An Interesting find

Chaloupa · #1 08-21-2007, 04:42 AM

OK..how many other people would have a "stray" pocillipora??? Marie, you sure do have some skill, luck or otherwise or ALL of the above!!

michika · #2 08-21-2007, 02:14 PM

I'm guessing all of the above!

marie · #3 08-21-2007, 03:05 PM

I did find out that pocillipora are brooders and the chances of a polyp bailout actually settling and producing a skeleton are slim to non so I guess I should be handing out cigars

michika · #4 08-21-2007, 03:40 PM

When you go to pick up those cigars you may want to consider a lotto ticket as well!

Delphinus · #5 08-21-2007, 03:41 PM

Neat! Can you manage a picture?

christyf5 · #6 08-21-2007, 05:16 PM

Wow Marie, thats awesome. Be interesting to see how much it grows back there

marie · #7 08-23-2007, 12:16 AM

Uh oh, I think i might be in the pocillipora farming business (well I would be if I hadn't fragged my biggest colony and sent most of it to Anthony

) . After a bunch of reading I went looking in my tank and found at least 4 more babies, on both my returns, my heater and one on the back glass. I think I'm going to need another tank

marie · #8 09-03-2007, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Neat! Can you manage a picture?

Yes, yes I can

and I have since spotted at least a dozen others scattered around the system

Aquattro · #9 09-03-2007, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by marie

I did find out that pocillipora are brooders and the chances of a polyp bailout actually settling and producing a skeleton are slim to non so I guess I should be handing out cigars

Don't get too happy too early. I had 2 large colonies that over a year produced around 30 bailout "kids" ....they were everywhere. Got a bit much after a while!!