Hammer Coral Expelling Something?

[Behnken]

When I came home today, I noticed my large hammer looked odd. It is contracted and has tons of tiny particles around the mouth and in the tentacles. When I was getting ready to take some pictures one of the heads puffed up and expelled a bunch of them.

Can someone please help me identify what this is, and if there is something I should do for it?

 

[Diesel]

It might be a periodic spawn or just a poop moment.

 

[DSC reef]

Looks like spawning, that's awesome!

 

[Behnken]

Thanks for the quick reply’s. I was so busy trying to figure out what could be wrong with it I never considered it could be spawning. That’s quite a relief. It’s a good size hammer and I hated the idea of having something wrong with it.

 

[DSmithZ28]

That’s is a huge hammer! I read that hammers are slow growing so I will be waiting a long time for mine to get to that stage.

 

[Behnken]

The eggs have all moved from the tentacles and are now all at the mouths. The mouths even look puckered right now.

 

[reef heaven]

So awesome

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

So does it meant you will have ton of baby hammer? :eek:

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

That's so cool!

 

[Behnken]

So does it meant you will have ton of baby hammer? :eek:

From what I’ve read the eggs would need to be fertilized by a male. I do have other hammers but most the eggs were released at night so I have no clue if others spawned . I highly doubt I will get any hammer babies but would be pretty exciting if I do.

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

That's so awesome! Coral spawning is a sign of really healthy conditions, so great work! :)