defigart Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I read on a website that Frogspawn have "sweeper tenticals". Can anyone confirm this? If so any idea how long they can be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Some do some don't, it depends on the species. You can usually tell watching them if they have them, if it does not look like it check it at night. I have one but it does not have sweepers, the thinner polyp type seem to be the ones that have the sweepers that I notice. Especially the brother coral the torch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defigart Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 I relocated my frogspawn, and now the Xenia that is near it is not doing so well. Wondering if it is getting stung. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 very possible... Im sure someone with experience with these two can chime in, I keep a frog and hammer in my softy tank but I don't keep xenia or I would be happy to apply any knowledge on the matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I keep three FS in my 75g. But they are all near each other, and not near anything else. I have not seen any "long" sweepers come off any of them. The coral that I have seen long sweepers come from is the torch coral. The one I have has tentacles that reach up to 6 inches long. It is not as bad as a hydnophora, but it did sting one of my candy cane heads. :( dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister crabs Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 i second the torch coral thing. my torch stung the crap out of a purple zoa frag and all but one polyp died. I just relocated the torch to the top of the rock work where the current wont allow the sweepers to hit the lower corals. but it sounds like your xenia may very well be getting stung. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 If you put a coral near the frogspawn and the frogspawn senses it is to close either by touching it or perhaps by its chemicals it produces the frogspawn,Torch or whatever will grow/extend its sweepers to sting the offending coral. I have personally seen this happen in my tank many times. With my big torch I had sweepers that were 6 inches longer then the regular tenticles. You can see the sweepers extended in these photos. Once the sweepers touch another coral the coral will make more sweepers with bigger stinging nemocysts on the tips. I no longer have this torch because it was killing my other corals. I needed more room in my tank so he got sold. Actually I dont have any torches anymore. They just grow to big and take up to much room in my small 120 gallon tank. As it is I wish I had done a 280 gallon peninsula type tank rather then the 120 cube. Mabey next tank upgrade I will do it right....If I upgrade again. These are my observations and hope they help you Defigard Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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