how do frogspawn and hammers grow?

drrich · 09/25/2007, 05:25 PM

I see no change in the last 6 months I have owned these seemingly happy specimens.

Do they grow larger, or more heads. They have the same number of heads now as when I got them.

Help

PJSEA · 09/25/2007, 05:56 PM

I can't speak for the Hammers although I think they will grow the same as Frogspawn.
I think the answer is both.
My branching Frogspawn grows by enlarging then dividing it's polyp heads. I started out with 4 or 5 heads 1 year ago and now have 10+. They are still attached together at the base of the polyp. None have budded off and I have not seen any new "branching".

FloatingFish · 09/25/2007, 05:59 PM

Hows your ALK and Ca?
Mine sort of split as they grow. If thet make sense. They like a medium to soft flow. And I dont spot feed mine either they just get what flows into them.

Runfrumu · 09/25/2007, 08:42 PM

My frogspawn has 2 little head on one of the larger heads, growing right on the edge of the fleshing part, there even starting to get tiny tentacles.

09/25/2007, 05:25 PM	#1
drrich Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New York Posts: 202	how do frogspawn and hammers grow? I see no change in the last 6 months I have owned these seemingly happy specimens. Do they grow larger, or more heads. They have the same number of heads now as when I got them. Help

09/25/2007, 05:59 PM	#3
FloatingFish Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Odell, ILL. Posts: 540	Hows your ALK and Ca? Mine sort of split as they grow. If thet make sense. They like a medium to soft flow. And I dont spot feed mine either they just get what flows into them. __________________ . Current Tank Info: None

09/25/2007, 08:42 PM	#4
Runfrumu Hi Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NC Posts: 1,014	My frogspawn has 2 little head on one of the larger heads, growing right on the edge of the fleshing part, there even starting to get tiny tentacles. __________________ Red Sea Max 130d and 125 gallon mixed reef. Current Tank Info: 125 gallon oceanic tank, Lighthouse Pro XLS, 72" outer orbit fixture, H&S 150-F2000/1 skimmer, H&S 110 Calcium Reactor, Tunze 7096, 2 Tunze 6105's , Tunze Osmolator, Prime 1/4hp drop-in chiller. 5 years running. Red Sea Max, 3 years.

09/25/2007, 05:56 PM	#2
PJSEA Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pawleys Island, SC Posts: 295	I can't speak for the Hammers although I think they will grow the same as Frogspawn. I think the answer is both. My branching Frogspawn grows by enlarging then dividing it's polyp heads. I started out with 4 or 5 heads 1 year ago and now have 10+. They are still attached together at the base of the polyp. None have budded off and I have not seen any new "branching".