Small white balls all over my favia?

[MmeAssoc]

I put a favia in the tank yesterday, and have noticed it has small, white/translucent balls scattered over the polyps. I thought these were part of the coral, but I can see today that the balls are blowing slightly in the current (i.e., I don't think they're attached to the coral) and there seem to be a lot more of them.

Does anyone know what these are? Eggs of some sort? Do I need to remove them? The picture below was taken yesterday, and you can see one of the balls in the polyp on the left:

And I just took this picture now, and there are heaps more of these little balls:

Any advice or thoughts welcome!

 

[Rtaylor]

I think it’s just its tentacles. Not a favia, but they have similar tentacles. I think yours is still acclimating and you’re just seeing the little ball on the tip.

 

[MmeAssoc]

I think it’s just its tentacles

That was fast, thank you!

I did just feed the fish a couple of hours ago, so that does make sense.

 

[Rtaylor]

That was fast, thank you!

I did just feed the fish a couple of hours ago, so that does make sense.

No problem. They tend to extend their tentacles at night more than during the day. I think if it was something else they wouldn’t all be in the same spot everywhere on the coral (also where the tents extend from)

 

[MaxTremors]

Definitely just feeding tentacles. Pretty sure that’s actually a goniastrea (usually sold as a ‘dragon soul favia’). They like small meaty foods like brine or mysis shrimp, but also like smaller stuff like reef roids, reef chili, etc.