How far can an SPS propagate itself spontaneously

[Newb73]

How common is it to notice a tiny colony of an SPS BESIDES birdsnest to suddenly spring up a foot or two away from the parent colony?

Birdnest nest i have noticed can jump all over the tank but now i have a pocillopora doing it.

It's about 2.5 years in with my reef and i can already see a time in the near future where i sm going to need to invest in a nice frag kit and very likely a frag tank to start growing off spring colonies.....probably inside 2 years. I am going to start adding more blue and purple torts as that has historically been difficult but now i see growth there also.

All under LEDs no less.....

 

[jda]

Poci spawn is quite common... it can spawn and take over an entire tank. This is why people have no-poci policies in their tanks. I have had acropora spawn, but nothing ever comes of it.

 

[ChiCity]

Poci spawn is quite common... it can spawn and take over an entire tank. This is why people have no-poci policies in their tanks. I have acropora spawn, but nothing ever comes of it.

Pocis are terrible weeds!
Seriously, devil stuff...
People have torn down systems because of them

 

[Newb73]

Poci spawn is quite common... it can spawn and take over an entire tank. This is why people have no-poci policies in their tanks. I have acropora spawn, but nothing ever comes of it.

Would you consider it a nuisance sps?

My rocks aren't glued in they are just stacked, so there isn't much that a little ripping and pulling and replacing of rock can't fix.

 

[jda]

One persons weeds are another persons flowers.

I have a no MBP&S policy in any of my tanks, except for Leng Sy cap. Not nearly everybody views these as weeds like I do. Mostly, I hate having to cut them out every few years.

This is all up to you.

 

[erky]

my poci spawned a few months ago, and i have probably 20 new spots i can see where they are sprouting up, on is already a frag size.

 

[Newb73]

my poci spawned a few months ago, and i have probably 20 new spots i can see where they are sprouting up, on is already a frag size.

Seems like a good way to start a frag tank and open up a side buisness to help support the hobby....

I have the perfect spot in mind.....

 

[erky]

Seems like a good way to start a frag tank and open up a side buisness to help support the hobby....

I have the perfect spot in mind.....

id be happy to ship you whatever youd like

 

[Newb73]

Whelp, i now count 5 colonies of this poci in my tank. Some of them are 6 feet away from the parent colony and managing to keep cyano from even growing over them.

How toxic are they when they grow up and physically contact neighbors?

 

[pdiehm]

Pocillopora will be on my list to have. i'm all for easy to care for sps

 

[markalot]

I love Pocis. The really good looking ones never spread, naturally.

 

[crayon]

Our system is 4 tanks all feeding to one sump. A green poccilipora sprouted in one of the tanks, where the parent was not. It spawned and went through the sump and filter socks before landing.
Recently a torch did the same thing. There is only 1 torch in my system, but now there are 6 baby torches in one of the tanks where there had never been a torch. Interestingly they are not all the same colour. Or the colour of what the parent.
This is one of the babies. No it is not majano.