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Avast Marine
08/05/2006, 06:35 PM
The base looks identical to a bubble coral when retracted, but open it looks frogspawny. What do you guys think?

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Thanks for the help. It has only been in the tank for a few minutes. It opens up about twice this size, but I wanted to make sure I got a pic of the base.
AquaReeferMan
08/05/2006, 06:50 PM
It is a Frogspawn. The base for the bubble and spawn are very similar.
SilverShark
08/05/2006, 06:58 PM
yeah frogspawn. nice specimen
Sk8r
08/05/2006, 07:01 PM
If the tentacles branch, it's frogspawn. If something like that doesn't branch, it's probably torch. If tentacles don't branch and have hammerhead tentacle ends, it's hammer/anchor coral.
AquaReeferMan
08/05/2006, 07:03 PM
Yeah you can see the multiple egg like circles on each tentacle which is why I said it was a frogspawn.
Avast Marine
08/05/2006, 07:04 PM
Thanks all, I had never seen one quite like this before.
reef_ky
08/05/2006, 07:20 PM
great color....would love to purchase a frag sometime in the future.....