I... uh... think a coral may have spawned?

[ocd_mariner]

So last night, around 9:30, I walk into my computer/aquarium room to surf the web for a bit. When you walk into the room, the first thing you see is the aquarium, looked good. Im surfing the web for maybe 5-10 minutes. I get up and turn around and stare in amazement at the aquarium. There are literally hundreds of tiny white dots, the largest being around the size of a pin head flying all through the aquarium. I freaked out a bit honestly. I didnt get any pics or video or anything. I just kind of thought, november, close to lights out, white dots everywhere.


Any ideas?

 

[Pickupman66]

Chuck, could have been. sounds like that may have happened...

 

[fallinapart]

That would be an awesome site!. In fact I just finished watching a documentary on coral reefs and that was one thing they talked about was how the coral, especially staghorn reproduce even between different types, that will form a new type of coral.

So to see that in your tank would have been really something to see.

Norman

 

[crumbletop]

Cool!

 

[ocd_mariner]

So I was checking my calcium this afternoon. Grabbed 5 mls of water, added the first reagent, then the second reagent, looked up as I was swirling, and it happened again. White dots just all of a sudden, all over the place. I managed to get a crappy video, check it out.

Honestly, this has me a little worried, because I have no idea what is going on.

YouTube Reef Gone Wild

 

[xinumaster]

Very nice vedio. I was just reading another thread where his giant clam spawn too http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1243256

by the way how do you make that wave -- aquasurf?

 

[Kreeger1]

My guess, not corals that spawned. Something did though...Maybe a pair of shrimp or some eggs hatched. My corals spawned before and it was a cloudy mess.
Erik

 

[ocd_mariner]

Its a wavebox in the back right corner. I've got 4 modded 6025's to provide water movement as well.

 

[ocd_mariner]

It could have been the clam as well.

It drives me crazy because Im in the room, messing around with whatever I mess around with, then turn around and BLAM, the aquarium has flipped out

 

[Sk8r]

I've seen a coral spawn like globules. But watch your nitrate/ammonia readings, and be prepared to run carbon and do a 20% water change---that is biomass soon to become defunct biomass, and it can cause a problem.

 

[ocd_mariner]

Ok, new update. Turned around after my last reply, and once again, crap everywhere.

I noticed it spewing out near my clownfish.

I investigated, and its the anemone that is spewing out these white globules.

Also, my clownfish have spawned. I saw the male fanning a small patch of orange eggs. Ill try to get some pics of both soon.

 

[ocd_mariner]

Here you can see the clutch of eggs above the nem.

If you look at the nem, you can see what looks like a female releasing eggs?

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/chuck.collins/NemAndClownfish/photo#5129097434004366050"><img src="http://lh5.google.com/chuck.collins/Ry428OwyouI/AAAAAAAAAG8/FEfy4nkCcn4/s800/DSCF2566.JPG" /></a>

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/chuck.collins/NemAndClownfish/photo#5129097446889267954"><img src="http://lh4.google.com/chuck.collins/Ry428-wyovI/AAAAAAAAAHE/oVgFbTX1_R4/s800/DSCF2568.JPG" /></a>

 

[Kreeger1]

thats pretty sweet!

 

[xinumaster]

Congratulations!

man, both host anem and clown spawn at the same time.

I could not see the wavebox in the video. That is why I thought you were using neptune aquasurf to drive you tunze.

 

[NeveSSL]

Wow! Thats very interesting...

Cool on the clown eggs, too, man.

Congrats Chuck!

Although, I do have to say, I would be annoyed to be your fish... too much wave action going on... :lol:

Let us know if you figure out exactly what it is.

Brandon

 

[ocd_mariner]

Bah! Its like a float down a lazy river compared to the ocean

 

[Anemone]

Female GBTA spawning. Unless you have a male BTA in the tank, what you really have is a load of extra organics. Crank the skimmer, do a water change and monitor your ammonia readings.

Congrats though!

Kevin