Euphyllia question

[Pebbleofdoom]

Hello all I’m new to euphyllia so I’m not really sure how the reproduce is the red growth on the back gold frogspawn frag a new head or some sort of pest ? Thanks in advance

 

[cmac330]

Hard to see, but not likely a part of the frogspawn if it is red. However, there are plenty of hitchhikers that are not pests. Could be some form of algae or tube worm. The only readily visible red pest that comes to mind is a flatworm. If it is a flatworm you will notice it move away from that spot. They tend to be more burgundy though.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Red spot very fuzzy but could be sponge. They under right conditions can be hardy. Moderate lighting and water flow plus salinity range 1.024- 1.026 and temp 77-79
Feed 2-3x per week

 

[cmac330]

As for growth/reproduction euphyllia can reproduce sexually and asexually through both budding and fission. I don’t know of any successful sexual growth in the aquarium. Fission (natural growth and splitting of the heads) is most common, however they will also appear to have tissue drop down from the base of the polyp and leave behind very small polyps from time to time which I refer to as budding. I’m sure there is a more technical term but I have not bothered to research it.

 

[fish farmer]

The red growth could be foraminifera. is it hard? I used to have many small colonies on Fiji live rock, red and white, they have little spikes projecting out of their base.

Harmless.

 

[Pebbleofdoom]

The red growth could be foraminifera. is it hard? I used to have many small colonies on Fiji live rock, red and white, they have little spikes projecting out of their base.

Harmless.

It look like a very small bud it has a stock and a star shaped head any idea what I might be?

 

[Pebbleofdoom]

As for growth/reproduction euphyllia can reproduce sexually and asexually through both budding and fission. I don’t know of any successful sexual growth in the aquarium. Fission (natural growth and splitting of the heads) is most common, however they will also appear to have tissue drop down from the base of the polyp and leave behind very small polyps from time to time which I refer to as budding. I’m sure there is a more technical term but I have not bothered to research it.

As for growth/reproduction euphyllia can reproduce sexually and asexually through both budding and fission. I don’t know of any successful sexual growth in the aquarium. Fission (natural growth and splitting of the heads) is most common, however they will also appear to have tissue drop down from the base of the polyp and leave behind very small polyps from time to time which I refer to as budding. I’m sure there is a more technical term but I have not bothered to research it.

Is fission where the body splits? Because my peach frogspawn has crack or split on the stock just under the head that has some small tentacles growing out of it

 

[cmac330]

Fission will typically start at the mouth, one becomes two then the tissue starts to separate. It might be budding out hard to say for sure, but should be good if tentacles are coming out