Raising frogspawn coral offspring

[SkyBound23]

Just got back from the Delaware frag swap and picked up a sweet frogspawn. Had it under the blue lights and I'm pretty sure I saw a tiny glowing green thing, like a 3-part star, zooming around in the current - same glow as the frogspawn. My clownfish were going nuts trying to eat it, but they just kept spitting it out. Now it's MIA behind a rock. Anyone have tips on how to get it attached to a rock?

[felinxo]

Haha, sounds like your clowns are giving it a hard time. I've lost count of how many euphyllias I've lost to this – they want to be hosted but can't, so they take it out on the coral. Good luck with it.

[SkyBound23]

Yeah, I've seen that before. I recall an old thread where a torch dropped a baby, so it's definitely possible. Keeping my fingers crossed it all works out.

[frosty42]

That torch pic you mentioned, it's clear the skeleton's been damaged, probably by a magnet cleaner. Gravity will eventually take its toll on the small piece, slowly tearing it away with some tissue.

What you're describing, though, sounds like a tentacle tip - those can get ripped off by pumps or even your clownfish. The key difference here is that without a skeleton, it's got no chance of settling to grow. Still, it'll pack those stinging cells called nematocysts, which can land on other corals and cause some serious damage - even start a necrosis that can spread.