Coral Polyp Extrusion

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BlueTuna

Ever see a coral "flow?"

One example on this board is here:

http://www.dfwmas.org/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=28874&highlight=

I got the impetus to do a bit of research on this topic after buying that brain coral from Ron. It does look like some disease, but thankfully it really is another form of coral reproduction. There's an excellent article with some good time sequenced photographs on "Coral Polyp Extrusion" here:

http://www.ericborneman.com/Coral%20Polyp%20Extrusion/Introduction/Intro.html

Everything from candycanes to ricordiae seem to exhibit this behavior.

Just thought I'd share since at least a couple of people on this board has seen this happen.
 
Yes, I've seen this happen on a few occasions both in my tank and others. Sometimes to corals will drip off a piece of tissue. I'll see if I can find a picture of it for you.
 
From the New England Aquarium:

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Marc,

sorry to hijack thread - but...

on the 2nd pic, what's the coral called just to the left of the dripping one? I picked one up the other day from a member but don't know what it is. The one that looks like a tall upright xenia.
thanks..
 
@DaveJ wrote:
That is pretty cool... if I saw that candy cane doing that I would be freaking out. said:
It freaked me out - I kept asking Scott if we should "prune" it. "It's DYING!!!"

And then we found the little baby today - and I found 2 more tonight.
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