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TimT 12-23-2011 04:44 PM
Acropora spathulata spawning event in Chilliwack
 
I guess I will be a new dad soon. :)

Last night I was doing some fragging when I noticed these tiny beige eggs floating in my tank. I looked to see where it was coming from and it was from an 8" colony of Acropora spathulata. Since I didn't want it triggering all my other Acros to spawn I moved it to another tank and did some video. Will post the video as soon as I can.

Cheers,
Tim

wayner 12-23-2011 05:23 PM
Love the Acropora spathulata, didn't have success with the last colony i bought - too bad -cause i love the thick branches - its like a millie on Steroids :biggrin:

Looking forward to the video.

lastlight 12-23-2011 05:29 PM
What a gorgeous coral. Does yours look like either of the ones reefbuilders posted a while back? The light purple one just blew my mind so beautiful.

daniella3d 12-23-2011 08:48 PM
why not let it trigger other spawning? I don't think this type of zooplankton can be detrimental to a tank. Did it even ever happen in an aquarium?

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Originally Posted by TimT (Post 663897)
I guess I will be a new dad soon. :)

Last night I was doing some fragging when I noticed these tiny beige eggs floating in my tank. I looked to see where it was coming from and it was from an 8" colony of Acropora spathulata. Since I didn't want it triggering all my other Acros to spawn I moved it to another tank and did some video. Will post the video as soon as I can.

Cheers,
Tim

Aquattro 12-23-2011 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by daniella3d (Post 663952)
Did it even ever happen in an aquarium?
years back, Jamie Cross posted pics of his acros spawning, pretty cool!

daniella3d 12-24-2011 02:12 AM
Did they all spawned at the sime time? or juste one?

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 663959)
years back, Jamie Cross posted pics of his acros spawning, pretty cool!

TimT 12-24-2011 02:22 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by lastlight
What a gorgeous coral. Does yours look like either of the ones reefbuilders posted a while back? The light purple one just blew my mind so beautiful.
I have an orangish and green one and a purple one as well. Both are bigger than my hand.

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Originally Posted by daniella3d
why not let it trigger other spawning? I don't think this type of zooplankton can be detrimental to a tank.
I did not know whether the acro spawn would sting the other acros if it was blown into them. Anyone know if acro eggs sting other corals?

I also did not want it triggering the other acros to spawn as that much sperm and egg in the tank would definitely cause problems when it all began to die.

Aquattro 12-24-2011 03:46 AM
Tim, as I recall, Jamie only had a single colony spawn, and no ill effects on the rest of the tank. The event also did not trigger the other corals. He had lots of pics up, but it was 2005/6, maybe earlier, and I don't think the pics are around anymore.
And how does one acquire one of these in purple?? :razz:

Aquattro 12-24-2011 04:00 AM
Sorry Tim, my memory is slipping. The thread was actually from Jan/03, and it was a crab releasing larvae, which the acro were catching and eating..

fishytime 12-24-2011 02:55 PM
thats really cool Tim.......truly an accomplishment ....... but sounds like youve been holding out on us!.....you shold send some of those bad boys our way:wink:


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