Acropora Spawning

[CaseyP]

Did some fragging of the ORA Frogskin acro colony. Saw red spots inside and my first thought was f*** s*** are these boring worms??!? Did a little bit of searching and confirmed that they're eggs getting ready for spawning which I thought was pretty cool and wanted to share.

On the negative side, the frags and parts of the colony RTN'd. AI and some articles mention that egg production is energy intensive so they're susceptible to stressors. @Thales have u noticed bleaching pre and post spawn? I'm sure me fragging it didn't help.

 

[MichaelB]

You have to set up a time lapse to catch it happen or maybe a web cam with filter lenses.

 

[Thales]

Did some fragging of the ORA Frogskin acro colony. Saw red spots inside and my first thought was f*** s*** are these boring worms??!? Did a little bit of searching and confirmed that they're eggs getting ready for spawning which I thought was pretty cool and wanted to share.

On the negative side, the frags and parts of the colony RTN'd. AI and some articles mention that egg production is energy intensive so they're susceptible to stressors. @Thales have u noticed bleaching pre and post spawn? I'm sure me fragging it didn't help.

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Could be. Can you circle what you think are eggs?