Hi all,
I picked up a large wall frog/octospawn about a week ago. It settled in well and has looked very happy. Tonight I noticed some “sand” in the water column and figured my pistol shrimp was digging around. Upon closer inspection, all the “sand” particles are round. I turned off the pumps to see if I could determine if they were motile (like some form of zooplankton) or not. No swimming movement, and while the fish weren’t in a frenzy, my clowns were snatching up the ones that made it to their side of the tank. A lot seemed to be concentrated near the wall colony and as I was watching, a short stream of the little balls were released from one section!
So, my question is, what can I do (or should I have done) about this? Are these just eggs that would be fertilized in a natural environment? Should I be on the lookout for baby coral? I was planning to do a water change this week, so I’m not worried about changes in the water quality... it was a pretty small amount anyway and my system is over 100 gallons.
Thoughts?
I picked up a large wall frog/octospawn about a week ago. It settled in well and has looked very happy. Tonight I noticed some “sand” in the water column and figured my pistol shrimp was digging around. Upon closer inspection, all the “sand” particles are round. I turned off the pumps to see if I could determine if they were motile (like some form of zooplankton) or not. No swimming movement, and while the fish weren’t in a frenzy, my clowns were snatching up the ones that made it to their side of the tank. A lot seemed to be concentrated near the wall colony and as I was watching, a short stream of the little balls were released from one section!
So, my question is, what can I do (or should I have done) about this? Are these just eggs that would be fertilized in a natural environment? Should I be on the lookout for baby coral? I was planning to do a water change this week, so I’m not worried about changes in the water quality... it was a pretty small amount anyway and my system is over 100 gallons.
Thoughts?
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