Frogspawn Reproducing???

[BrianH]

Hi,

I recently found under my frogspawn a very small dropping(piece of a tentical?) that looks exactly like the coral. Is this some type of reproductive behavior. I'm wondering because the coral has been extending much more lately than it has in the past.
If this is reproduction, does anyone have any advise on what I should do? Should I move the dropping?
Thanks

Brian

[Satchmo]

Is it just a piece of deflated tentacle? My frog has lost an odd tentacle from time to time that I'll find resting somewhere. I assumed this was from some unseen trauma to the coral. I don't think it's reproductive. My frog has only reproduced by budding. I know SPS can reproduce via "polyp bailout" where they just sort of drip a piece of itself onto whatever's beneath it, but I don't believe LPS multiply this way.

Is it just the piece of tentacle, or is a new skeleton forming beneath it?

[Alastair]

LPS can reproduce via the so-called "polyp bailout;" it has been documented in a few species, I believe. I have an aggressivly growing frogspawn that did it a few months ago. The detached polyp was healthy and apparently surviving until it got buried by my white sleeper goby one day. The trick would seem to be to protect the polyp until it can begin to deposit a new skeleton of its own.