Urchin Spewing Orange Goo

[Ace6090]

I had an established 90gallon tank for 5 years. I am moving so I setup two 50 gallon Rubbermaid containers. I filled with water from the tank over the course of a week doing daily water changes and keep the water heater and mixed. Today I moved all the livestock and everything seems okay but the urchin. It is spewing orange stuff. Does anyone know what this is or have any idea?

 

[Softhammer]

Uni.

 

[Softhammer]

Urchin roe. You have a spawning female. Fairly common occurrence.

 

[Katrina71]

They look like eggs to me.

 

[Ace6090]

Glad to here it's hopefully not dying. Should I remove them so they don't contaminate the water? I've had this urchin since my first tank back on 2013 and never seen this. Guess I probably wasn't looking as close.

 

[Softhammer]

I’d let your filtration handle it. That’s the best coral food money can’t buy.
edit- if it can handle it.

 

[Phil D.]

Fish food!! They will gobble it up as soon as it hits the water column

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

Wooo neat!

 

[Ace6090]

I'm not new to the hobby but new to urchins spawning. Do they spawn under stress only? Are they asexual?