Normal clove polyp or not?

bboystyle · Sep 24, 2020

I have two clove polyps on plugs. The base of one looks a bit stranger than the other. I'll post pics of both but I just want to know if there's anything I should do/not do. Is it normal? Is it a hitchhiker?

The first picture is of the one I'm concerned about. The second is the other clove polyp that seems cleaner and blooms more easily.

Thanks in advance.

fishguy242 · Sep 24, 2020

hi,yes clove,looks like nice colors too

Reefing_addiction · Sep 24, 2020

new polyps

Reefing_addiction · Sep 24, 2020

If ya look at mine you can see the same little white protrusions

bboystyle · Sep 24, 2020

dyerrm said:
If ya look at mine you can see the same little white protrusions

very nice colors.

cool. thanks for all the feedback! I love this place.

Reefing_addiction · Sep 24, 2020

bboystyle said:
very nice colors.

cool. thanks for all the feedback! I love this place.

Ty.
the top ones are rainbow avatar cloves from @Joe Knows Reefs and the bottom one is wwc flame tip cloves I bought from @footgal

najer · Sep 25, 2020

I got some yesterday, waiting for the cuc to give them a spruce up, love the baby buds.

SMSREEF · Sep 25, 2020

Nice clove polyps. They look good. The first pic looks like it’s glued a little too high so it is not growing new cloves that attach to the plug. But that’s not really a problem because. You can just Super glue them to the plug when they get bigger. Or to somewhere else.

I really love clove polyps. Just got a frag a couple weeks ago.

I’m not the only one that loves them, my decorator crab stole a few babies and put them on his back. I can’t wait for them to grow bigger, that would be really cool!

I know it’s hard to see this guy, it’s blurry, but circled below. I wish I had a camera and pic skills like @najer . You can see those little white sacs you are concerned about, they are just baby clove polyps.

najer · Sep 25, 2020

SMSREEF said:
I’m not the only one that loves them, my decorator crab stole a few babies and put them on his back. I can’t wait for them to grow bigger, that would be really cool!

I have 4 heads wandering around my little tank on the back of a tuxedo, growing slowly.