It's a bouncing baby..........plate coral!!

[Scavenger]

For about a year, I watched this small growth on the side of my pearl bubble coral grow from a tiny nub to a dime sized disk. I always thought, "Cool, it's growing a new head."

Anyway, one day it was just gone. I was a bit bummed, after a few days, I found it on the sandbed in a low flow spot and low and behold in it's proper environment it turns out to be a baby plate coral.

I couldn't tell before because it never extended in the current. It is now about the size of a nickel and seems to be turning pink and green. Wish my camera was workin, I'd love to post a shot.

Anyone have any knowledge if this is the normal way plates reproduce and grow (by attaching and growing off other corals or rocks ect.? I meant)

Passin out the virtual cigars, I'm a surrogate coral daddy!!