Something weird on my plate coral

[Todd W.]

? Is this some kind of weird nudibranch?  I am trapping it under a pop bottle top....

[thepipbull]

It might be a baby

[HUNGER]

It might be a baby

+1
 is it moveing?

[Todd W.]

Just got back after being gone for 1 hour.  It is still in place but the green bubbly stuff is gone.  What is left is forming into a disk.

Anyone had a plate coral bud before?

If it is a 'baby' what should I do? 

[Boonjob]

I know they can spawn babies, and the pic is really blury to get a good look, But also don't they really only spawn when they are dieing? Your fish still burying him alot?

I would let it go if it is a baby, they seem relatively hardy, and looks like so long as they don't get flipped over or buried they are ok... maybe quarantine him with a jar or something

[Todd W.]

here is a closer one a bit less blurry.  It lost the green thing on top and now has some purplish spots on it.

I read about the polyps when dying but it's eating well looks good especially at night.  The clowns are still covering him with sand not totally but a good dusting no matter where I move it.  Not sure if they are trying to host on it or don't like it.  They don't sit on it at all.

[coral ranch]

They can sprout off budds if they are dying or just stressed. I can not say for sure but that looks like a blue berry mushroom polyp but the picture is a little blurry.

[Boonjob]

just keep up posted todd. be interested to see what it turns out to be... the plate looks very good, and unless the fish are stressing him out i don't see any reason for him to be on his way out the door.

[HUNGER]

if it is a bud i want first dibs
 iv had them spit out  a few none have made it they got coverd in the sand  i have made the plate do it i flip the plate over for about 2 days and trun it back over and with in a few days there a bud i will do it again when the frag tank gets done and i have a place to put them