Torch Spawning Under Blue Moon

[BeakerBob]

There must be something happening under the blue moon this weekend! I had a nice mushroom split spontaneously and now my torch is spawning!

I recently picked up this torch in August. It's a really green torch with white round tips....very nice looking waving in the current. I was walking by it earlier today and noticed some white spheres around it, so I got my camera out. It's spawning!!

Spawning torch:

Here is a shot with a thread of spawn going upwards:

And here is a closer shot of the spawn.....perfectly round white spheres:

 

[KLR]

Sweet! A torch did this at my LFS once. Within a few months they noticed a few baby torch heads growing out of their rocks!

 

[blackx-runner]

Now that is cool. Very nice shots you got there.

 

[ritter6788]

Sweet! Nice pic!

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

That is amazing and the pics are fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

 

[707 Reefer]

Very nice, thanks for sharing. We dont often get to see that in the tanks.

 

[slapshot]

Really cool! You need to submit those to a publication.

 

[GratefulReef]

yea those pics are awesome! almost 3D in some of them

 

[Reefing8EZ]

Very neat! And amazing shots too!

 

[Triggerman77]

Very cool! Good timing and Nice Photo skillz

 

[cesar1981]

so nice

 

[Loki]

Awesome pictures!

 

[BeakerBob]

Anyone have experience with spawning torches? Do the larvae/eggs live and grow?

 

[revsgirl]

Awesome pics!! Thanks for sharing!

 

[prsnlty]

is that what that is?! i thought mine was sending that out maybe to catch food... lil. so cool!!! my frogspawn does this too....

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[tinctorus]

Now will these spawn actually settle out in the tank somewhere and grow into new torch colonies or is this just fresh coral/fish food?

 

[mastaslash]

I had this happen, but I did not see them spawn the first time. Just one day I saw little majano/mushroom like critters a few different places. I kept my eye on them and after 4-6 months there was little colonies popping up everywhere. They were a long tentacle torch, just like yours. I had to replace all the rock because the torches stinging power would kill other surrounding corals. In the picture below you can see the mother, and above is the babies at different sizes.

 

[uall8up]

Awesome!!!

 

[mastaslash]

One more picture taken at a different time.

 

[robsreefs]

I had this happen, but I did not see them spawn the first time. Just one day I saw little majano/mushroom like critters a few different places. I kept my eye on them and after 4-6 months there was little colonies popping up everywhere. They were a long tentacle torch, just like yours. I had to replace all the rock because the torches stinging power would kill other surrounding corals. In the picture below you can see the mother, and above is the babies at different sizes.

Wow that's cool maybe one day will happen to me

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