Urchin spawn

Octoman · 12-27-2007, 10:10 PM

My diadema urchin is spawning right now. It positioned itself in the flow and sprays more out of five holes in its body every time the powerhead rotates its way. I got some photos and a video, but they're not the best quality with just the actinics on. I'll get them posted tomorrow.

Should I be concerned about water quality? It dissipates pretty fast in the current, I figured my featherdusters and donkey dung cuke would love it... My skimmer is running full blast. I don't know how long the little guy can keep it up! I was going to do a WC on Saturday anyway.

JFK_Jr · 12-27-2007, 10:15 PM

Cool... I'd like to see that...

BigAl07 · 12-27-2007, 10:29 PM

Your filter feeders will LOVE it and your water change will help remove some left in the water column.

Octoman · 12-28-2007, 01:06 AM

He stopped spawning after about 20 minutes. I'll resize the video and get a couple more pics up tomorrow, but here's one for now....

ReefGuy69 · 12-28-2007, 08:05 AM

Do you all think the full moon has anything to do with events like this? Seeing we just had one on X-mas eve i am just curious if marine life doesnt have an internal time clock for the moon.

BigAl07 · 12-28-2007, 08:11 AM

Lunar cycles have a LOT to do with spawning. It was noted on Discovery Channels "Fearless Planet" series about corals that they noticed that some of the coral they were trying to film spawned an exact # of days after the Full Moon. Once they figured that one out it was easy to catch them spawning over and over again.

Jason25 · 12-28-2007, 09:19 AM

Yep, I saw that too was very neat.

Octoman · 12-28-2007, 10:17 AM

I bet it is the full moon, Woodstock's BTA's just went off a couple days ago also.

As promised, here is some video. Sorry about the quality, I tried to make up for it with a jammin tune

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goldenmean · 12-28-2007, 10:30 AM

Very Nice!
I want your Love.
Makes me feel sorry for the urchin - all that love - Unrequited

I like the way you close the shades at the end of the vid!

Craig Manoukian · 12-29-2007, 12:49 PM

Sweet video!

Paul B · 12-29-2007, 03:42 PM

I am not sure if the full moon has anything to do with it but I once had 24 of them all spawn at the same time in my reef. Now that was a mess. The skimmer which holds 5 gallons filled and spilled at least a few gallons on the floor.
I used to have an urchin collecting business and there was always a bunch of them in my tank. It seems that a temp change also induces spawning.

boozeman · 12-29-2007, 04:28 PM

love is in the air

great video

ragvette · 12-29-2007, 04:35 PM

cool video, thanks for posting it.

bluwinghawk · 12-29-2007, 04:58 PM

very cool i was wondering what my urchin was doing

ReefGuy69 · 12-29-2007, 05:02 PM

Very cool thing to see. But the more i think about it... it kind of grosses me out. Basically his man juice is now all over your aquarium.. Yuck!

12-27-2007, 10:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Octoman Elegance coral Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 1,039 View Gallery Karma Komment	Urchin spawn My diadema urchin is spawning right now. It positioned itself in the flow and sprays more out of five holes in its body every time the powerhead rotates its way. I got some photos and a video, but they're not the best quality with just the actinics on. I'll get them posted tomorrow. Should I be concerned about water quality? It dissipates pretty fast in the current, I figured my featherdusters and donkey dung cuke would love it... My skimmer is running full blast. I don't know how long the little guy can keep it up! I was going to do a WC on Saturday anyway. __________________ Mark "If you were traveling through outer space, I mean like you're going real fast, like the speed of light, you know... hoooohhhhh... and all of a sudden you started screaming... aaaahhhhh aaaaahhhhh... Do you think your brain would blow up?" My tank thread... http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-euphoria.html Tank build... http://55reef.blogspot.com/

12-27-2007, 10:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
JFK_Jr Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hallandale Beach FL Posts: 2,108 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Urchin spawn Cool... I'd like to see that... __________________ *JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire*

12-27-2007, 10:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
BigAl07 Reef Addict (hopeless) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 8,844 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Urchin spawn Your filter feeders will LOVE it and your water change will help remove some left in the water column. __________________ Allen Allen's testimonial . . ."Let Me help you help YOURSELF" (Click Here) with a SW set up there is one basic fundamental rule that we ALL should follow *When in doubt... wait it out. This means take it slow and let the tank "develop" and don't rush it. Time is your friend Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Reef Balls & Cakes Debt Free & Change your Family Tree!!

