Blastomussa having babies?

[ronnie]

Anyone ever seen this before? I've read about and seen plate corals having babies after dying, but I've never seen anything about blastos doing it.

I'll get some pics when I get home tonight.

The frag I bought lost several heads when I light shocked it over a year ago. Now the heads that died have babies popping out! Crazy stuff! :tongue:

 

[Salty Dog]

all it takes is a tiny peice of tissue thats still alive, then bam here comes the babies

 

[ronnie]

That is probably what it is, then. Still cool to see a dozen little blastos, though!

 

[Salty Dog]

it happened to me with a raibow acan colony, I lost the whole colony, i was so ****** cost me like $700 for 8 heads. 3 months later they just melted away. I couldnt see any flesh what so ever. I left it in the tank where it was and like 9-11 months later I could just see a little color on the skeleton. I put my reading glasses on and sure as hell its a tiny head growing

 

[ronnie]

That is pretty cool.

I just lost a couple acans recently. Maybe they will decide to repopulate eventually. I'll leave them in the tank and we'll see!

 

[Salty Dog]

yea, just let them stay there. dont expect just see what happens