HELP sps spawning

[triggerfish55]

today i noticed that my montipora digitata is releasing very small white balls from the tips of its polyps. i am assuming that these are eggs.
does anybody have any experience with montipora spawning?
any general advice about sps spawning?
this is happening in my 30 gallon nano reef, should i turn off the protein skimmer or keep it on?

Thanks

 

[trueblackpercula]

Pictures

 

[Mikey_B]

Could it be just slime coat? I have a stag mini colony that sometimes will start to slime a bit if i mess around near it.. Does it look like clumpy spider web?

 

[triggerfish55]

the colonie is near the back wall of the tank, and the white dots are very small. they look just like grains of sugar. i tried to take pics but the dots are two small to see, i have had other corals spawn in my tank and the eggs are usually much larger, that is why i am wondering if anybody has experience with montipora digitata spawning, because i do not know what to expect in terms of egg size.

 

[Mikey_B]

Ya got me, sorry dude. Hopefully someone who knows a lot more can come chime in

 

[trueblackpercula]

it is extremlly rare to have sps spawning in our small tanks. There is maybe two or three people around here that may help with it.

Biggles is one of them

Michael

 

[nonstopfishies]

Sounds like that is the case. Particularly if you've had others do it as well, means you're doing something right.

I had my pink lemonade spawn a while back that I saw. Shooting clouds into the air for a few seconds. The pumps happened to be off as I was taking photos and doing some maintenance right around lights out. I had just put the camera way and then poof.

 

[triggerfish55]

Sounds like that is the case. Particularly if you've had others do it as well, means you're doing something right.

I had my pink lemonade spawn a while back that I saw. Shooting clouds into the air for a few seconds. The pumps happened to be off as I was taking photos and doing some maintenance right around lights out. I had just put the camera way and then poof.

when your pink lemonade spawned, did you have a skimmer running? i'm not sure if i should turn my skimmer off or keep it on. i don't think the eggs are small enough to be pulled out by the skimmer, or at least i hope they are not.

i really wish i could get some pictures but i don't have a proper close up lens on my camera and my iPhone can not zoom in well.

 

[acroholicreefer]

I have heard of Pocillopora corals doing this a lot in captivity, which is why I never put them in my tank. An old reefer would swear that these will eventually destroy an sps tank. Look out, you might have a tank full of montiporas in a year.

 

[lionfish300]

I have Pocillopora every where on my rocks. I try to remove it manually, it is a pain they do show up in hard place to get to