Blue Tort Spawning

[-Logzor]

This is the first time I have observed corals spawning in my aquarium. Perhaps this was caused by the Blood Moon last night!

The colony is at least 18" x 12". Should have video to upload tomorrow.

 

[MrDJeep123]

Very cool indeed!

 

[Tahoe61]

Well that is awesome.

 

[Tapio]

Very cool, yes please share the video.

 

[ahammer]

That is awesome!

 

[maroun.c]

Amazing.
Do share the video please. Any other Accros spawned as well or was it only this one?

 

[steelheader.262]

Sweet!!!

 

[JFrar]

thats awesome! i would assume that relates to healthy coral and a good running system .

 

[-Logzor]

Thanks everyone! I need to do some editing on the video so hopefully I can get to that today.

I went downstairs to the basement kegerator to get a beer and saw all these bits floating around in the aquarium. I don't have any sand so I knew it wasn't something being stirred up. The particle in the water (sperm/eggs) were very buoyant and the fish were going nuts! I started to inspect all my acropora thinking it could be a spawning event.

The only coral spawning was the blue tort colony. My understanding is that acropora have to be relatively large colonies in order to spawn. I'm sure a healthy system and solid water parameters helps to. Spawning is not a random event and the sperm and eggs build up for weeks ahead of the event.

I think the recent moon cycle triggered the event. It being a "super moon" and closer to the Earth, I think it's possible that it initiated the spawning whereas other lunar events would probably have not. Who knows!

 

[-Logzor]

Uploading the video shortly.

 

[-Logzor]

I tried to edit this in Premier Pro to color balance since the blues were blown out. I haven't really used the software much though. Should be in 1080p. Let me know how it turned out or if you have any video editing tricks you can pass on. I have another angle I'll upload later.

 

[Fishy Bizness Aquatics]

That's a super cool video! Thanks for sharing it

 

[ReefMadScientist]

Awesome video! So when they spawn that ambient sound starts playing? I will keep an ear out!

 

[-Logzor]

Thank you, glad you guys enjoyed the video.

I heard the strange music downstairs and that's when I noticed the spawning!

 

[ReefMadScientist]

Thank you, glad you guys enjoyed the video.

I heard the strange music downstairs and that's when I noticed the spawning!

That's awesome lol. Glad to see another sense of humor

 

[ifarmer]

very nice.