Mounting Frogspawn

Oscar · #1 07-26-2008, 05:18 PM

I have this frogspawn simply embeded in the sandbed. You cannot really see it in this photo but the two heads are on two stalks.

I only have a small amount of sand exposed at this time and I would like to move this frag up onto the LR. Can I cut the two heads off and mount them on the LR? Will each head expand on the rock or will they continue to grow by extending their stalks?

Aquattro · #2 07-26-2008, 05:20 PM

I would find a crevice that you can epoxy the stalk into

Oscar · #3 07-26-2008, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

I would find a crevice that you can epoxy the stalk into

That's an idea. What is the growth pattern of this variety? Will it ontinue to grow on a stalk or will it spread out on the LR?

fortheloveofcrabs · #4 07-26-2008, 05:34 PM

It should "branch out"... The polyps should sort of “split” off one another and the coral will grow sideways (in a sense).

Oscar · #5 07-26-2008, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

I would find a crevice that you can epoxy the stalk into

I found a candidate crevice. It is temporarily wedged in to see how the frogspawn likes the flow at that spot.

fishoholic · #6 07-26-2008, 07:39 PM

They grow upwards and outwards from their stalks, kinda like a tree. I second the epoxy idea.

Aquattro · #7 07-26-2008, 11:09 PM

Ya, it grows from the stalk. It will branch off new stalks as it gets larger, they do not encrust onto rocks like SPS

Oscar · #8 07-27-2008, 01:57 PM

At lunch time yesterday I moved the frogspawn to a temporary new location to test the flow. It is currently jammed in a crevice.

At around 6:00pm my 2 clowns, who I have only had for 2 weeks, started to host in the frogspawn. And it looks like they hosted all night. They had only paid casual attention to the frogspawn before.

So I guess this is the coral's new home. I am curious to see how much the frogspawn will expand today with all the attention it is now receiving.

fishoholic · #9 07-27-2008, 02:30 PM

My clowns host in my frogspawn too. It doesn't seem to have affected the coral.

brizzo · #10 07-27-2008, 06:20 PM

Make sure to epoxy it down if the clowns are hosting it, otherwise you'll find it knocked out of place in no time.

PS: Good to see your tank is coming together!