My coco worm spawned

illcssd

illcssd

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So my coco wormed apparently was feeling good today, so he spawned.
I thought it was cool, i have had him long enough, its about time he eventually did something besides live and grow lol.
Only could get one good shot of it, as it only lasted about 2 minutes....
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Pardon the dead coral in the back, my attempt at saving it from dying at the lfs was just that, an attempt, that i failed at lol.
 
"Protula bispiralis

The Hard tube "Coco worm" from Indonesia is a popular and expensive creature that is not recommended for the beginner. Its life span is not very long in captivity, usually not more than two years, and often much less than that. It has not been reported to reproduce in captivity. One should provide sufficient calcium and alkalinity for it to build its calcareous tube, and plenty of food, such as liquid invertebrate foods, live phytoplankton, or spray-dried phytoplankton. "

If this is true, you should document and report it!!
 
Report it where?
I have only had it a few months. But i target feed it cyclopeeze and live phyto plankton, with some copepods and rotifers occasionaly. It seems to like it and has visually grown. The white one i have, i have had for 3 years doing the same thing and it has never spawned that i have seen.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9650838#post9650838 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by davidryder
"Protula bispiralis

The Hard tube "Coco worm" from Indonesia is a popular and expensive creature that is not recommended for the beginner. Its life span is not very long in captivity, usually not more than two years, and often much less than that. It has not been reported to reproduce in captivity. One should provide sufficient calcium and alkalinity for it to build its calcareous tube, and plenty of food, such as liquid invertebrate foods, live phytoplankton, or spray-dried phytoplankton. "

If this is true, you should document and report it!!
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It isnt reproducing though- its spawning. Reproducing would be fertilized eggs that settle out and start to grow. In this case the worm is simply broadcasting gametes; there isnt any actual reproduction happening yet.

Lots of fish and inverts spawn in captivity; very few actually reproduce (unfortunately...)

Not to take away from your worm at any rate. Most just slowly starve to death in captivity; to see one healthy enough to actually spawn is pretty cool.. Ive never seen it myself. Keep up whatever youre doing...
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9650946#post9650946 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hormigaquatica
It isnt reproducing though- its spawning. Reproducing would be fertilized eggs that settle out and start to grow. In this case the worm is simply broadcasting gametes; there isnt any actual reproduction happening yet.

Lots of fish and inverts spawn in captivity; very few actually reproduce (unfortunately...)

Not to take away from your worm at any rate. Most just slowly starve to death in captivity; to see one healthy enough to actually spawn is pretty cool.. Ive never seen it myself. Keep up whatever youre doing...
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Gotcha... learn something new everyday!
 
I dont think mine is starving to death, he seems happy enough to do the wooky, if you know what i mean lol.
 
it's prety cool, I'll upload a video of one of my worms spawning - once the ooze reached the other worm on the other side of the tank, it started to ooze too!!
 
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