jar05g · #9 12/04/2007, 07:27 AM

Yeah...that's exactly what it is.

ILoveReefer · #10 12/04/2007, 08:47 PM

Yeah I'm not really sure what it is. Probably a barnacle like the others stated. I have quite a few other hammers, torches, and frogpawns. This is the only one with this feather like object on it. The frag in the pic above is about 2 months old. The frogspawn has been growing quickly. I'm not concerned about it.