ORA Birdsnest Spawning

[TUSI]

Is it possible that my ora birds nest spawned in my tank at some point. I have two birds nest of same species growing on two other areas in tank and they are tiny fragments at the moment but I can tell already that it's the same birds nest. They are literally 1/8" and growing fast. Did anybody had an experience like this?

 

[Chris L]

I don't think its really spawning. They drop polyps out which in tern settle different areas and start to grow.

 

[Reeferdude56]

You may have unknowingly broke a tip off and it fell into the rocks and grew. I haven't heard that happen with SPS but it happens with my softies all the time.

 

[GHill762]

I do it with my sps, accidentally bump a coral and break a tip off, flow takes it somewhere else in the tank and it eventually settles in.

 

[MattL22]

Not sure what happened to my post but I've definitely had it happen with green pocci had them popping up all over tank there's threads about exact thing I've read ! Never had it happen with birdsnest but pretty cool !!

 

[Mr. Microscope]

Are you sure it's a birdsnest and not a poccillopora? Pocci's are known to spawn almost to pest levels in some tanks.

 

[MIKE NY]

It maybe possible, but I never seen it happen in any tanks that I know of. I have had some Acropora, many Pocillopora and some LPS, but never any Seriatopora species spawn.

 

[TUSI]

I don't have any pocillopora in my tank at the moment, had two small pcs a while back. This looks like the ora bright green Birdsnest, time will tell as they grow. I Will take a picture as soon as they get a little bigger.

 

[Mauger's Reef]

That's so cool

 

[Courtney & David]

I know this is an old post but I had the same question. I have a new piece of birds nest on my frag rack about 8” above the sand bed until I can figure out where I want to put it and I noticed this morning that there is a tiny version growing on the sand directly underneath my frag rack.

 

[jdiefenbaugh]

Seriatapora sp. are not brooders. For sexual spawning, you need egg/sperm from different genotypes for successful fertilization/settlement. So to answer the original question, no it isn't possible. P. damicornis and Tubastrea are the most common brooders, and will release larvae nightly, following the lunar cycle (even if they're strictly captive raised!). I kept a tank of Pocillopra for a coral reproduction workshop years ago, you can see how proficient damicornis is at reporduction.

 

[Steve H]

Seriatapora sp. are not brooders. For sexual spawning, you need egg/sperm from different genotypes for successful fertilization/settlement. So to answer the original question, no it isn't possible. P. damicornis and Tubastrea are the most common brooders, and will release larvae nightly, following the lunar cycle (even if they're strictly captive raised!). I kept a tank of Pocillopra for a coral reproduction workshop years ago, you can see how proficient damicornis is at reporduction.

Seriatopora sp. are actually brooders. I have noticed several recruits popping up in our 1000 gallon propagation system. Many look like their parents (the ORA bird of paradise or ORA green tip orange seriatopora). I recently found a recruit that looks like a mix of the two.

 

[jdiefenbaugh]

Seriatopora sp. are actually brooders. I have noticed several recruits popping up in our 1000 gallon propagation system. Many look like their parents (the ORA bird of paradise or ORA green tip orange seriatopora). I recently found a recruit that looks like a mix of the two.

Which species? Never seen them planulate before.

 

[Steve H]

Which species? Never seen them planulate before.

These two color morphs are S. caliendrum I believe. I have a couple of tiny recruits that look like they may be S. guttatus as well. Despite having several huge colonies of S. Hystrix I have never seen them do this, and the others are not as prolific as Tubastraea and Pocillopora as you noted.

 

[jdiefenbaugh]

These two color morphs are S. caliendrum I believe. I have a couple of tiny recruits that look like they may be S. guttatus as well. Despite having several huge colonies of S. Hystrix I have never seen them do this, and the others are not as prolific as Tubastraea and Pocillopora as you noted.

Thank you, I learned something new today. I had never seen S. hystrix recruits, and just assumed there weren't any brooders in the genus. I'll have to get some of the ORA pieces now.