patback Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 Old topic... But if it Is a Frogspawn or torch this little, would it be a bad idea to add a clown? Link to comment
crailtap25 Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 no i doubt that the clown would go near something that small to use as a host. By this time you should definitely be able to feel if it is developing a calcium skeleton or not. Definitely looks like frogspawn though.. i have lots of little hammer coral and frogspawn frags like this that dropped from the mother, but all have a definite calcium "stalk" or stem that i had to glue to the frag disk. just blow it with a turkey baster to get it to close and see if the tissue retracts into a skeleton or not. btw.. "pat-back".. lmao. ah that brings me back to the good old days Link to comment
patback Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 Thanks . I saw that the lfs did glue the frag, which I found very odd since he assured me it was a shroom but I figured what ever, I've seen stranger things. Risking sounding dirty, I will feel him up and down to see if he is hardening in the morning since when he retracts, it isn't into a skeleton. Just looks sorta like a white ball with tentacles coming out. And I believe there have Been people on here who think my real name is pat. Haha. And the old days? I still watch spongbob. Link to comment
GokesReef Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 No need to mess with it.. those pics make it quite obvious and certain that it's a torch. And that bottom area looks too fresh to have calcified. Probably no skeleton, yet. Keep feeding it, it'll grow pretty quick. Link to comment
patback Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 I already checked him out. One part has a decent amount of calcification, the other side ibsortbof lacking. I hope the lfs didn't mess it up by gluing it before it had a skeleton. Link to comment
GokesReef Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Here's my guess: Part of the torch's natural propagation scheme is dropping little buds that float around in the current until they land on something. I would imagine the LFS had this happen in a tank and took the buds and mounted them. So, they probably did glue it before there was a skeleton, but I wouldn't worry about it in the long term. Link to comment
mndfreeze Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I would not let a clown near a baby like that. If it DOES decide to mess with it, it will molest it to death. Link to comment
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