12-28-2007, 01:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
Octoman Elegance coral Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 1,039 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Urchin spawn He stopped spawning after about 20 minutes. I'll resize the video and get a couple more pics up tomorrow, but here's one for now.... __________________ Mark "If you were traveling through outer space, I mean like you're going real fast, like the speed of light, you know... hoooohhhhh... and all of a sudden you started screaming... aaaahhhhh aaaaahhhhh... Do you think your brain would blow up?" My tank thread... http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-euphoria.html Tank build... http://55reef.blogspot.com/

12-28-2007, 08:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
ReefGuy69 Plate Coral Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 746 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Urchin spawn Do you all think the full moon has anything to do with events like this? Seeing we just had one on X-mas eve i am just curious if marine life doesnt have an internal time clock for the moon. __________________ Dennis ________ http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...journal-3.html 55gal AGA w/ built in overflow 15 gal acrylic DIY sump/fuge 75lbs Fiji Live Rock 45lbs of Live Sand 1-1/2inch (1) 96 watt Super Blue Actinic Power Compact (2) 96 Watt 10,000k Power Compacts (2) Ebo Jager 200 watt heaters Seaclone 150 Skimmer (2) Hagen 50's Power Heads for flow (1) Hagen 70 Return Pump DIY ATO system (5 Gal) Mini Aqua Lights for fuge (10k/Actinic03) TLF 150 Phosban Reactor 12X turnover rate 2 Ocellaris Clownfish, 1 Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Peppermint Shrimp, Neon Green Hairy Mushrooms, Red Zoanthus Polyps.

12-28-2007, 08:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
BigAl07 Reef Addict (hopeless) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 8,844 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Urchin spawn Lunar cycles have a LOT to do with spawning. It was noted on Discovery Channels "Fearless Planet" series about corals that they noticed that some of the coral they were trying to film spawned an exact # of days after the Full Moon. Once they figured that one out it was easy to catch them spawning over and over again. __________________ Allen Allen's testimonial . . ."Let Me help you help YOURSELF" (Click Here) with a SW set up there is one basic fundamental rule that we ALL should follow *When in doubt... wait it out. This means take it slow and let the tank "develop" and don't rush it. Time is your friend Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Reef Balls & Cakes Debt Free & Change your Family Tree!!

12-28-2007, 09:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
Jason25 Achilles Tang Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Lancaster,PA Posts: 881 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Urchin spawn Yep, I saw that too was very neat.

12-28-2007, 10:17 AM	#8 (permalink)
Octoman Elegance coral Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 1,039 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Urchin spawn I bet it is the full moon, Woodstock's BTA's just went off a couple days ago also. As promised, here is some video. Sorry about the quality, I tried to make up for it with a jammin tune ... __________________ Mark "If you were traveling through outer space, I mean like you're going real fast, like the speed of light, you know... hoooohhhhh... and all of a sudden you started screaming... aaaahhhhh aaaaahhhhh... Do you think your brain would blow up?" My tank thread... http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-euphoria.html Tank build... http://55reef.blogspot.com/

12-28-2007, 10:30 AM	#9 (permalink)
goldenmean Beautiful Katamari Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,680 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Urchin spawn Very Nice! I want your Love. Makes me feel sorry for the urchin - all that love - Unrequited I like the way you close the shades at the end of the vid! __________________ A 55g link in the GoldenChain My First Quarantine Tank. 2 (+) Year Retrospective of a 12g Nano Jeff What You Think Upon Grows... Have a Smooth Day!

12-29-2007, 12:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 15,708 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Urchin spawn Sweet video! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

12-29-2007, 03:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
Paul B Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 251 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Urchin spawn I am not sure if the full moon has anything to do with it but I once had 24 of them all spawn at the same time in my reef. Now that was a mess. The skimmer which holds 5 gallons filled and spilled at least a few gallons on the floor. I used to have an urchin collecting business and there was always a bunch of them in my tank. It seems that a temp change also induces spawning.

12-29-2007, 04:35 PM	#13 (permalink)
ragvette Ricordea Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lake Villa, IL Posts: 180 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Urchin spawn cool video, thanks for posting it. __________________ -Rodney My 20gal Nano Chronicle My 65gal Chronicle Reef Store Locator

12-29-2007, 04:58 PM	#14 (permalink)
bluwinghawk Tunicate Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: east coast Posts: 6 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Urchin spawn very cool i was wondering what my urchin was doing

12-29-2007, 05:02 PM	#15 (permalink)
ReefGuy69 Plate Coral Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 746 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Urchin spawn Very cool thing to see. But the more i think about it... it kind of grosses me out. Basically his man juice is now all over your aquarium.. Yuck! __________________ Dennis ________ http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...journal-3.html 55gal AGA w/ built in overflow 15 gal acrylic DIY sump/fuge 75lbs Fiji Live Rock 45lbs of Live Sand 1-1/2inch (1) 96 watt Super Blue Actinic Power Compact (2) 96 Watt 10,000k Power Compacts (2) Ebo Jager 200 watt heaters Seaclone 150 Skimmer (2) Hagen 50's Power Heads for flow (1) Hagen 70 Return Pump DIY ATO system (5 Gal) Mini Aqua Lights for fuge (10k/Actinic03) TLF 150 Phosban Reactor 12X turnover rate 2 Ocellaris Clownfish, 1 Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Peppermint Shrimp, Neon Green Hairy Mushrooms, Red Zoanthus Polyps.

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