Well, that's a very healthy Birdsnest and there is a full moon. Very possibly so. Another winner, Vic.
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Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
Wow got in touch with Eric. Here is what he said "Well, Seriatopora is a known brooder, making these planula larvae capable of being collected and settled. However, it takes two to tango, so my guess is this colony was fertilized prior to collection and brooding and the timing and growth suggests it was time for release. Now, Pocillopora damicornis is known to be both brooder and broadcast spawner, and as they are related, perhaps so is Seriatopora. But, I would guess these are planulae. Can you capture any yet? If so, please put them in an aerated (no airstone, just a piece of rigid airline) bowl of tank water covering the bottom with some coralline covered rubble in it and then use blacklight or actinic light (in the dark...using yellow hunting glasses might help) to see if you see tiny fluorescent specks the next day on the rubble. You can keep them in reduced light for about a week and then return them to the tank in an area where nothing will come snack on them (shrimp, Asterina stars, large grazers, etc,). So, hopefully, you will have a lot of baby corals. Please repost if you have questions.
Congrats!
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Eric Borneman" Click on the link above and see the whole conversition. This is really cool, don't you think?
Wow!!! How cool is that??? Victoria, Queen Supreme of the reef tank! Way I'll keep my fingers for flourescent specks. Congrats once again, Vic.
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Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
Yes I guess something is working . I think I will give it a try to remove them and see if they grow. Any way I always wanted to ask Eric a question. I just did not want to say anything dumb. The guy is way smart, in the things of corals and such. I saw him at the Western Marine Conference but he had just lost everything in his tank and thats all he could talk about. Feel like I did not get what I expected. He's making up for it now .
Eric is a great person... and just that .. a "person". He's always been coordial to others but has his own hard times and distractions too. He's been a great supporter to the community as a whole and is not as pompous as other so called "gurus" can be. I'm glad he was helpful!
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I'll keep my fingers 
for flourescent specks. Congrats once again, Vic. 
. Any way I always wanted to ask Eric a question. I just did not want to say anything dumb
. The guy is way smart, in the things of corals and such. I saw him at the Western Marine Conference but he had just lost everything in his tank and thats all he could talk about. Feel like I did not get what I expected. 
He's making up for it now
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