polyp bail out with pictures

[OSo]

Im having what looks to be a polyp bail out growing from one of my frogspawns corals, since i know that this can be caused due to stress im asking if a polyp bail out looks like a small piece of skeleton falling from the parent with some flesh, im also posting some pictures of it


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gegasa/polyps/DSC00841.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gegasa/polyps/DSC00844.jpg

Im also having the problem that xenia grows like crazy and im having a hard time controling it from touching other corals, perhaps this is related with the polyp bail out event ?

Any ideas on what should i do to control my xenia ?

[DarkXerox]

I heard that polyp bailout is when the living tissue separates without dying and regrows a skeleton after settling.

What you are getting is just reproduction. I know that elegance corals do the same when they drop a new polyp.

Best way to stop xenia is to lower nutrients, since it is rather hard to control.

[OSo]

Ok, thanks a lot, ill try to control the nutrients a little more

[davejnz]

Its called polyp extrusion,its common if Faviids and Euphyllia spp.My E.glabrescens did the same thing.Often,there is a tiny piece of skeletal material attached with the dropping tissue.http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e162/davejnz/faviidextrusion.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e162/davejnz/2003_0105extrusion0004.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e162/davejnz/torch.jpg

[OSo]

Thanks a lot for the info :)

few hours later the polyp looks even more close to be detached from the parent.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gegasa/polyps/DSC00851.jpg


Once the polyp is ejected what should i do, glue it to a rock ?

[davejnz]

Yeah,thats what i did,glued it to a little piece of rubble and placed it on the sandbed