Is my indophyllia releasing eggs?

[zedxplorer]

Saw this tonight...it was doing great for a year and been stressed lately. Then this happened which left me wondering what is going on.

 

[thamnasteroid]

Yes, it looks like it's spawning. Congrats! It looks like it might be releasing sperm as well, though I don't know if "Indophyllia" are simultaneous hermaphrodites or not.

 

[DSC reef]

Indophyllia are hermaphroditic broadcast spawners, very cool, what you're seeing is the eggs and sperm. In all my years I've never got to experience this.

 

[strich]

Really cool! Is it likely they'll attach and hatch?

 

[DSC reef]

Really cool! Is it likely they'll attach and hatch?

I've never seen it in the hobby but I don't see why not, unless the fish eat them all. How cool would it be to have baby coral popping up everywhere.

 

[strich]

That's was I was thinking! I would definitely be thinking of ways to maximise their survival right now

 

[zedxplorer]

That's really cool. This particular coral has been doing really well for me for quite long time, then all of a sudden is completely stressed lately with a gaping mouth and have a some skeleton poking through the top tissue. It is crazy that it decided to spawn under these conditions, which is why I was checking on it and saw this. I hope it recovers to where it was before.

It would be great if I see baby indophyllia popping up everywhere haha