Coral Breeding
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Slick
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corals can reproduce sexually and asexually. The only way people currently grow corals is by fragmentation. This is asexual reproduction. I want to know how to get the corals to produce eggs and sperm which they do in the wild once a year.
DOH! :beat_brick:
I remember seeing a special on Discovery Channel about corals spawning. That is sexual reproduction, right? Should have remembered that. It happened and was caught on film somewhere in South American or the Caribbean I believe.
I'd love to know if someone has had coral spawn in their tank! :nerd:
Elan
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wrong. In the wild they breed sexually (and asexually too), there have been cases in captivity where especially happy tanks have spawned. The korralen-zucht display i believe spawned and they have a video of it on their site.
One of the largest problems down here in south florida in the coral restoration programs, is the difficulty for corals to reproduce sexually rather than asexually. this means that there are no resistant strands of the coral are being made to fight off what ever may be killing them in the wild
Elan
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EricInFL
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Even if you were fortunate enough to have your corals spawn, the chances of anything surviving would be slim to none. I saw the Discovery special that captured the event and it was a feeding frenzy for the fish. In our closed little reefs, what our fish didn't eat, our filtration would. 
Gazog
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http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/corals/media/coral06d/coral06d_320.wmv
Here is a Video of it happening in the wild, really pretty cool
Here is a Video of it happening in the wild, really pretty cool
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This is why I want to get a cycloseris collection going! Can you imagine a shallow tank littered with old cycloseris? At some point they may breed and you could get some new colors..... Man, I drool at the thought.
CorysReef
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My Cloves spawns every 30 days.
" Even if you were fortunate enough to have your corals spawn, the chances of anything surviving would be slim to none. I saw the Discovery special that captured the event and it was a feeding frenzy for the fish. In our closed little reefs, what our fish didn't eat, our filtration would. "
That depends on the coral and how it spawns. Mine Brood, the fish wont eat Larvae.Nothing will for that matter, Well nothing in my tank.Mine spawns are always daytime events also..I also had a Colt Coral Spawn a few years back too..
Here is my video,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpcZpIaOwr4
" Even if you were fortunate enough to have your corals spawn, the chances of anything surviving would be slim to none. I saw the Discovery special that captured the event and it was a feeding frenzy for the fish. In our closed little reefs, what our fish didn't eat, our filtration would.
"That depends on the coral and how it spawns. Mine Brood, the fish wont eat Larvae.Nothing will for that matter, Well nothing in my tank.Mine spawns are always daytime events also..I also had a Colt Coral Spawn a few years back too..
Here is my video,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpcZpIaOwr4
