Dave ESPI Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 ok Im hanging up my reef wizard hat on this one....... I have this frogspawn coral. it has been with me for 4 + years and has lived through some amazing rough happenings. The heads have been growing well and recently seperated. The problem is this: 3 months ago I had a 6 line wrasse die unexpectadly in my 37 and caused an ammonia issue ( which also took Darth, (my betta) and a 6 year old Caribian gold coral banded shrimp to their graves.) I was worried I was going to loose more, but the other fish and corals made it ok after some quick work on my part to salvage the water quality. Now here is the issue. This frogspawn has what appears to be a massive bubble or blister in the center of it that inflates. This is not normal. any ideas before I post this in Bornemans "expert" coral section on RC? Link to comment
FlyGTI Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 I've had that happen a time or two, but it never amounted to anything. Water change might help? Fly Link to comment
DaveESPI Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 Boreman was no help. The coral has had PLENTY of waterchanges hehehhe. Im just hoping its a seperation thing..... time will tell.. Link to comment
Gilman Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 Hey Dave, I have no idea what the bubble is, but I just thought I would mention that I got a small Frogspawn frag a couple of days ago, and the mother colony also had a similar bubble on it. Here is a photo I took of the mother colony, and you can see the bubble. Next time I see the owner, I will ask about it. I didn't think to ask about it this time around. Also I thought I should note that I saw the mother colony of Frogspawn last week, and I do not recall the bubble bting there. Gil Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted August 7, 2002 Author Share Posted August 7, 2002 UPDATE.... The Blister has popped. Either from powerhead aggitation, or on its own. THERE ARE @ DISTINCT HEADS AND ORAL OPENINGS NOW. I believe now that it is indeed a morph phase of this Euphyllia species when seperating heads Link to comment
gobies Posted August 7, 2002 Share Posted August 7, 2002 If Borneman didn't help, try Calfo (auth, Book of Coral Propagation). This might be more up his alley. Okay, okay, too late for this round, but ping Anthony on it anyway -- I'm sure he'd be interested! Link to comment
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