Dendro spawning???

[DevIouS]

While snapping some pics, I start to see what appears to be pellets floating around the tank.
Now I'm start to bug-out....because I'm not feeding my tank yet.
Fish start going crazy & the skimmer shuts down, so I start to inspect the tank to find out the deal.
I notice the Dendro closed up.....then POOF! It started shooting hundreds of these pellets (eggs???) out of it's mouth.

House stated LPS spawn.
Ink stated he saw it on TV


But WTF!?!?!


Pic #1 - In it's glory.

Pic #2 - You'll see one coming out the mouth.

Pic # 3 - Eggs(?) floating around & the Dendro is puffing up to shoot out another load!:flirt:
Happened 3 times!

 

[heuerfan]

That is so cool, to bad you couldn't film it. Nice dendros, how long you have you had them, do they stay open during the day?

 

[fritz]

Whatever about all that stuff, how many did you save for me and what time can I come get them?!

Seriously though catch some or at the very least if some attach and grow, challah at your boy!


Congrats! That's really cool.

 

[House of Laughter]

in 3 months when little dendro's ppear all over your tank, you'll be like hmmmmmmmm

Congrats daddy!

House

 

[herman]

Sweetness!!! Great pics btw

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Dibs! :biggrin:

 

[nanoreefer22]

DIBS!!!!

Phil thats fricken cool...Imagine you end up with hundreds of them :bigeyes:

 

[Josh]

You may want to turn down the pumps and powerheads if you can for a day or so. It may help things take root.

Specifically, turn them DOWN, NOT OFF.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Congrats!!!! daddy :lol2:

iM calling DIBS!!!!....

 

[DevIouS]

Heuerfan:
Thanks! I've had them for a few months.
Yep.....they stay open with the lights on & are not really shaded.

Fritz:
Thanks...
Stay with your SPS....you LPS hater!:tongue1:


Thanks House, Herm.


Kris:
I wish.
I would love to have a tank full of these.

Josh:
The fishies gobbled it up.:happysad:
I will be prepared next time.




& now the vulturing dibbers come out...



Devious aka Daddy Dendro

 

[Deanos]

Now you just need a male dendro to fertilize those eggs :bunnies:

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Ummmm we were out last nite if you remember correctly LOL

 

[masterswimmer]

Sweet pix philly.

What lighting do you have them under? Mine only opens at night.

R

 

[Deanos]

Mine only opens at night.

Squirt some cyclop-eeze or mysis juice over them during the day. Even if they open a little...FEED them. They'll "learn" to open during the day.

 

[DevIouS]

Sweet pix philly.

What lighting do you have them under? Mine only opens at night.

R

Thanks Russ....


Mine is under 250w MH.
I did keep it partially shaded when I first got it.
Now it's my centerpiece.
I always feed with the lights on, as Deanos pointed out.

 

[masterswimmer]

Since mine has been closed during the day, I've been feeding it at night, when its' feeding tentacles are out. Maybe it's been 'trained' to open after lights out.

Should I just stop feeding at night? Only during the day like you guys said?

BTW Philly, mine is under T5's. It's on the side of the tank, far from dead center. So it's not receiving the brunt of the light output.

Dean, Philly, thanks for your help.

swimmer

 

[deelucky]

not to get off the topic but my question is why does everything in my tank(mostly softies)start to retract if im late to turn off the lights?my rbta ,frogspawn and hammer do the same.i have t-5s for lighting.

 

[Deanos]

not to get off the topic but my question is why does everything in my tank(mostly softies)start to retract if im late to turn off the lights?my rbta ,frogspawn and hammer do the same.i have t-5s for lighting.

Because they're trying to tell you to get a timer.

:backtotop

 

[SlamaJama]

slama=dibs vulture

 

[ming]

Good luck on finding babies. My sun coral (in my avatar) spawned in my tank and I found 4 babies, each in different areas of my tank. Ofcourse there might be more in the rockwork.