Spawing Coral

[Devonious]

So i was doing a water change today and i noticed little tiny white balls with polyps extending looks like little pocillopora's!

There attached to my Coraline algae on the back wall and on my live rock, i did not know coral spawning in captivity was possible.

I will take photos when i get home.

[Lance]

Pocillopora regenerate quite readily in the aquarium. Marie had given me a baby that was growing on her coralline. I've since had two babies grow on my overflow. I'm not sure how they get there from the mother colony; whether from an actual spawn or polyps disengaging from the colony and resettling somewhere else. I lean toward polyp movement rather than spawning. Just a guess though.

[Devonious]

Originally Posted by Lance

Pocillopora regenerate quite readily in the aquarium. Marie had given me a baby that was growing on her coralline. I've since had two babies grow on my overflow. I'm not sure how they get there from the mother colony; whether from an actual spawn or polyps disengaging from the colony and resettling somewhere else. I lean toward polyp movement rather than spawning. Just a guess though.

I was leaning toward polyp movement, but their scattered though out the tank. When polyp movement happen does it form a perfect round ball on the bottom?

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Devonious

I was leaning toward polyp movement, but their scattered though out the tank. When polyp movement happen does it form a perfect round ball on the bottom?

I don't really know. When I discovered the baby Poccis they had already grown to the size of a peanut.

[Devonious]

Heres some pics its hard to get photos because their so small but i have noticed different colored ones now.

[Mrfish55]

I think they throw off the occasional polyps, which in turn settle and start to grow, I bought a small one about 12 years ago, only lasted a month or so, was fine one day and bare skeleton the next, shortly there after I had them popping up everywhere, to this day my tank is full of little ones, when they get bigger I either give them away or turn them into reactor media, left one alone once and it grew to the size of a basketball.