buzzee
New member
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:38 pm Post subject: Coral Spawning!
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I Thought this may interest some of you.
I have just witnessed nature doing some pretty wonderful stuff.
I came home to find my 375 gallon tank full of small white round beads approx .25mm in diameter floating all over the display.
I panicked and thought something bad was happening.
I thought for a moment and wondered whether some spawning action was going on here!
I turned off my current to see if I could find the culprit and one species of Zoanthid was laying eggs!! There are three groups of this particular zoanthid species in completely different positions and all three groups were doing it! No other coral was spawning. This was 5 hours after lights on!
I had turned my lights on 2.5 hours earlier as I had visitors coming around. This may have triggered it.
I have video footage that will be up shortly!
AWESOME!
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I Thought this may interest some of you.
I have just witnessed nature doing some pretty wonderful stuff.
I came home to find my 375 gallon tank full of small white round beads approx .25mm in diameter floating all over the display.
I panicked and thought something bad was happening.
I thought for a moment and wondered whether some spawning action was going on here!
I turned off my current to see if I could find the culprit and one species of Zoanthid was laying eggs!! There are three groups of this particular zoanthid species in completely different positions and all three groups were doing it! No other coral was spawning. This was 5 hours after lights on!
I had turned my lights on 2.5 hours earlier as I had visitors coming around. This may have triggered it.
I have video footage that will be up shortly!
AWESOME!